Absolutely Everything!

Christopher Lloyd graduated with a double-first class degree in history from Cambridge University. Christopher became Technology Editor with The Sunday Times newspaper in London and is now a bestselling author of more than 15 books on world history including What on Earth Happened? The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day (Bloomsbury) and the series of What on Earth Timeline Wallbooks and more. He is in great demand as a lecturer and public speaker throughout the world at conferences, educational seminars, museums, festivals and schools.

"From the Big Bang to yesterday's breakfast, this BOOK OF FUNAND DISCOVERY makes sense of it ALL." -- Martin Brown, Horrible Histories "A rivetingmosaic of exciting true stories... I COULDN'T PUT ITDOWN!" -- Deborah Heiligman, "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh" "ABSOLUTELYWONDERFUL! I wish they'd had books like this when I was young..." -- Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider 'I think Absolutely Everything is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. It manages to explain our entire world history in an informed, entertaining and truly accessible way. Children will love it - and adults too!' -- Jacqueline Wilson

• 1. Nothing to Something: The beginning of the universe, life and everything2. Land Ahoy!: Creatures wriggle out of the seas and forests cover the land3. Dinosaurs: Terrible lizards and what comes after4. Hands Free: Some apes walk on two feet5. You and Me: How a single species of humans, Homo sapiens, became the last on Earth6. Civilisation Begins: Writing kicks off a new era7. Meanwhile, in Asia: More powerful civilisations thrive8. Rise and Fall: Classical empires come and go9. Meanwhile, in the Americas: More empires rise and fall10. Invention Connection: Powerful ideas emerge in the Muslim world and East Asia11. Medieval Misery: Christian Europe struggles following the collapse of the Roman Empire12. Going Global: European explorers race to conquer a 'New World'13. Revolutions All Around: Science, freedom and robots14. World at War: When everyone started fighting everyone else15. To Be Continued...: The shaping of the world we know and what might come next