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[quote=Anonymous]Help? Can you recommend any readable, beginner-friendly histories of countries, regions, periods, etc? I desperately need to learn more world and regional history, but I find it dreadfully boring. Every book I try is a dry recitation of "Person 2,346 did this. Then Person 2,347 did this," with no sense of overarching narrative or "why" and too many names to track. I also find it overwhelming and don't know where to start. Classical Greece and Rome seems too distant to be useful, but jumping in to modern history makes me feel lost. I would love to find something with a "hook." For instance, I have enjoyed reading personal histories of everyday Americans colonists and settlers told through their diaries or letters. Following one person's story makes understanding the period and its historical events more digestible to me. But I can't find anything similar for world history. Any ideas? [/quote]
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