Talk:A Short History of the World (Blainey book)

Akin to Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything

The phrase used here '"It was as if [the textbook writer] wanted to keep the good stuff secret by making all of it soberly unfathomable." - Berry, on the state of history books used within his school[2]"' is exactly the same used in the A Short History of Nearly Everything, save that it is credited to Berry, not Bryson. 198.161.230.10 19:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Hoax?

I cannot find any references that refer to these two so-called authors or this book. Geoffrey Blainey's book of the same name should be here. —Moondyne 15:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use of File:A Short History Of The World.jpg in A Short History of the World (Geoffrey Blainey)

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

1. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the book in any way;
2. Its inclusion adds significantly to the article about the book
3. The book is widely distributed, therefore, the cover is intended for wide distribution also.
4. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the book.
5. The image is of reasonably low resolution (216px wide)

Moondyne (talk) 14:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

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