HIGH SCHOOL READING: PRINT AND EBOOK. Select from these compact Berkshire books for your social studies and science classes They are complete but quite short (under 150 pages) and designed for high school students and their teachers. “It is hard to imagine that such a short book can cover such a vast span of time and space. This Is China: The First 5,000 Years will help teachers, students, and general readers alike.” – Jonathan Spence, Yale University.
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 | This Is Islam | This Is Islam was written for students and other readers who are unfamiliar with Islamic history, beliefs, rituals, and customs. It also includes a Teacher’s Preface. | Price range: $1.99 through $29.99 | world-history religions this-world-of-ours series | |
 | What Is Sustainability? | What Is Sustainability? is the story of humans and nature from ancient times to the modern era, offering a fresh perspective on issues such as climate change, plastic waste, and social justice. | Price range: $4.99 through $24.99 | sustainability | |
 | This Is America: A Short History of the United States | This Is America: A Short History of the United States provides an introduction to US history and culture for students anywhere in the world, with extracts from important documents. | Price range: $9.99 through $29.99 | world-history this-world-of-ours series | |
 | This Is China: The First 5,000 Years | This Is China: The First 5,000 Years provides a framework for understanding China’s meteoric rise and the issues it faces today in little more than 100 pages. | Price range: $9.99 through $29.99 | china this-world-of-ours series | |
 | This Is America 2026: A Short History of the United States | This Is America 2026: A Short History of the United States is updated to the semiquincentennial of 2026 by Professor Duncan Campbell. His new chapter emphasizes the role technology has played in political and cultural life, and covers developments during this latest turbulent period in US history. | Price range: $9.99 through $29.99 | world-history social-issues this-world-of-ours series | |
 | Women: A World History | Women: A World History tells the story of the evolving roles of women in all parts of the world, and also explains how “women’s history” expands traditional thinking about the past. | Price range: $14.99 through $24.99 | world-history women | |
 | Big History, Small World: From the Big Bang to You | Big History, Small World blends meteorology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, and cell biology in telling the story of Planet Earth, and was written for middle-school and high-school students. | Original price was: $29.99.$24.99Current price is: $24.99. | world-history | |
 | This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity (AP World History Edition) | This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity takes students from the era of human foragers to the 21st century in only 102 pages, and includes numerous “Thought Experiments.” | Original price was: $29.99.$24.99Current price is: $24.99. | world-history this-world-of-ours series |