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People Who Changed the World
The purpose of this book is to provide a thought- provoking look at the various people whose lives have illuminated the world in one way or another. It highlights extraordinary individuals and the impact they made on society and the world in which we live.
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First published January 1, 2005
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April 1, 2017
Biografii mai mult sau mai putin subiective, fara vreo nota aparte, dar cu o insemnata masa culturala.
April 3, 2013
Ini adalah ulasan buku dwi-bahasa/This is a bilingual book review
People Who Changed The World oleh Rodney Castleden merupakan sebuah buku yang menyenaraikan tokoh-tokoh sejarah yang mengubah dunia (atau yang memberi impak kepada perjalanan sejarah dunia). Disusun secara kronologi dan dipecahkan kepada empat (4) bahagian iaitu:
a) The Ancient,Medieval and Renaissance World
b) The Enlightened World
c) The 19th Century World
d) The Modern World
Tokoh-tokoh sejarah yang dibincangkan adalah pelbagai,dari nabi-nabi,ahli politik,golongan diraja,ahli sains sehinggalah pemuzik daripada latar belakang yang berbeza. Untuk edisi buku mass-market paperback tahun 2011 yang saya miliki ini,berlaku beberapa penambahan tokoh. Yang paling ketara,adalah kemasukan nama Osama bin Laden!
Adakah saya berpuas hati dengan senarai tokoh yang disediakan oleh penulis ini? Jika saya ingin mempertikaikan pilihan penulis,mungkin ia akan menjadi sesuatu perkara perbincangan/perdebatan yang tidak akan berakhir. Malahan,saya akui,saya bukanlah seorang ahli sejarah. Saya hanya seorang manusia biasa yang sukakan sejarah. Masih banyak lagi perkara yang saya perlu pelajari. Penulis sendiri mengakui di dalam ruangan Pengenalan bahawa setiap orang mempunyai pendapat masing-masing mengenai senarai pilihan tokoh yang dilakukannya. Namun demikian,untuk sekadar memberikan pendapat,terdapat beberapa tokoh sejarah yang saya rasa patut dimasukkan di dalamnya. Saya hanya ingin memberikan satu contoh sahaja iaitu Theodor Herzl. Saya rasa tokoh ini patut dimasukkan kerana peranannya membantu penubuhan negara Israel di Asia Barat,yang kesannya sehingga kini masih menghantui masyarakat dunia kerana isu Palestin menjadi antara isu dunia yang masih belum mampu diselesaikan dengan muktamad.
Walaupun demikian,saya beranggapan bahawa penulis telah menghasilkan sebuah buku yang baik secara keseluruhannya. Malahan,buku ini bertindak sebagai buku biografi ringkas yang mampu menarik minat para pembaca untuk mengkaji dengan lebih lanjut sejarah seseorang tokoh itu (sebagai pengenalan). Sebagai contohnya,saya sendiri tertarik untuk membaca karya-karya tulisan Charles Dickens yang dikatakan unik dan memberikan impak pengaruh yang penting di dalam kesusasteraan Inggeris,khasnya dan kepada dunia,umumnya.
People Who Changed The World by Rodney Castleden is a biography book on historical figures,who been thought changed the world. These historical figures is chronologically discussed through four (4) parts:
a) The Ancient,Medieval and Renaissance World
b) The Enlightened World
c) The 19th Century World
d) The Modern World
All the historical figures discussed in this book is varied on their background,from philosophers,politicians,scientists,until artists (examples of figures' names can be viewed in the description of the book available).
Am I satisfied and agreed with the author selection of historical figures presented on his book? In Introduction section,the author himself aware that his selection could never satisfying everyone. For myself,I also have my own reservation on the author's list of historical figures. However,overall,I'm quite satisfied with his list. For mass-market paperback edition,there are several addition and expansion made. For example,the inclusion of Osama bin Laden!
The most important is the value and role of this book which acts as an introduction for all history enthusiasts to begin their research on a particular historical figures. For example,if you are interested in Napoleonic War,there are several historical figures who directly involved in the war are featured in the book such as Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte. But,of course,this book is also good to be read by anyone who are simply wanted to know more on historical figures who left their legacy in changing the world as we live in now.
People Who Changed The World oleh Rodney Castleden merupakan sebuah buku yang menyenaraikan tokoh-tokoh sejarah yang mengubah dunia (atau yang memberi impak kepada perjalanan sejarah dunia). Disusun secara kronologi dan dipecahkan kepada empat (4) bahagian iaitu:
a) The Ancient,Medieval and Renaissance World
b) The Enlightened World
c) The 19th Century World
d) The Modern World
Tokoh-tokoh sejarah yang dibincangkan adalah pelbagai,dari nabi-nabi,ahli politik,golongan diraja,ahli sains sehinggalah pemuzik daripada latar belakang yang berbeza. Untuk edisi buku mass-market paperback tahun 2011 yang saya miliki ini,berlaku beberapa penambahan tokoh. Yang paling ketara,adalah kemasukan nama Osama bin Laden!
Adakah saya berpuas hati dengan senarai tokoh yang disediakan oleh penulis ini? Jika saya ingin mempertikaikan pilihan penulis,mungkin ia akan menjadi sesuatu perkara perbincangan/perdebatan yang tidak akan berakhir. Malahan,saya akui,saya bukanlah seorang ahli sejarah. Saya hanya seorang manusia biasa yang sukakan sejarah. Masih banyak lagi perkara yang saya perlu pelajari. Penulis sendiri mengakui di dalam ruangan Pengenalan bahawa setiap orang mempunyai pendapat masing-masing mengenai senarai pilihan tokoh yang dilakukannya. Namun demikian,untuk sekadar memberikan pendapat,terdapat beberapa tokoh sejarah yang saya rasa patut dimasukkan di dalamnya. Saya hanya ingin memberikan satu contoh sahaja iaitu Theodor Herzl. Saya rasa tokoh ini patut dimasukkan kerana peranannya membantu penubuhan negara Israel di Asia Barat,yang kesannya sehingga kini masih menghantui masyarakat dunia kerana isu Palestin menjadi antara isu dunia yang masih belum mampu diselesaikan dengan muktamad.
Walaupun demikian,saya beranggapan bahawa penulis telah menghasilkan sebuah buku yang baik secara keseluruhannya. Malahan,buku ini bertindak sebagai buku biografi ringkas yang mampu menarik minat para pembaca untuk mengkaji dengan lebih lanjut sejarah seseorang tokoh itu (sebagai pengenalan). Sebagai contohnya,saya sendiri tertarik untuk membaca karya-karya tulisan Charles Dickens yang dikatakan unik dan memberikan impak pengaruh yang penting di dalam kesusasteraan Inggeris,khasnya dan kepada dunia,umumnya.
People Who Changed The World by Rodney Castleden is a biography book on historical figures,who been thought changed the world. These historical figures is chronologically discussed through four (4) parts:
a) The Ancient,Medieval and Renaissance World
b) The Enlightened World
c) The 19th Century World
d) The Modern World
All the historical figures discussed in this book is varied on their background,from philosophers,politicians,scientists,until artists (examples of figures' names can be viewed in the description of the book available).
Am I satisfied and agreed with the author selection of historical figures presented on his book? In Introduction section,the author himself aware that his selection could never satisfying everyone. For myself,I also have my own reservation on the author's list of historical figures. However,overall,I'm quite satisfied with his list. For mass-market paperback edition,there are several addition and expansion made. For example,the inclusion of Osama bin Laden!
The most important is the value and role of this book which acts as an introduction for all history enthusiasts to begin their research on a particular historical figures. For example,if you are interested in Napoleonic War,there are several historical figures who directly involved in the war are featured in the book such as Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte. But,of course,this book is also good to be read by anyone who are simply wanted to know more on historical figures who left their legacy in changing the world as we live in now.
September 22, 2016
A brief of summary of person who lived and made an impact on this earth. Either making the world better or for the worse, their life sure made its mark.
It begins with Siddhartha Gautama and ends with Bin Laden as this book is written in 2011. There are no more individuals that made into the list following that year. This book may not be so detailed but it is a good read as is gives you a timeline of human civilization and how it progresses through time.
Each biography is summarized in an average of 4 pages each, giving you the insight into the life of 'people who changed the world' from the point of view of their traumatizing childhood, displaced in war, broken personal relationship, later shaped the person who they are that so significant to the world.
One thing for sure, each of these people had their beginning and their end to their legacy. They are all, as we too, mortal humans anyway.
It begins with Siddhartha Gautama and ends with Bin Laden as this book is written in 2011. There are no more individuals that made into the list following that year. This book may not be so detailed but it is a good read as is gives you a timeline of human civilization and how it progresses through time.
Each biography is summarized in an average of 4 pages each, giving you the insight into the life of 'people who changed the world' from the point of view of their traumatizing childhood, displaced in war, broken personal relationship, later shaped the person who they are that so significant to the world.
One thing for sure, each of these people had their beginning and their end to their legacy. They are all, as we too, mortal humans anyway.
January 1, 2025
Good to read, success stories.
About the people, one who did change the world in many ways.
About the people, one who did change the world in many ways.
December 1, 2017
Nice book. Very informative indeed. 👌👌👌
April 22, 2015
Before I discuss how I felt about the book, I'd like to give a disclaimer. From the cover, you might think like I did that this book mostly regards political figures, and it does have a large amount of inventors. But the author also feels that authors and inventors are people who changed the world, and maybe 30% of this book details the tedious lives of inventors of essential but not exactly enthralling aspects of our lives. The author himself said that their are many people who changed the world that aren't in his book, and it is certainly subjective, but as someone who was looking for more political characters, I was disappointing.
I also felt as if the author could be a little bias in his attempt to be subversive. I remember reading early about William the Conqueror, and the author was obviously trying to show alternative to mainstay history and focus more on the negative aspects of William's Norman invasion of Saxon England. However, this kind of undermines the awfulness of arguable worse characters in history, Ivan the Terrible, for instance. An alternative view on characters is refreshing if you already have an understanding of the figures Rodney was discussing, but as some of Rodney's biographies where my first encounter with the figure in question, I found myself wondering if I could trust his writing. I enjoyed his interpretation of Mao, a majorly disliked figure in history, though again I think alot of this was purposeful subversion to approach him from a new exciting angle.
Despite it's negative aspects, I still really enjoyed the book as it's kind of a gate way into understanding history. Through looking at characters of the last 4000 years, you get a simple but enthralling understanding of the history of the world, as the figures short biographies are more engaging than a text book with dates and events. I am a stout believer that history is made by strong people, and this book feels like a strong starting point for understanding world history, and gives context to the world over all. I'd like to say that it's a great beginners book, but be mindful that the author may have a subversive agenda at points, and try not to use is as a sole core understanding book, but rather an entertaining tool in solidifying what is already known.
I also felt as if the author could be a little bias in his attempt to be subversive. I remember reading early about William the Conqueror, and the author was obviously trying to show alternative to mainstay history and focus more on the negative aspects of William's Norman invasion of Saxon England. However, this kind of undermines the awfulness of arguable worse characters in history, Ivan the Terrible, for instance. An alternative view on characters is refreshing if you already have an understanding of the figures Rodney was discussing, but as some of Rodney's biographies where my first encounter with the figure in question, I found myself wondering if I could trust his writing. I enjoyed his interpretation of Mao, a majorly disliked figure in history, though again I think alot of this was purposeful subversion to approach him from a new exciting angle.
Despite it's negative aspects, I still really enjoyed the book as it's kind of a gate way into understanding history. Through looking at characters of the last 4000 years, you get a simple but enthralling understanding of the history of the world, as the figures short biographies are more engaging than a text book with dates and events. I am a stout believer that history is made by strong people, and this book feels like a strong starting point for understanding world history, and gives context to the world over all. I'd like to say that it's a great beginners book, but be mindful that the author may have a subversive agenda at points, and try not to use is as a sole core understanding book, but rather an entertaining tool in solidifying what is already known.
May 21, 2012
Nice to know. . .
April 27, 2014
A nice comprehensive read. Covers all important/relevant aspects of each person in the book in a short and precise manner. I particularly liked that it was divided by era, e.g. the renaissance.
February 21, 2013
Something that i didn't aproved with,the author doesn't belive in Jesus's divine power,...
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February 17, 2016hmm printed in china
no wonder there's grammatical and spelling mistakes. this book is sortha direct translated from the chinese version of the print. i guess.
no wonder there's grammatical and spelling mistakes. this book is sortha direct translated from the chinese version of the print. i guess.
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