Sentence examples for compact history from inspiring English sources

(It is also, of course, a compact history of the twentieth century).

In 2003 he published a book called Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

This book's compact history showcases some of the significant, though lesser-known events on which the coming revolution was built.

David Foster Wallace's most recent books are "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity" and "Oblivion: Stories".

At The Hoover Digest, Harvey Mansfield provides a lucid and compact history of political philosophy by way of explaining why we vote.

Loneliness is a running theme in "Taxi!": if the title were not already taken, Hodges could have called his compact history "One Hundred Years of Solitude.

So Mr. Cook's "Brief History of the Human Race," a smart, literate survey of human life from Paleolithic times until 9/11, is joining an honorable recent tradition, which came into its own with Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" and is continuously expanding with new compact histories of peoples, religions and cultures.

"Kemble's Riot" recreates the ruckus in a compact, interactive history lesson, not unlike the sort of setup that might travel to high schools blessed with money to burn on arts programming.

This compact cultural history of Times Square (Longacre Square before it was renamed in 1904) chronicles the district's rise as a popular entertainment hub, its decline into a porn-and-drug haven and its rebirth as a sanitized shopping center.

Even before its arrival, the Cruze seemed the most significant compact in G.M. history: it supplies the framework for the Volt plug-in hybrid.

Today, the Schwartzes have begun a new compact with American history, making statues of all 42 framers of the Constitution, from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington.