This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity by David Christian - “I first became an avid student of David Christian by watching his course, Big History, on DVD, and so I am very happy to see his enlightening presentation of the world’s history captured in these essays. I hope it will introduce a wider audience to this gifted scientist and teacher.” --Bill GatesWelcome to Berkshire Publishing Group, a Massachusetts-based company known as a leader in academic and educational publications. As a “global point of reference,” Berkshire specializes in international relations, cross-cultural communication, business and economics, and environmental sustainability. Meet us here, read about how we got started and reviews of our past publications.

Latest Publications

Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 4/10: Natural Resources and Sustainability
Natural Resources and Sustainability explores the many ways in which human society relies on material resources and natural systems such as air, water, energy, agricultural products, and extracted resources for our everyday needs. Expert contributors discuss methods to protect and restore natural resources for future generations around the globe.
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Berkshire Essentials: Art in World History
The twenty-two color-illustrated articles put readers in touch with art from the Paleolithic period, to the millennium-long heyday of porcelain, to performance art of the postmodernist world.
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Berkshire Manual of Style for International Publishing
Berkshire's style manual is a unique repository of guidelines, rules, and exceptions to rules; meditations and asides on writing and word use; behind-the-scenes anecdotes; and publishing lore. Berkshire offers sage advice for authors, editors, and reviewers alike - for anyone, really, who cares about how we all use the written word to convey information, perceptions, values, and visions, and to communicate with one another.
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Berkshire Essentials: Big History
Big History places the history of humanity and the Earth in the largest of contexts--that of the universe. The interdisciplinary approach taken in Big History draws from diverse fields including archaeology, paleoanthropology, astronomy, and biology and raises new questions about the future of our species and its relationship to the biosphere.
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Berkshire Essentials: Africa in World History
Africa in World History stresses Africa's interrelatedness to other regions and cultures, from early trade routes, the arrival of Christianity and Islam, and the ramifications of colonialism to contemporary issues such as HIV/AIDS and apartheid that have thwarted Africa's efforts to establish unity.
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