LIFE : Our Century in Pictures

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Summary: A Thought Provoking and Powerful Book
Review: A great book for kids to learn about the past and adults to be reminded of it. It's a bookmark of the time we left behind. A great opportunity to teach and entertain at the same time, although some photos might require a bit of explanation for the younger readers. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, then this is War and Peace times 10! It brings history to life (no pun intended). You'll go through it over and over. It's a great coffee table or bedside book. You'll laugh and cry again, because the emotion and griping tales just leap off the pages at you. A must for anyone interested in our recent history.

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Summary: Unmatched Photo History
Review: A great book for kids to learn about the past and adults to be reminded of it. It's a bookmark of the time we left behind. A great opportunity to teach and entertain at the same time, although some photos might require a bit of explanation for the younger readers. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, then this is War and Peace times 10! It brings history to life (no pun intended). You'll go through it over and over. It's a great coffee table or bedside book. You'll laugh and cry again, because the emotion and griping tales just leap off the pages at you. A must for anyone interested in our recent history.

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Summary: A great book.
Review: At the end of the century it is wonderful to be able to look back and marvel at our most recent history, and what better way to do it than with these magnificent pictures. We are fortunate indeed that our history can be recorded in this way.

This is not the sort of book to leave on a shelf. Leave it on a coffee table, on a sofa, or on a chair where it will be picked up and looked at with regularity. It's not only educational - there are memories in there for all of us. And being a Life book, they are the best pictures of all.

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Summary: A scrapbook of the century...
Review: Life has done a superb job of pulling the whole century together into one book.I wont't tell you what picture was the first picture the started the book off with.But I'll tell you this;they got it right! This in not only the most important and best picture of the 20th century, but also; the most significient picture to portray what man has done;ever.

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Summary: Captivating images of our times
Review: They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. They were right! This fine pictorial collection of historic photos brings history to life as well if not better than the best historical novels of the year. 'War of the Rats', 'Charlotte Gray', and 'the Triumph and the Glory' triggered a fascination in recent history in our family and LIFE has sustained it by offering this superb book. We are always looking through it again and again.

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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: This is history as you've never seen it before!