Will Durant (1885-1981) was an award-winning American writer,
historian, and philosopher. He and his wife were awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and
Revolution, and he was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of
Freedom. Durant spent over forty years writing the critically
acclaimed eleven-volume Story of Civilization, the later volumes
with the help of his wife, Ariel. He sought to revitalize history
by unifying and humanizing the great body of historical knowledge,
which had become voluminous and fragmented into esoteric
subcategories. He also strove to bring philosophy to the common
man. Durant was a champion of human rights, social reform, and the
brotherhood of man long before they became well-known issues.
Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred
titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century"
and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three
prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005
by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones
Awards.
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