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Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant
Photography by Billy Ray/Life Magazine © Time Inc.

Ariel Durant

Will and Ariel Durant, after spending over fifty years completing the critically acclaimed series The Story of Civilization, were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968. In 1977, the Durants were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Champions of human rights and social reform, the Durants continue to educate and entertain readers the world over. For more information on their work, visit www.willdurant.com.

The Age of Reason Begins will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Voltaire is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Voltaire will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Napoleon is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Napoleon will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Reason Begins is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Rousseau and Revolution will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
Rousseau and Revolution is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Louis XIV will be released on June 07, 2011 in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Age of Louis XIV is now available in eBook
Jun 07, 2011
The Lessons of History will be released on February 16, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Feb 16, 2010
The Lessons of History is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 16, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Lessons of History
Oct 31, 2009

Authors on the Web

Bookslut, April 2, 2012
...careers of the pop (quack?) psychologist Wilhelm Reich, on the one hand, and that of historians Will and Ariel Durant, on the other. What about those characters made you want to include them in the same piece -- with that title? Ossip: Having stumbled on...
Salem-News.com, March 18, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...
Inside Higher Ed, March 4, 2012
...and on exactly how I would do so I am foggy), include: A complete hardcover set Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization (in 11 volumes). I bought this set used as a gift to myself after finishing my Ph.D. For years I've promised that...
Hollywood Patch, February 21, 2012
...information, call 323-466-2210. The Durant Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. today at the Will and Ariel Durant Library . The book, Room: A Novel , by Emma Donoghue will be today’s topic. Copies of the book will also be available in advance at the...
Washington Post, January 11, 2012
...to have read. In high school I marched through the first seven or eight volumes of Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” and the summer I was 16 I read Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” all the way to the end of the “Paradiso.” At...
Accuracy in Media, December 31, 2011
...history, economics, or literature. They had lived in the real world. The âblue collar intellectualsâ included Will and Ariel Durant, co-authors of âThe Story of Civilizationâ that included eleven-volumes by the time they were completed. Another was...
The Patriot Post, December 17, 2011
...all of whom left an indelible mark on the American landscape. Flynn begins with "Apostate Historians" Will and Ariel Durant, a couple "joined in scandal" when the former seminarian turned life-long socialist ended up marrying one of his students in 1913...
Hollywood Patch, February 21, 2012
...information, call 323-466-2210. The Durant Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. today at the Will and Ariel Durant Library . The book, Room: A Novel , by Emma Donoghue will be today’s topic. Copies of the book will also be available in advance at the...
Salem-News.com, February 20, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...
Salem-News.com, February 17, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...
Salem-News.com, February 9, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...
Hollywood Patch, February 4, 2012
...performance is at 4:30 p.m. followed by a reception. RSVP to HACadmin@hollywoodartscouncil.org. The Will and Ariel Durant Library will offer "Cultural Connections" at 4 p.m. Pre-schoolers through third-graders will have the opportunity to be introduced...
Salem-News.com, January 31, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...
Salem-News.com, January 31, 2012
...In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary) Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing...