title: The New Penguin History of the World: Fourth Edition
author:  J. M. Roberts 
description: A work of outstanding breadth of scholarship and penetrating judgments. There is nothing better of its kind. -- <i>Jonathan Sumption, <I>Sunday Telegraph</I></i><br /><br />Anyone who wants an outline grasp of history, the core of all subjects, can grasp it here. -- <i><I>The Economist</I></i>
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  ## AMITAV GHOSH
  
  
  
  
  
  ### The Great Derangement
  
  
  #### Climate Change and the Unthinkable
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [Part I:
  Stories](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-6e7622b7ab874bf996e0351f45d108b6)
  
  
  [Part II:
  History](part0023_split_000.html#LTSU0-6e7622b7ab874bf996e0351f45d108b6)
  
  
  [Part III:
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  [_Endnotes_](part0043.html#190860-6e7622b7ab874bf996e0351f45d108b6)
  
  
  [_Acknowledgements_](part0044.html#19UOO0-6e7622b7ab874bf996e0351f45d108b6)
  
  
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