Robert J Stone pulls no punches. Humanity is currently on a one-way ride to oblivion, he says, and this is how it happened. One thing led to another. This is Big History. It begins at the beginning and goes until now - from the big bang until just yesterday. In just under 250 pages, it is a rapid ride through captivating terrain. More precisely, it is an effort to construct a coherent and comprehensive narrative account of the unfolding of existence in which each of us can find our origins, our identities, our dignities and tragedies and perhaps something of our commonalities. Stone is...