Prapancha Charitra (The No-Nonsense Guide to World History), Chris Brazier, translator, Vallompati Venkatasubbaiah, 146 pp, Rs. 80 \nThis book gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. Its simplicity and lack of jargon makes it suitable for all age groups. \nChris Brazier has been a co-editor of New Internationalist magazine since 1984. He has covered myriad subjects from masculinity to maternal mortality, Pan Africanism to the paranormal. He is the author of Vietnam: The Price of Peace (Oxfam, 1992), and Trigger Issues: Football (2007). He also compiled the New Internationalist anthologies Raging Against the Machine (2003) and Brief Histories of Almost Anything (2008). \nTranslator Vallompati Venkatasubbaiah (1937-2007) was born and raised in Chittoor district and taught at BT College, Madananapalle. One of the foremost literary critics, he was a Kendra Sahitya Akademy awardee.