books.google.co.uk - In Civilizations, Felipe Fernández-Armesto once again proves himself a brilliantly original historian, capable of large-minded and comprehensive works; here he redefines the subject that has fascinated historians from Thucydides to Gibbon to Spengler to Fernand Braudel: the nature of civilization. ...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Civilizations.html?id=3MNzi698aXwC&q=%EF%AC+nd&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCivilizations