Calling this a book is an insult to actual books ...
588689
Calling this a book is an insult to actual books. It aspires to be a pamphlet, and an uninformative one at that. Looking over someone's shoulder to see their password is hacking? Really? Ultimately I paid 10 bucks for 30 pages after deducting the TOC and 3 pages of ads for the author's other "books" whose topics run the gamut from bone broth (seriously) to diabetes. Save your money and do a google search.
2745074
For everyone giving this book anything under 3 stars and calling it vulgar and trash, you're an idiot. Yes, I said an idiot. Try reading actual reviews before buying a book, might help you people out a little.

This was NOT A REAL BOOK. The author never intended to write this book and she never intended for anyone to take it seriously, let alone give her flack for anything said in the book. She even gave a warning about how bad the book was and the vulgarity it contained within. As everyone has has said, it was a book within a book, started as a joke to ruin another author's career because she was stealing other author's ideas/books and claiming them as her own. Mind you, this was all happening IN ANOTHER BOOK. In the actual book she did seriously write, the book characters, which I believe amounted to 4 or 5 different people, all had a hand in writing the book so of course it was disjointed and made little to no sense. It was the intended purpose behind the book all along. It was MEANT to be so horrible that no one would want to read it or ever take the author claiming it as her own seriously ever again. The characters tried to inject as much profanity, sex, disbelief, utter nonsense, and anything else they could come up with that would make the book unreadable. This was what their group came up with. The author merely wrote this because her fans BEGGED her to actually write the book that the characters had talked a little about in the book she wrote.

Please, do everyone a favor and act like adults. Read the author's own words about the book. Read reviews which actually tell you the book title this came from and how this evolved before you run off and start giving 1 stars for something you know nothing about. Still don't like it after actually reading the book this came from and understanding how this came about? Ok, that is understandable. But to sit there and reject the author from this one book alone is ridiculous.
4569022
First and foremost it should be stated this book is NOT a historical novel, it is a romance novel. It should have had a picture on the cover of the heroic Captain Hunter with his long hair blowing in the wind and his shirt open to his navel. It may be well done by the standards of the romance genre, but it is extremely poorly done by the standards of the historical genre. Once started I always finish a book, this one was pure torture to finish. The dialog was contrived and phony as the day is long. The battle scenes, such as they were, were totally unrealistic. The number of coincidences necessary to make the plot work was uncountable.
I find it totally unfathomable that the overall rating of this book is 4 1/2 stars. This book was a total waste, not worth the cost of the paper and ink to print it. If you are a fan of historical novels, do not buy this book.
947363
The title of the book would have you believe that this is a work about a war that America fights against itself. It is not. This is a religious rant about christianity, good, and evil. There is absolutely zero tactical war story-telling. It seems the author had some spiritual issues he had to get off of his chest, and chose a catchy title to express those views. Do I disagree? Who cares. I am a fan of alternate history/ alternate timelines and this book was a huge dissapointment. As others reviewers stated, it's only .99 so you won't feel too bad. I like to think I take away something from every book I read. I took nothing away from this book. Next time, I will read the reviews first.
4820087
This must be a not-so-good joke. It can hardly be called a book, as it is barely a short pamphlet. The "History From Beginning to End" is a maximally condensed rehash of obvious and redundant truths. It is definitely not a history work, the level being at most a short homework project for a very average Junior High student. A glimpse at a Wikipedia is much more informative and insightful. The subtitle "Hourly History" cannot refer to the length of the pamphlet (it does not merit an hour of your time), neither to the description of the narrative (which is decade-by-decade at best). Do not waste your time
4624421
Just because a book has great significance doesnt mean its any good. I couldn't care less about the importance of this book because the book itself is so terrible. It may be the most boring book I have ever read. Sure, buy it, I know with so many great reviews you are going to anyways. But it is a big mistake and you will regret it.

The book just makes me feel bad when I read it. And not because of the subject matter, just because of the absolutely terrible writing. I mean this is terrible literature. The book just sucks. You literally get a sick feeling because its so bad.

Even though I know that the things in this book are happening now in real life, and that this is the piece of work many people reference when talking about those things, I cant get over the fact that the book itself was and is absolutely terrible.
1907280
This is not a book it is part of a book. I absolutely hate it when any author thinks it is ok to end a book without actually ending it and then telling us this is a series buy the next one!.

This is one of those crazy new genre of books where people fall instantly in love that I find so incredible.  Then add to this that the people use an assortment of pet name endearments.  My experience is there is one special name and that is what folks use.  Just made it seem even more incredulous.

Considering how much I hate so much of this book, I thought that the characters being a mature age and the suspense had great potential.  It could be a series where we learn more about some of the secondary characters in subsequent books.  It was different and had potential
4331178
First of all, this book should have been classified as a novel. It was completely unbelievable as a memoir. My book group in Umbria read this book and every single one of us thought it was badly written, over-the top-fiction. Those who had read the author's previous work were surprised at how disappointing they found this one.
270610
It is a fake book that is rude an does not need to be published or purchased by anyone ever
4533900
Not the real book
 Buy the actual book. NOT this one. Avoid this fake version. You should be ashamed of yourself writing a fake book!
1460132
Comments ONLY pertain to School-Library Binding-

An insulting and wretched edition of a splendid book. For one thing, the cover art is different than that shown. This wouldn't be so bad unless, like me, you're trying to match cover styles for a gift- you see the cover, read 'library binding', and recall what the book at the library looks and feels like, not to mention its physical size. Yep, just what you wanted.

Then this this fragrant little turd shows up. Turns out 'School-Library Binding'  doesn't mean a durable, well-made book printed on nice stock and a pleasure to hold and read. It really means, 'cheap nasty mass market paperback with flimsy, glossy hard covers slapped on and no dust jacket'. Who knew?
It's even the same size as a mass market paperback, but the hard cover destroys a paperback's ability to fairly easily tuck into a pocket.

Perhaps I should have read the description a bit more carefully, but I had seen and purchased the version pictured before, so it just never occurred to me. Also, I have yet to see something this awful on a library shelf that doesn't have a paper cover instead of the chintzy cardboard. If you 'look inside!', you do get a warning that this is a different edition. But no visual reference as to what it truly looks like. I had no need look inside, since I knew the book already.

Had I any idea that travesties like this existed, you can bet that I'd have never ordered. This isn't a book-it's a cruel hoax. Mr. Pratchett's incandescent words deserve better. I ordered this embarrassment for a friend's birthday. She also deserves better.

That said, it's a helluva tale. Being Pratchett, though, that's pretty much a given. Zero stars for the edition, ten for the writing.

Speaking of fragrant, it smells bad, too-like bargain basement newsprint. Epic fail as a physical book. It's already packed up for return.
144385
How does this jerk and his publishers get away with it?  Dan Brown's books are so apallingly researched and error-ridden that it really is an insult.  I'm not driven by any ideology, nor am I pedantic - but it's the writer himself who pretentiously claims the details in this book to be "fact" in the preface.  I find it impossible to enjoy a book when every page is riddled with simple error.  For goodness' sake, "My First Book of Art" or a simple map of Rome is all you need to find them!  As for the so-called "Art Expert" (Robert Langdon), he has got to be the the most ignorant art teacher on the face of the planet.  I'm insulted by such blatant disregard for accuracy, and depressed by the low standards of the reading public.
341748
The laborious, trite and utterly useless content in this book really makes one wonder just who ACTUALLY needs things like this.  The values, concepts, etc. covered in the book should be known, understood and well accepted by the time one reaches, at the latest, 10 years of age.  As for the corporate aspect of things:  it is absolutely insulting and doesn't even qualify as "half-truth".

There is a wide variety of thought-provoking, conversation-inspiring and life-changing books out there written on similar topics.  However, unlike this book, they are written in an adult, intelligent style.  This book treats the reader like a child and provides no real "meat" to think about/discuss.

I would highly recommend reading some other books that ride on a much more foundation of intelligence, but ones that go beyond mere acceptance and discuss some of the psychological and sociological aspects of the world.

Too put it shorty:
There's nothing to learn from this childish trash unless there really is something EXTREMELY wrong with your understanding of the world.

Don't insult yourself.

I never encouraged the burning of books.  Then I read this.
3246699
I have never been more intellectually insulted than after spending actual money on this less than humorous attempt at 'writing'. this book should be a BLOG post, not in a place where real authors are trying to actually EARN their book's worth. I feel scammed.
1321611
This is not a real book. It is one of those 80  page scams that anyone could have written. Any positive rating is probably fake. Seriously, try to buy this in a bookstore. You won't be able to. Same with any book by this "publisher"
3576519
Such a disappointment. I want to kick myself for buying this book.  Another of those books people want to be able to tell others:  "I am an author. .. have you read my book?" It is rubbish. I wanted to read about the way into a life of solitude and not some rubbish about how we are all connected to the Internet.
2100499
This can hardly be considered as a book of information.  Poorly written as far as language is concerned as well as content.  No calorie, carbohydrate or other information pertaining to recipes.  A rediculous excuse for a book of information. So-called author should be ashamed.