This is history at its liveliest and most enjoyable. Most presidential biographies are abominably long-winded and reverential. With miniaturist wit and precision, Gimson manages to compress all the salient facts about each president into five or six pages, while offering beautifully crafted insights into their characters and temperaments ... There is something fascinating or funny on every page

Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures

Brilliant

Terrific

Andrew Gimson’s hugely enjoyable collection of biographies of the 44 US Presidents (not 45, I have learned) is rendered all the more fun, as his books ever are, by Martin Rowson’s cartoons.

Crisp and witty

Wonderfully snappy pen-portraits

Beautifully written . . . it's probably the best volume of autobiography from a former president in modern times

Remarkably candid and beautifully written . . . It should bring inspiration for we Brits who want to build our own version of inclusive patriotism here at home

Gives a very human insight into the White House

To keep company with his elegant prose, complex conscience and unmistakable intelligence is a cool drink of water after four years of the other guy . . .

Elegantly written ... Obama comes across as literary, tolerant and dignified. A gifted writer, he maintains the reader's interest for over 700 pages

Deeply enjoyable...Obama is such a fluent and warm writer and so good at describing events and people

His ability to put himself in the shoes of others - even those who treat him with open contempt - is admirable

Honest, powerful and personal...a must read

A useful corrective that brings us closer to a more accurate history of Western science - one which recognises Europe, not as exceptional, but as learning from the world

The righting of the historical record makes Horizons a deeply satisfying read. We learn about a fascinating group of people engaged in scientific inquiry all over the world. Even more satisfyingly, Horizons demonstrates that the most famous scientists - Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein among them - couldn't have made their discoveries without the help of their global contacts

A provocative examination of major contributions to science made outside Europe and the USA, from ancient to modern times, explained in relation to global historical events. I particularly enjoyed the stories of individuals whose work tends to be omitted from standard histories of science

A wonderful, timely reminder that scientific advancement is, and has always been, a global endeavour

This is the kind of history we need: it opens our eyes to the ways in which what we know today has been uncovered thanks to a worldwide team effort

An important milestone

The freshest history of the strangest science

Ambitious, riveting, Poskett tracks the global in so many senses . . . vital reading on some of the most urgent concerns facing the world history of science

Terrific . . . [Makes] a substantial contribution to understanding the universalizing properties of science and technology in history

Horizons forces me to think outside my Eurocentric box and puts science at the centre of world history