There isn't much if any at this length and bare-bones style. Even the "brief" editions of the big texts are 8.5x11 trim, 750 or so pages. -Strayer/Ways of the World (Bedford St. Martins 2008) 880 pp $78.95 full color in 1 vol, 480 pp $60.95 each in 2 vols.) 2268 PT combined, 4216 PT vol. 1, 7253 PT vol. 2. (The closest competitor, but our book is different in the following respects: 1) half the length, lower price, 2) bare-bones narrative approach, 3) chronological instead of thematic)-Stearns/World History in Brief 7e, Prentice-Hall, October 2009. Combined volume, paper, 720 pp, $64. Split volumes, paper, 304-448 pp, $60 each. 348 PT combined, 1054 PT vol. 1, 1343 PT vol. 2.-McNeill and McNeill/The Human Web: too difficult for most students and somewhat quirky. Norton 2003. Paper 368 pp, $19. B&W illustrations. 1101 PT since 2007.-David Christian/This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity. Very brief. Berkshire 2007. Paper, 120 pp, $14.95. 585 PT.