Culled from sources all over the world, the photographs are immediate and thought-provoking. They depict people and events, both famous and unknown, from the worlds of politics and war, art and invention, culture and social history. Accompanied by extended historical background information for every scene depicted, as well as evocative contemporary literary and political quotations, CENTURY is as much a historical education as an enlightening visual display of familiar and unknown times. Conceived and edited by the former picture editor of London's Sunday Times Magazine, CENTURY is the culmination of Bruce Bernard's thirty years' work in the industry.

This extraordinary book is now available in a new edition: small enough to be held in the palm of one hand, it has also been extended to accommodate events up to and including 11 September 2001 - an inescapable and poignant punctuation mark for any survey of modern history.