Can someone tell me who or what this Charles River Editors is? I have regularly seen books of this editor pass by that cover the field that I am currently exploring, namely the history of the earliest civilizations. But I can't quite place this. Take this little book: barely 50 pages, fairly well documented, with academic references, but I can't find an author. It’s good as an introduction, but at the same time a bit chaotic, quite encyclopedic and above all, maps and illustrations are missing. Strange.