Sure, there are beginnings and ends and there is all the stuff that happens in the middle.
Begin with the Big Bang and end with a distant trumpet call; understand how to send a cheese sandwich into the future, have the origin of the universe explained, and find out how to achieve immortality; and finally add in a splash of espionage. Enjoy the mix.
Henri Lewi packs a universe into a small space in his thought-provoking From the Beginning to the End.