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A review by holly_keimig
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
5.0
50 Book Reading Challenge 2015: A book with more than 500 pages
I enjoyed this SO much! I was daunted by its size and it was not really that easy to carry around. I read the first few hundred pages in the book and then realized it was fall and freaked out a bit (knowing I had to finish it before January). I knew it had been a series of radio specials on the BBC and I found all of the podcasts online for free! They made my work days very enjoyable. I listened to the rest in 15 minute segments and learned so much that I didn't know before. (Also, happily, the podcasts don't leave anything out from the book!) The book is beautiful and contains pictures of each object and so I referenced it while listening when possible or after if necessary. There is some adult content in this (so only for those over 18 I'd say) but it is a very eye-opening look at the world through 100 objects in the British Museum. It was nice to see history through another country's perspective. If I had to pick a favorite object, it would probably the Inca gold llama, but its a hard decision. I highly recommend this one!
Links to the image gallery and the podcasts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/a_history_of_the_world.aspx
I enjoyed this SO much! I was daunted by its size and it was not really that easy to carry around. I read the first few hundred pages in the book and then realized it was fall and freaked out a bit (knowing I had to finish it before January). I knew it had been a series of radio specials on the BBC and I found all of the podcasts online for free! They made my work days very enjoyable. I listened to the rest in 15 minute segments and learned so much that I didn't know before. (Also, happily, the podcasts don't leave anything out from the book!) The book is beautiful and contains pictures of each object and so I referenced it while listening when possible or after if necessary. There is some adult content in this (so only for those over 18 I'd say) but it is a very eye-opening look at the world through 100 objects in the British Museum. It was nice to see history through another country's perspective. If I had to pick a favorite object, it would probably the Inca gold llama, but its a hard decision. I highly recommend this one!
Links to the image gallery and the podcasts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/a_history_of_the_world.aspx