A History of the World in 100 Objects

• Author : British Museum
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 February 2016

• Author : Neil MacGregor
• Publisher : Penguin UK
• Release : 06 October 2011

This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them. The book's range is enormous. It begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with an object from the 21st century

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 2021

• Author : Mark Kilfoyle
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 2021

• Author : John A. Davies,Tim Pestell
• Publisher : History PressLtd
• Release : 01 May 2012

A history of Norfolk in 100 objects

• Author : Jerold Angelus
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 15 April 2011

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A History of the World in 100 Objects is a joint project of BBC Radio 4 and the British Museum, comprising a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In 15-minute presentations broadcast on weekdays on Radio 4, MacGregor used objects of ancient art, industry, technology and arms, all of which are in the British Museum's collections, as

• Author : Bill Mann
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 2021

What does a grapefruit have in common with a pair of 500 sunglasses? They've both played a pivotal role in football history. Following on from Neil MacGregor's groundbreaking 'The History of the World in 100 Objects', Bill Mann provides a quirky and unique take on the beautiful game told through its defining objects.

• Author : Gavin Mortimer
• Publisher : Profile Books
• Release : 04 October 2012

What does a turnip have in common with a pair of 500 sunglasses? They've both played a pivotal role in football history. Following on from Neil MacGregor's groundbreaking The History of the World in 100 Objects, Gavin Mortimer provides a quirky and unique take on the beautiful game told through its defining objects. A History of Football in 100 Objects begins on the momentous day in October 1863 when several men in frock coats formed the Football Association. Ever since, the sport has continually

• Author : Adrian Hon
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 21 April 2021

"Speculative fiction that presents a possible future -- as rich, complex, and compromised as our present -- in 100 vignettes, each focusing on individual technologies or social innovations"--

• Author : Elspeth King
• Publisher : History PressLtd
• Release : 01 March 2011

A History of the World in 100 Objects by the British Museum and the BBC is a project which has fired the public imagination throughout the land. This is the first published tribute act, demonstrating that the local, the national, and the international are always present, wherever the place, and that the world is where we live. This enthralling book features 100 objects—all from the archive of the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum—that each tell a fascinating history of

• Author : Iain Spragg
• Publisher : Andre Deutsch
• Release : 01 August 2017

• Author : Neil MacGregor
• Publisher : Penguin UK
• Release : 17 September 2018

Following the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, a panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany 'Riveting, extraordinary ... tells the sweeping story of religious belief in all its inventive variety. The emphasis is not on our differences, but on shared spiritual yearnings' Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, Books of the Year One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and

• Author : Maggie Andrews,Janis Lomas
• Publisher : The History Press
• Release : 23 February 2018

The history of the world has been told in objects. But what about the objects that tell the history of women? What are the items that symbolize the journey of women from second-class citizens with no legal rights, no vote and no official status to the powerful people they are today? And what are the objects that still oppress women? From the corset to the pill, the typewriter to the first pair of women’s trousers and the invention of

• Author : Mike Aquilina,Grace Aquilina
• Publisher : Ave Maria Press
• Release : 20 October 2017

Winner of two Catholic Press Association Awards: Design and Production (Second Place) and History (Honorable Mention). The star of Bethlehem exemplifies the birth of Jesus, the Wittenberg Door is synonymous with the Protestant Reformation, and “the pill” symbolizes the sexual revolution. It’s “stuff” that helps tell the story of Christianity. In this unique, rich, and eye-catching book, popular Catholic author and EWTN host Mike Aquilina tells the Christian story through the examination of 100 objects and places. Some, like Michelangelo's

• Author : Gavin Mortimer
• Publisher : Profile Books
• Release : 06 June 2013

Once the preserve of the English, now, for nations the world over, summertime means cricket bats to be oiled, rain forecasts analysed and tea in the pavilion. Cricket has enthralled us since the seventeenth century. But what is it about the game that provokes such fervour? Award-winning sports author Gavin Mortimer calls together a cast of salt-of-the-earth Yorkshiremen, American billionaires and dashing Indian princes to tell the strange and remarkable tale of cricket's journey from medieval village sport of 'club-ball'