Name: The New Penguin History of the World
ISBN: 9780141007236

John Morris Roberts

A revised edition of the sweeping world history chronicles from early hominid life through the global events of the twenty-first century, following a central theme that human history is a story of change through a deliberate shaping of experience and environment, and incorporating the latest findings. Reprint

The New Penguin History of the World

Melanie Richards

What I got out of this book:

1) topics in history I'd like to further explore
2) better understanding of international skirmishes that happened when I was a kid

I'm tempted to give it 3 stars, but I've settled on 2 because:

1) sentence structure was so sprawling that I'd often have to read the same sentence twice
2) the author (or ghost author) became quite opinionated once the track hit the 20th century. Unavoidable, because we all have opinions on recent history, but I felt some of the language was too strong and/or presented such opinions as unquestionable facts.