My secondary book was An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin. Overall, I did rather enjoy the book. His survey of humanity is a very interesting idea, and the stories he portrays really help to paint the portrait he is trying to paint. For anyone interested in psychology, the book would be fascinating! I have a laymans interest in psychology, so I did like it.
However, perhaps the parts of the book applicable to travel could be used, rather than the entire book. I enjoyed it, but Zeldin does offer some lengthy analysis of his stories, leading to a rather long book. The good thing is each chapter is not dependent upon the last, so it would be possible to offer excerpts of this book in future classes.
So overall, it was a good and applicable book, and I would recommend you keep using it- just in excerpt form instead.
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