โ Scribed by H. G. Wells
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This is the extended annotated edition including the rare biographical essay by Edwin E. Slosson called "H. G. Wells - A Major Prophet Of His Time". No book is provoking a more animated discussion among students of the social sciences at the present time than H. G. Wells' Outline of History. The author's task, as he himself sets it, is to tell, "truly and clearly, in one continuous narrative, the whole story of life and mankind so far as it is known today." But while these two volumes are plainly for the general reader rather than for the special student of history, it does not follow that they contain nothing beyond an endless parade of names and dates. Their chief value, indeed, is in the author's interpretation of what he writes about. Events are appraised and men are weighed in the balance as he goes along. Historians in general will not agree with some of these appraisals, nor will they credit Mr. Wells with an approach to infallibility in his judgment of the men who flit...
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Colin Wilson tells the story of human violence from Peking Man to the Mafia - taking into account the calculated sadism of the Assyrians, the opportunism of the Greek pirates, the brutality that made Rome the razor king of the Mediterranean, the mindless destruction of the Vandals,
Colin Wilson tells the story of human violence from Peking Man to the Mafia - taking into account the calculated sadism of the Assyrians, the opportunism of the Greek pirates, the brutality that made Rome the razor king of the Mediterranean, the mindless destruction of the Vandals, the mass slaughte
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Colin Wilson tells the story of human violence from Peking Man to the Mafia - taking into account the calculated sadism of the Assyrians, the opportunism of the Greek pirates, the brutality that made Rome the razor king of the Mediterranean, the mindless destruction of the Vandals,
ืืคื ื ืืื ืืืฃ ืฉื ืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืจืฅ ืืคืืืช ืฉืืฉื ืืื ืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืืื. ืืฃ ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืชื ืืฉืืืืช ืืืืืืช. ืชืคืงืืื ืืืืข ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉื ืืืจืืืืช, ืืืืืืืืช ืื ืกืืกืื ื ืื. ืืคื ื ืืฉืืขืื ืืืฃ ืฉื ื ืืชืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืกืชืืจื ืืืฉืื ืืชืืืขืชื ืฉื ืืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืืื -- ืืืื ืกืืคืืื ืก -- ืืืืฃ ืืืชื ืืืฉืชืื ืขื ืืขืืื ืืืื.ืืืืกืืืจืื ืฉ
Session one: 16 November 1964Session two: 30 November 1964 -- Session three: 17 December 1964 -- Session four: 11 January 1965 -- Session five: 25 January 1965 -- Session six: 8 February 1965 -- Session seven: 22 February 1965 -- Session eight: 15 March 1965 -- Session nine: 29 March 1965.
Stein's monster of a novel, which was initially serialized by Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford in the Transatlantic Review. Although Stein does not follow convention, the plot portrays three generations of an American family. An abridged edition was released in 1934, but this is a facsimile of the orig