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A Brief History of the World
"A Brief History of the World" is a unique history of the world written by the British historian Herbert George Wells. With an extremely broad vision and a brisk and concise style, it sorts out the history of mankind since the origin of biology. The content of this book traces back to the beginning of human civilization, the origin of life, and the evolution of species, to the end of World War I and the reconstruction of world politics and economy. The book has unique descriptions of ancient Egy
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General History of the World: 2 Volumes
It is indeed not an easy task to write an interesting, easy-to-read, easy-to-understand world history work that does not require more than a million words, but Wells accomplished this seemingly impossible task very well in "A General History of the World". This book traces the beginnings of human civilization to World War II. The ups and downs of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Christian society, the Islamic world, and great powers such as the United Kingdom, France, and the United
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A Brief History of the World
Wells' "A Brief History of the World" (also translated as "Outline of World History") has eight parts and thirty-eight chapters, starting from the earth in the universe and ending with the First World War, recreating the rise and fall of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other superpowers. The author peels off the long and complicated historical materials and presents them one by one, in a simple and easy-to-understand narrative manner
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Interstellar War (Gomai Classic)
"The War of the Worlds" is a science fiction novel by Herbert George Wells, first published in 1898. In the story, Martians with a highly developed civilization descended from the sky in an aircraft. After a brief period of silence, they began to implement an organized plan to conquer the earth. The human army was vulnerable to the Martians' advanced weapons. Towns were destroyed, traffic was paralyzed, tens of millions of people fled in panic, and the world fell into extreme chaos. However, jus
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A Brief History of the World
Wells's "A Brief History of the World" (also translated as "Outline of World History") has eight parts and thirty-eight chapters, starting from the earth in the universe and ending with the First World War, recreating the rise and fall of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other superpowers. The author peels off the long and complicated historical materials and presents them one by one, in a simple and easy-to-understand narrative manne
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A Brief History of the World
The main purpose of this book is to allow readers who have no time to read the "Outline of World History" to clearly understand the vague and trivial concepts of mankind's great adventures, and to correct some previously formed misunderstandings. This book is by no means an abbreviated version of "Outline of World History" because "Outline of World History" cannot be abbreviated and refined for its own purposes. This book adopts a brand-new concept and writing method, and is a more popular and p
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Island of Dr Moreau
Prendick, a young British man, was rescued from a shipwreck and came to a small island where he met the mysterious Dr. Moreau. The doctor turned out to be a scientist and surgeon. He was expelled from the London academic community because of cruel vivisection animal experiments. He came to this desert island to continue his crazy experiments. Dr. Moreau regards himself as a creator and uses organ transplantation and other methods to transform animals, turning them into orcs that can walk upright
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