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Books by Herbert George Wells
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A Brief History of the World 世界简史
The main purpose of this book is to help readers who do not have time to study An Outline of World History understand clearly the vague and fragmentary concepts surrounding humanity’s great adventures, and to correct some misconceptions they may have formed. This book is by no means an abridged version of An Outline of World History, because that work, given its purpose, cannot be abridged or condensed. This book takes an entirely new approach and style. It is a more accessible and popular work
133Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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A General History of the World: Two Volumes 世界通史：全2册
Writing a world history that is engaging, easy to read, and easy to understand, without routinely running to millions of words, is no easy task. Yet in A Short History of the World, Wells succeeds admirably at what seems an impossible feat. The book spans from the dawn of human civilization to the Second World War, presenting in orderly fashion the rises and falls of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Christian society, the Islamic world, and major powers such as Britain, France, and t
106Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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A Brief History of the World 全球简史
H. G. Wells’s The Outline of History, also published under the title A Short History of the World, consists of eight parts and thirty-eight chapters. Beginning with Earth in the universe, it runs all the way to the First World War, bringing to life the rise and fall of superpowers such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Britain, the United States, and France. The author unravels long and complex historical records, presenting them one by one in an accessible, easy-to-understand narr
25Reads8.3Score—Shelves