My library canât give away all the copies of Twilight they have on their shelvesâŚ
I found a two volume set of HG Wellsâ Outline of History at our local library sale this past August. Good reading so far.
Thank you for keeping older books alive
After the Wells volumes Iâm thinking of tackling this all in one World History book. Itâs about 1300 pages. Last edition I believe was 1972. If can get through these books Iâll consider myself âeducatedâ
. Hereâs some pics.
Good googly moogly. Thatâs about the size of Tragedy and Hope by Carol Quigley, which i still have a few hundred pages to finish.
⌠Langer was head of R&A for the OSS ⌠read with caution.
Youâll get there! If I were âEvelyn Woodâ Iâd feel obligated to read that World Book Encyclopedia set my parents bought us kids in the mid 70âs. Wouldnât that be cool!? Or were things too far gone by then?
Oh no. I donât use reading glasses, but if I did what hue should they be? Red, Blue, etc. I mean to âfilter outâ or, to âKnow Thine Enemyâ
⌠my only admonition was to âread with cautionâ. The choice of âhueâ of lens is entirely your own.
I should get that! It looks good!
Thanks for sharing!
Youâre welcome Chris. I look forward to starting the Langer book after the H.G. Wells volumes. It should be interesting to compare and contrast the raw information presented and analysis(?). In the later, Iâm now reading about the tensions and power struggles between kings and the priestly classes of Babylon/Assyria; Egypt and China. They all seemed to have them!
The version of the Langer I put in my abebooks cart is from the 60s. I wonder if they updated the newer printings for awhile with current events, or if all the editions just stop at a certain time.
I have a 4 page handwritten list of books-to-read , whenever I buy one I write it there. This one I donât forget and they donât languish on the shelf. The first 2 or 3 pages have like 3 columns.
Itâs far easier to purchase than to read, time-wise.
I think I get through about 1 per month worst case, 2 per month best.
I believe my version is up to and including the Fifth Edition. So possibly we have the same contents.
I like the idea of just going ahead and buying a used book if Iâm the least bit interested, and putting it on a list. Then I could decide what suits me to read next.
Yes itâs fun - then I do feel a sense of accomplishment when I cross it off after I finish it.
In this way, books you bought 2 years ago but didnt feel like reading yet, dont get lost or forgotten in the dead book office. 
My stack is starting to accumulate, and like the sense of accomplishment as well.
I think my strategy Langer book, because itâs so lengthy, is to be steady
with it, and have another shorter book to read alongside. This way I wonât feel âbogged downâ.
My rule since reading is fun and one must focus is to allow 3 books at once max, roughly:
One âfictionâ
One ânonfictionâ
One âperiodical/comicâ
kinda
Thatâs a good way to go. Mix it up, keeps the interest alive.