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1. zak storer 🎡 (zacts@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 10:51:40 EDT zak storer 🎡

   I like this book right now, The History of the World, by Oxford University Press. You do have to wear different sunglasses/lenses to read it though, as the original edition was written in the 70's and has a bit of a masculine tone, but it has been revised in the essential 6th edition. I like it for an overview however. I think that being able to read books like this with sunglasses on, yet still finding value in the readings, is a nice skill to have.

   1. zak storer 🎡 (zacts@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 10:53:04 EDT zak storer 🎡

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      You must absolutely read the latest 6th edition if you read this book, as it includes sections on women and children throughout history, more cultures of the ancient past, and all of that. It is Ok. I'm using it to provide a ToC for what I might want to actually dive into more seriously later on, and for this it functions well.