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Charles Van Doren Libri
Charles Lincoln Van Doren è stato un intellettuale, scrittore e redattore americano il cui nome è legato a uno scandalo di quiz televisivi negli anni '50. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da un profondo interesse per l'educazione e la conoscenza umana, esplorando spesso temi di verità, inganno ed etica nella società moderna. La scrittura di Van Doren cerca di colmare il divario tra il mondo accademico e il grande pubblico in modo accessibile e coinvolgente. La sua prosa riflette una ricerca durata una vita per comprendere idee complesse e condividerle con gli altri.
Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)
- 96pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Focusing on the significance of contemporary American novelists from 1900 to 1920, this republished work aims to preserve an important part of literary history. It has been reformatted and retyped to ensure clarity and readability, moving beyond mere scanned copies to provide a modern presentation. This effort seeks to keep the contributions of these authors alive for both present and future generations, ensuring their impact is not forgotten.
Breve historia del saber
- 656pagine
- 23 ore di lettura
A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet totally accessible, A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius that brought ideas to fruition throughout history. "Crystal clear and concise...Explains how humankind got to know what it knows." Clifton Fadiman Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club
