The Elements of Reconstruction (The original unabridged edition)

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This book is a series of articles contributed to the Times, July-August 1916. First book edition by Nisbet & Co., London, November 1916.

Table of contents :

Introduction

Science in Education and Industry

Scientific Agriculture And The Nation's Food

The Long View And Labour

Problems Of Political Adaptation

An Imperial Constitution

Higher Education In The Empire

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells was now considered to be one of the world's most important political thinkers and during the 1920s and 30s he was in great demand as a contributor to newspapers and journals.

a rip-roaring adventure thriller

Préface
On 29 April 1945, the Allies secretly surrendered unconditionally to Nazi Germany. Four hours later, that surrender was withdrawn. The world never knew - until now...

Auteur
Alex Scarrow has been writing for many years, and this is his first full-length novel. He is the brother of bestselling historical novelist Simon Scarrow. He lives in Norwich.

Résumé

It is early April of 1945. The Nazi regime is being slowly throttled by the oncoming Russian and Allied armies and Hitler rages uselessly in his Berlin bunker. But the high command have one more throw of the dice to make...

An audacious plan is hatched to save the Fatherland and beat off the approaching apocalypse. All it will take is a hodge-podge squadron of escort fighters, a captured US bomber and one suicidally brave pilot to fly it over the Atlantic into the beating heart of America.

Half a century later, a rusting plane is discovered, sunk with its crew, off the coast of New York - a relic from a bygone age. Chris Roland, a brilliant young photographer, is sent to take photos of this time capsule. But it is only when he discovers the fragments of Nazi uniforms on the decaying corpses that he realises he has come across a secret so terrible that even fifty years later it could still kill him...