hard question to answer

both of the books are very detailed, about histories etc
the manner of his writing is extremely hard to grasp
in some areas unless very focused .

i have found that a little bit at a time...
is best way to approach them.. and unless you really are into past histories (which i am 8)

that it can get somewhat tedious.

i would highly suggest these books to anyone, bu tbe prepared for soem very BIG detailed volumes of info that may takeyouupto a year to fully digest..
but certainly worth the knowledge as far as a good foundation of understanding from the beginning to the end/ how the whole
dynamics work.

a good time frame is about 30 minutes a day read
then take time to think on before just trying to grab it all at once.
which is better? i could not say.. since they both encompass a whole different section of learning