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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 4

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus - Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 4

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives contain twenty-three pairs of...

John Burlinson 8 hours 32 minutes Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - Frederic the Great

Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates primarily on the ways in which he built Prussia up into a major military power....

Nicholas Clifford 3 hours 16 minutes

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Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

Biography & Autobiography

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John Gilmary Shea - Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

«It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small...

laurencetrask and 8 more 11 hours 59 minutes

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History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

Biography & Autobiography

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Justin McCarthy - History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 4

In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on the stage that bulky, big-spender, George IV, his bumbling brother, William...

Pamela Nagami 11 hours 39 minutes

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Nikola Tesla - My Inventions and Other Works

Between February and October 1919, Nikola Tesla submitted many articles to the magazine Electrical Experimenter. The most famous of these works is a six part series titled My Inventions , which is an autobiographical...

Kane Mercer and 6 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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Paul Leicester Ford - Many-Sided Franklin

A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford uses Franklin’s letters, papers and journals to step us through Franklin's...

Michele Fry 12 hours 17 minutes

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - Warren Hastings

«Warren Hastings» is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh Review of October 1841 as a review of Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, first...

Nicholas Clifford 4 hours 47 minutes

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Edward Tyas Cook - Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of «The...

Michele Fry and 12 more 20 hours 13 minutes

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Richard Gorton Barlow - Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket

R. G. «Dick» Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the batting with A. N. Hornby for Lancashire and England, often acting as a «stonewaller»...

Phil Benson 7 hours 6 minutes

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Giovanni Boccaccio - Early Lives of Dante

This recording contains two early biographies of Dante, both written by notable Florentine literati. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 -1375) was an Italian poet, most famous for his monumental collection of tales, The...

Algy Pug 3 hours 52 minutes

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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5

Art, Design & Architecture

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Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was...

MorganScorpion and 8 more 8 hours 36 minutes Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Volumes 1-7

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Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable

Biography & Autobiography

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Jean S. Remy - Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable

Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history — quite literally! From Washington to Jackson to Cleveland to McKinley, Jean S. Remy details the lives of the...

Mark Peterson and 5 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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