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Eleanor Constance Lodge - End of the Middle Age: 1273-1453

Eleanor Constance Lodge, (1869-1936), was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Oxford. In this short survey, the 180 years between 1273 and 1453 are characterized as a period of...

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 43 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

In the late 1600s a man was doubly-imprisoned: his body in an iron cell and his face in an iron mask. Who the “man in the iron mask” was, why he was imprisoned, and how he was treated during imprisonment, remains a...

John Van Stan 1 hour 42 minutes

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Sir Francis Galton - Hereditary Genius

A biographical summary of the pre-eminent men of Britain grouped by profession. The extensive survey draws from information including college graduation, reputation during career, fellowships, and even known...

Leon Harvey 7 hours 15 minutes

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Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902

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William Morris Davis - Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902

This is Volume VIII of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs series. It is read as 33 sections using the memoir headings. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a leading figure in the geological...

Melanie Schleeter McCalmont 3 hours 40 minutes

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W. John L. Sullivan - Twelve Years in the Saddle

Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

Will the Ninja 6 hours 2 minutes

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 7...

MaryAnn and 5 more 13 hours 3 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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George Henry Wakeling - King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)

This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King James I through the death of Queen Anne. The story begins with England,...

Pamela Nagami 4 hours 44 minutes

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Albert Payson Terhune - Superwomen

In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune chooses well-known figures whose stories are as much myth as history, like...

BettyB and 3 more 7 hours 55 minutes

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Sir Frank T. Marzials - Life of Charles Dickens

Early biography of Charles Dickens published just 17 years after Dickens' death. Summary by Colleen McMahon

Colleen McMahon 4 hours 14 minutes

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George Hooper - Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1769-1852), was born in Dublin, the younger son of an Irish Protestant aristocrat. He served with his brother in India and rose to prominence during the Napoleonic Wars in...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 50 minutes

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Charles William Chadwick Oman - England and the Hundred Years' War

This little book by the British military historian, Charles Oman, begins with the accession of the warrior king, Edward III, to the English throne in 1327 and ends with the downfall of Richard III at Bosworth Field in...

Pamela Nagami 5 hours 52 minutes

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George Brinton McClellan - McClellan's Own Story

Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War. The work covers the time that McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac,...

Mike Manolakes 25 hours 13 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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