History
300 books
*Non-fiction
514
Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 1
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller the richest figure in...
9 hours 25 minutes
*Non-fiction
479
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 23)
This is volume 5 chapter 23 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death. To quote from the preface — 'I HAVE thought it right to publish that portion of the...
4 hours
History
440
Louis-Georges Desjardins - England, Canada and the Great War
Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted all Quebecers with the same unpatriotic brush in respect to their...
9 hours 30 minutes
War & Military
472
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22)
This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to...
3 hours 31 minutes
*Non-fiction
436
Peter Kropotkin - Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 2
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the...
9 hours 9 minutes
*Non-fiction
478
Agnes Strickland - Lives of the Queens of England Volume 3
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England...
12 hours 12 minutes
*Non-fiction
457
Alexander Aaronsohn - With the Turks in Palestine
While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a little country the soul of which is torn to pieces—a little country that is so...
1 hour 54 minutes
*Non-fiction
503
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)
This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to...
5 hours 29 minutes
*Non-fiction
466
Peter Kropotkin - Memoirs of a Revolutionist, Vol. 1
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but also about 19th century Russian society and politics. He was born into the...
7 hours 31 minutes
