History
300 books
*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
*Non-fiction
489
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 19)
This is volume 4 chapter 19 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...
4 hours 18 minutes
*Non-fiction
448
William Wells Brown - My Southern Home or, The South and Its People
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never acknowledged his paternity. Brown escaped slavery at about the age of 20. For...
7 hours 17 minutes
History
487
Gaston Maspero - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt
A handbook of Egyptian archaeology, issued by the British Museum, considered suitable for British tourists traveling to Egypt in the 19th Century. (Introduction by Timothy Ferguson)
6 hours 50 minutes
*Non-fiction
454
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18)
This is volume 4 chapter 18 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...
4 hours 20 minutes
*Non-fiction
395
William Cooper Howells - Recollections of Life in Ohio, from 1813-1840
Recollections of Life in Ohio is the autobiography of William Cooper Howells (1807-1894), father of the American novelist William Dean Howells. The Howells were Welsh woolen mill owners. William Cooper's father...
6 hours 34 minutes
*Non-fiction
469
Eaton G. Osman - Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch
This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Native Americans, particularly the Kaskaskia who lived in the Grand Village of...
2 hours 25 minutes
