History
300 books
*Non-fiction
507
Charles William Chadwick Oman - Byzantine Empire
Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon...
9 hours 18 minutes
*Non-fiction
449
Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard - Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Baden, at sixteen, his life never lost this typical touch. In America, both...
7 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
414
Henry Bibb - Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave
Henry Walton Bibb was born a slave. His father was white although his identity was not positively known. Bibb was separated from his mother at a very young age and hired out to other slave owners for most of his...
5 hours 19 minutes
*Non-fiction
437
Haji A. Browne - Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day
Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend him. His faults and his failings are to be found at large in almost any of...
10 hours 9 minutes
*Non-fiction
530
Agnes Strickland - Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4
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...
16 hours 23 minutes
*Non-fiction
484
John Stuart Mill - Considerations on Representative Government
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, including when representative government is applicable and when not. He details...
9 hours 54 minutes
History
555
Robert F. Pennell - History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD
History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD. This compilation is designed to be a companion to the author's History of Greece. It is hoped that it may fill a want, now felt in many high schools and...
9 hours 24 minutes
