History
300 books
*Non-fiction
446
W. Stewart Wallace - Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the Crown of England during and after the American Revolution. While the vast...
3 hours 19 minutes
*Non-fiction
463
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 17)
This is volume 4 chapter 17 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 24 minutes
*Non-fiction
422
Theodore Roosevelt - Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
This book is a collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s published commentaries and public addresses on the general theme of the requirements for individual and collective success in the personal, civic, political, and...
7 hours 24 minutes
*Non-fiction
532
Frank Henderson - Six Years in the Prisons of England
A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fellow prisoners came to be in prison, and his ideas about the penal system, its...
6 hours 47 minutes
General Fiction
445
Jacob A. Riis - Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records of organized charity, that are never dry, as some think, but alive with vital...
2 hours 58 minutes
*Non-fiction
465
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 16)
This is volume 3 chapter 16 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 33 minutes
*Non-fiction
444
Abigail Adams - Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, Vol. 1
Abigail Adams lived the American Revolution as the wife of one of its central figures--John Adams. Her family correspondence, published along with a memoir by her grandson, Charles Francis Adams, brings that era into...
7 hours 41 minutes
*Non-fiction
441
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot - Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 5
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, actively opposing...
22 hours 16 minutes
