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970 books
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Mary Johnston - Chronicles of America Volume 05 - Pioneers of the Old South
In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into the first colonies, specifically Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina,...
5 hours 37 minutes
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594
François-René de Chateaubriand - Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV
After the extinction of Napoleon's comet on St Helena, Chateaubriand covers the Bourbon Restoration in this volume, meeting a dazzling array of literary and political figures, as his diplomatic career advances. —...
9 hours 38 minutes
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434
John W. Arctander - Apostle of Alaska: The Story of William Duncan of Metlakahtla
This is this story of William Duncan, an English missionary, who established a colony among the Tsimshian people of the Pacific Northwest. He worked there from 1856 until his death in 1918 at the age of 86. — Summary...
10 hours 42 minutes
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687
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. - 1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large...
8 hours 27 minutes
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540
John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 9: European Statesmen
Continuing the Beacon Lights of History Series, Mr. Lord discusses important European Statesmen Mirabeau, Edmund Burke, Napoleon, Prince Metternich, Chateaubriand, George V, and Louis Philippe. Also discussed is the...
7 hours 28 minutes
