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970 books
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406
William Bernard Ullathorne - Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relations with His Final End
William Bernard Ullathorne was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Australia from 1833 until 1840 and then returned to his native England, where he was ordained a bishop in 1847 and served...
23 hours 15 minutes
*Non-fiction
464
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
Poetry
568
William Blake - Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion
The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an engraved book of 100 pages (only one copy of which was every fully finished in...
6 hours 53 minutes
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437
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
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420
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21)
This is volume 4 chapter 21 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...
6 hours 29 minutes
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486
Hiram Chase - Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum
Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lunatic asylum. After his stay in the asylum, Hiram documents his experiences...
3 hours 52 minutes
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489
Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Francisco from where he cycled to Boston to take a steamer to England. Crossing...
22 hours 29 minutes
