Availle
313 books
*Non-fiction
878
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle - Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a countess, while walking in her garden and gazing at the stars. The...
3 hours 43 minutes
Earth Sciences
677
J. G. M'Pherson - Meteorology; or Weather Explained
Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this book published in...
3 hours 36 minutes
Epistolary Fiction
1.1K
Andrew Lang - Old Friends, Essays in Epistolary Parody
«Every fancy which dwells much with the unborn and immortal characters of Fiction must ask itself, Did the persons in contemporary novels never meet? In so little a world their paths must often have crossed, their...
3 hours 36 minutes
Exploration
710
Rustichello da Pisa - Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2
«Books of the Marvels of the World» or «Description of the World» (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed «Il Milione» («The Million») or «Oriente Poliano», but commonly called «The Travels of Marco Polo», is a...
3 hours 33 minutes
Psychology
1K
Sigmund Freud - Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
In this little book Freud discusses three areas of human sexuality: 1. Sexual pervisons or abberations. In this essay, Freud concludes that «a disposition to perversions is an original and universal disposition of...
3 hours 32 minutes
