Cori Samuel
187 books
Modern (20th C)
500
Joseph Trienens - Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing
Written in 1910, this «cyclopedia» is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than practical — although some advice never goes out of style. (Summary by...
14 hours 25 minutes
Early Modern
460
William Bennett Munro - Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed, was she better equipped for the work. No power of Western Europe since the...
3 hours 20 minutes
*Non-fiction
499
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)
This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne and, as ever, there are disputes between crown and Parliament. We see the Habeus Corpus Act introduced, the persecution of the Huguenots and troubles in...
5 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
593
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was...
19 hours 50 minutes
Humorous Fiction
701
Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) , published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was intended initially to be a...
6 hours 38 minutes
