David Wales
307 books
General
587
Arthur Ransome - Child's Book of the Garden: The Things in Our Garden
This book is part of the author’s «Nature Books For Children» series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its target audience and subject matter. The book is fun and charming, even for adults....
1 hour 15 minutes
War & Military
399
Edward Gilliat - Romance Of Modern Sieges; Describing The Personal Adventures, Resource And Daring of Besiegers and Besieged In All Parts Of The World
Lively narratives of some of the great siege battles of war. The book was written before World War I, in 1908. Some of the narratives contain language which was common in 19th and early twentieth century usage but...
10 hours 47 minutes
Modern (19th C)
536
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald - California Sketches New And Old
Here we meet all sorts of characters and situations in California’s early history: gunmen, outlaws, lynch mobs, raging storms, mining camps, lost clergymen, freed slaves, Northern sympathizers, Southern sympathizers,...
11 hours 13 minutes
