Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
131 books
History
881
William Clark - Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
«The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have traced the Missouri...
8 hours 51 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Jacob A. Riis - How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It...
8 hours 50 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Elizabeth E. Lea - Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for elegant preparations were often seen,...
8 hours 47 minutes
Children's Fiction
1.1K
Hugh Lofting - Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later...
7 hours 42 minutes
Humorous Fiction
978
William Makepeace Thackeray - Book of Snobs
The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write that work—My vocation is announced in terms of great eloquence—I show that the...
7 hours 21 minutes
