DrPGould
95 books
Anthologies
436
Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion
The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion westward, the assasination of Garfield, The Spanish American War, and World...
8 hours 3 minutes
Humorous Fiction
479
Leopold Wagner - Humorous Readings and Recitations
Before radio, television, and electronic mass media, lectures, recitations, public readings, and other public performances were important ways of sharing new works with the public or attracting public attention to...
7 hours 42 minutes
Antiquity
572
William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. II: Rome
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey compiled a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...
7 hours 31 minutes
Cooking
427
Edward Spencer - Cakes & Ale, A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious
A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him:— “Give, oh! give me the subject of a book for which the world has a need, and I will write it for you.” “Are...
7 hours 1 minute
