Jim Locke
163 books
Historical Fiction
2.9K
Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey
This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...
16 hours 37 minutes
Health & Fitness
1.6K
Caroline Kane Mills Everett - Privilege of Pain
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be clearly understood, that I do not maintain that it is preferable to be ill...
1 hour 45 minutes
General Fiction
1.9K
George Meredith - Ordeal of Richard Feverel
After his wife's desertion, Sir Austin wants to bring up his son according to a strict educational system governing every aspect of his life. However Richard has to make his own mistakes, fall in love, and generally...
18 hours 42 minutes
History
782
Maud Wilder Goodwin - Chronicles of America Volume 07 - Dutch and English on the Hudson
Geography is the maker of history. The course of Dutch settlement in America was predetermined by a river which runs its length of a hundred and fifty miles from the mountains to the sea through the heart of a fertile...
5 hours 5 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.4K
George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. IV
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of...
45 hours 55 minutes
Historical Fiction
1.7K
Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...
18 hours 54 minutes
History
1.2K
Charles Morris - Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England
This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same times as those in the southern. The opening passage explains: «The Pilgrims...
4 hours 22 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.2K
Rosa Nouchette Carey - Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Luttrell cannot find work and Olivia has to take care of the house. The financial...
6 hours 42 minutes
