K.G.Cross
113 books
Modern (19th C)
503
H. A. Guerber - Story of the Thirteen Colonies
These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run from the pre-Columbian era through the end of the American War of Independence....
8 hours 58 minutes
Literary Fiction
519
Marguerite of Navarre - Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 4
THE HEPTAMERON (here Volume 4 of 5), first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day containing only 2 stories. The stories, many of which deal...
3 hours 51 minutes
Humorous Fiction
483
Thomas Lansing Masson - Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...
4 hours 38 minutes
*Non-fiction
527
Dante Alighieri - Epistolae, the letters of Dante
This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controversial letter to his patron Cangrande della Scala. The letters provide a good...
2 hours 50 minutes
Animals & Nature
510
Judith Gautier - Memoirs of a White Elephant
«We are told by writers of antiquity that elephants have written sentences in Greek, and that one of them was even known to speak. There is, therefore, nothing unreasonable in the supposition that the White Elephant...
4 hours 19 minutes
