KHand
223 books
General Fiction
443
Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Clara Vaughan, Vol I.
CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age....
5 hours 50 minutes
Crafts & Hobbies
503
Frederick Milnes Edge - Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion
Paul Morphy, born in New Orleans in 1837, was considered the greatest chess player of his era. He was a child prodigy who learned playing chess simply by watching family members play, and when he was only 9 years old,...
5 hours 38 minutes
*Non-fiction
533
John Burroughs - Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, walking—than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil,...
5 hours 29 minutes
Early Modern
482
Agnes Arber - Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany
Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals — books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected...
5 hours 25 minutes