Katie Riley
36 books
*Non-fiction
861
Frédéric Bastiat - Sophisms of the Protectionists
«To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them,» Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various applications, against fallacious arguments promoting the «Protection» of industries to the...
11 hours 6 minutes
Early Modern
1.7K
Francis Parkman, Jr. - Pioneers of France in the New World
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund...
10 hours 22 minutes
*Non-fiction
951
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1
Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all...
10 hours 18 minutes
General Fiction
789
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2
Charlotte Bronte was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all...
9 hours 16 minutes
*Non-fiction
1K
Booker T. Washington - Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the...
7 hours 58 minutes
Political Science
1.6K
Frédéric Bastiat - Essays on Political Economy
Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this definition, Bastiat concluded that the law cannot defend life, liberty and...
7 hours 16 minutes
