Kristine Bekere
118 books
Literary Collections
1.1K
Ulysses S. Grant - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...
7 hours 44 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...
7 hours 27 minutes
General Fiction
828
Garrett P. Serviss - Edison's Conquest of Mars
Edison's Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss, is one of the many science fiction novels published in the nineteenth century. Although science fiction was not at the time thought of as a distinct literary genre, it...
7 hours 4 minutes
General Fiction
801
Jules Verne - Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wang to kill him before a given date. Everything changes when Kin-Fo discovers...
6 hours 59 minutes
Literary Collections
1.5K
Chester A. Arthur - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884)
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...
6 hours 53 minutes
