ML Cohen
45 books
Antiquity
503
John Bagnell Bury - History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition was still being used as a college textbook in the late 1960′s. In the...
20 hours 51 minutes
*Non-fiction
588
Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America Vol. I
When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observations American society and political system, found in the two volume...
17 hours 49 minutes
Medical
493
Henry Gray - Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 4 (Gray's Anatomy)
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918...
16 hours 9 minutes
Modern (20th C)
497
Joseph Trienens - Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing
Written in 1910, this «cyclopedia» is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than practical — although some advice never goes out of style. (Summary by...
14 hours 25 minutes
Religion
521
Louis Ginzberg - Legends of the Jews, Volume 1
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish...
13 hours 50 minutes
Medical
457
Henry Gray - Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray's Anatomy)
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918...
12 hours 52 minutes
