Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

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Political Science

467

Bertrand Russell - Problem of China

In 1920-21 Bertrand Russell lived and taught in Peking (Beijing), publishing this book on his return to England. In 1920 he had visited Bolshevik Russia, talked to Lenin, and was unimpressed by what he had seen....

Nicholas Clifford 8 hours 18 minutes

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History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2

Middle Ages/Middle History

466

Niccolò Machiavelli - History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 2

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527). Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal Giulio of Medici, later Pope Clement VII, offered Machiavelli the...

MorganScorpion and 7 more 8 hours 12 minutes History of Florence

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

477

A. E. W. Mason - Witness for the Defence

Part romance, part mystery, part courtroom and quasi-courtroom drama. Young love reignites itself after a hiatus of some years. Or does it? Much can change in that time — both to the people themselves, and to the...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 57 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

521

Henry James - Little Tour in France

A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France — from Touraine, down to Provence, then back up north — made by Henry James in 1882, and first published in the Atlantic...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 51 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

444

J. S. Fletcher - In the Mayor's Parlour

“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owners, or sometimes a single one, could choose the local member of parliament....

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

444

Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became...

Tom Lennon and 11 more 7 hours 32 minutes

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Detective Fiction

409

A. E. W. Mason - At the Villa Rose

Harry Wethermill, the brilliant young scientist, a graduate of Oxford and Munich, has made a fortune from his inventions, and is taking a vacation at Aix-les-Bains. There he meets, and immediately falls in love with,...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 22 minutes

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General Fiction

446

Henry Brooks Adams - Democracy - An American Novel

Not until after his death in 1918 was it revealed that Henry Adams was the anonymous author of Democracy, which had been published to great acclaim in 1880. Though the book avoids dates and the characters are...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 16 minutes

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General Fiction

520

Henry James - Spoils of Poynton

The recently widowed Adela Gereth, a lover of beauty and passionate collector of fine objects, strikes up a friendship with the young Fleda Vetch, when both of them find themselves guests in the tasteless house of...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 14 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

438

Edith Wharton - Descent of Man and Other Stories

This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and marriage, particularly as practiced in the upper reaches of New York...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 8 minutes

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Historical Fiction

504

Ivan Turgenev - On the Eve

On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of the novel, the Crimean War (1853-56) has already broken out. It centers on the...

Nicholas Clifford 6 hours 10 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

448

E. W. Hornung - Witching Hill

The adventures of two young men, which may or may not have to do with the supernatural. — Summary by Nicholas Clifford

Nicholas Clifford 5 hours 56 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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