Pamela Nagami
96 books
*Non-fiction
684
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. - 1000 Things Worth Knowing
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large...
8 hours 27 minutes
War & Military
505
Beatrice A. Lees - Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273
Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of «a heroic period, the age of feudalism and monasticism, of chivalry and the Crusades.» The era opened «with gloomy...
8 hours 18 minutes
War & Military
666
Lionel Allshorn - Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries «Stupor Mundi,» the «astonishment of the world.» Frequently at war with the...
8 hours 13 minutes
Science Fiction
637
Arthur J. Burks - Astounding Stories 18, June 1931
This issue contains The Man from 2072 by Sewell Peaslee Wright ~ Out of the Flow of Time there appears to Commander John Hanson a Man of Mystery from a Forgotten Past Manape the Mighty by Arthur J. Burks~ High in...
8 hours 12 minutes
War & Military
594
William Wolfe Capes - Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the aftermath of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. to the...
7 hours 39 minutes
