Peter Yearsley
171 books
*Non-fiction
534
Rabindranath Tagore - Sadhana, the Realisation of Life
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose work reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia’s...
4 hours 26 minutes
Chemistry
445
Justus von Liebig - Familiar Letters on Chemistry
Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters “were...
4 hours 12 minutes
*Non-fiction
469
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12)
Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their usual disagreements and James is putting his pieces in place in an attempt to...
4 hours 4 minutes
*Non-fiction
444
Rabindranath Tagore - Sadhana, The Realisation of Life, version 2
A collection of essays on the Hindu/Buddhist view of humankind's place in the universe. As the author says in his introduction: «in these papers, it may be hoped, western readers will have an opportunity of coming...
3 hours 52 minutes
Cooking
434
Catherine Owen - Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen
This is not a cookery book. It makes no attempt to replace a good one; it is rather an effort to fill up the gap between you and your household oracle, whether she be one of those exasperating old friends who maddened...
3 hours 40 minutes
