Phil Schempf
295 books
Antiquity
600
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Speeches Against Catilina
This volume contains the four speeches delivered by Cicero in 63 BC, when he was a consul, against the conspiracy headed by L. Sergius Catilina. Catilina was scheming to bring about a general uprising in the country...
3 hours 23 minutes
Modern (19th C)
527
George Broke - With Sack and Stock in Alaska
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the crossing of the great Malaspina Glacier and an attempt on the S.E. face of...
3 hours 10 minutes
Modern (19th C)
494
Agnes C. Laut - Chronicles of Canada Volume 22 - Pioneers of the Pacific Coast: A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters
This, volume 22 of the Chronicles of Canada series, describes the exploration of the Canadian Pacific coast, British Columbia, and Alaska. It includes accounts of Bering, Cook, Vancouver, Mackenzie, Fraser, and...
2 hours 47 minutes
Animals
486
Philip M. Rule - Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management
«The origin of the domestic cat (Felis domestica) is a subject about which there has been much conjecture and scientific discussion, but without any positive issue. Very long before the cat was kept in this country as...
2 hours 46 minutes
Anthologies
447
Poetry Of 'The Double Dealer', January-December 1922
117 poems from the January — December 1922 issues of New Orleans-based literary magazine, The Double Dealer, edited by Julius Weis Friend. Some are famous (John Gould Fletcher, Maxwell Bodenheim, Arthur Symons, Muna...
2 hours 45 minutes
Poetry
530
Andrew Barton Paterson - Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses
This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. This collection contains some of Paterson's most famous poems, such as Rio Grande's Last Race, and poems featuring Saltbush Bill. — Summary by Carolin
2 hours 44 minutes
Poetry
427
James Russell Lowell - Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Lowell, one of the Fireside poets with Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Bryant, including a sketch of his life. The collection is composed of the title piece, a retelling of an Arthurian...
2 hours 42 minutes
