Sibella Denton
224 books
Political Science
1.9K
John Locke - Two Treatises of Civil Government
The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha , which argued for...
11 hours 4 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Books III and IV)
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan , Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nature of a Christian commonwealth. Book 3 begins with a wealth of biblical...
10 hours 54 minutes
History
1K
Anna Harriette Leonowens - English Governess at the Siamese Court
In 1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, king of Siam. The king wished to give his 39 wives and concubines and 82...
10 hours 34 minutes
Early Modern
1.7K
Francis Parkman, Jr. - Pioneers of France in the New World
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund...
10 hours 22 minutes
Memoirs
653
Benvenuto Cellini - Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct,...
10 hours 14 minutes
