Sibella Denton
224 books
*Non-fiction
552
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. IV
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. The books cover the...
22 hours 2 minutes
Science
554
Thornton W. Burgess - Burgess Bird Book for Children
The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet many of them in...
7 hours 28 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
Religion
508
Louis Ginzberg - Legends of the Jews, Volume 1
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish...
13 hours 50 minutes
Antiquity
494
John Bagnell Bury - History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol I
J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it was such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition was still being used as a college textbook in the late 1960′s. In the...
20 hours 51 minutes
