Timothy Ferguson

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War & Military

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Carl von Clausewitz - On War (Volumes 2 and 3)

Perhaps the most famous work on the philosophy of war, and the effective use of military force, by a European author. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Timothy Ferguson 22 hours 8 minutes

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Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)

Poetry

538

Elias Lönnrot - Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)

This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of...

Kyle Raub and 14 more 15 hours 27 minutes

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War & Military

474

Lord Thomas Cochrane - Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to clear his name. It has had a marked influence on naval fiction, most...

Timothy Ferguson 13 hours 52 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Sir Francis Galton - Art of Travel

The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an...

Availle and 16 more 13 hours 38 minutes

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Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 3

Psychology

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Hans Gross - Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 3

Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on criminal investigation. This treatise covers everything from the qualities of...

Availle and 12 more 12 hours 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

473

Clayton Edwards - Treasury of Heroes and Heroines

It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested couples—for this is a book of contrasts and has been written as such. Lives...

Lucretia B. and 20 more 11 hours 40 minutes

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British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Wirt Sikes - British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appointed Consul to Wales and thus began his fascination with Welsh folklore....

Lynne T and 11 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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War & Military

476

Lord Thomas Cochrane - Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1

This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the development of naval fiction as a genre. Marryat sailed with Cochrane, while...

Timothy Ferguson 11 hours 19 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

478

Carolyn Wells - Technique of the Mystery Story

For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwearied through miles of printed pages, and if only the problem has been worth...

Lynn Lee and 15 more 11 hours 15 minutes

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Political Science

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Carl von Clausewitz - On War (Volume 1)

A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war....

Timothy Ferguson 10 hours 52 minutes

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Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History

*Non-fiction

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James Francis Hogan - Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History

This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Timothy Ferguson 9 hours 29 minutes

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Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1

Biography & Autobiography

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Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol 1

Lord Cochrane was a Napoleonic-era sea captain, whose adventures were the source material for many popular series of naval fiction. He started to write a biography but passed away after completing only two volumes....

Timothy Ferguson 9 hours 7 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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