ToddHW
162 books
Christianity - Other
1.1K
Frank W. Boreham - Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies
In this collection of essays, Frank Boreham shares with us his musings on how everyday items such as boots and linoleum, or a cozy fire, or even Nothing at all, can enrich our spiritual lives and draw us closer to our...
5 hours 56 minutes
Historical Fiction
1.3K
Wilhelm Meinhold - Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch
Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author assures us that the story he has to tell is based on a manuscript he found in...
7 hours 3 minutes
General Fiction
1.1K
Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer
Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at Ellangowan, just as the son of Godfrey Bertram is born. Guy Mannering...
20 hours 1 minute
Travel & Geography
1.1K
John Timbs - Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World
Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-life adventurers climbing the world's most famous and most challenging...
8 hours 14 minutes
Nature
999
US Comm. for the Global Atmospheric Research Program - Understanding Climatic Change
Understanding Climatic Change — A Program for Action is a 1975 report by the US Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program. Already at this time, it was understood that a climate change was taking place,...
7 hours 37 minutes
Historical Fiction
2.1K
Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...
17 hours 57 minutes
