TriciaG
440 books
Antiquity
649
Charles Foster Kent - Making of a Nation: The Beginnings of Israel's History
Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his comparisons of early Christianity to its Jewish roots. He also wrote several...
5 hours 6 minutes
Modern (19th C)
687
Eliza P. Donner Houghton - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the «westering fever» of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the emigrants...
10 hours 11 minutes
*Non-fiction
548
World English Bible - Bible (WEB) NT 01-27: The New Testament
The World English Bible is a translation of the Bible into modern English. Work on the project began in 1997, but the translation has been released directly into the public domain, free of copyright. It is largely an...
19 hours 21 minutes
*Non-fiction
563
William H. Prescott - History of the Conquest of Mexico
(Note: This project had some missing and duplicate sections. This has been corrected as of July 9, 2010. The affected sections were 12, 13, 27, 28, 33, & 34.) Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And...
24 hours 35 minutes
*Non-fiction
563
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