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Essays & Short Works
1.5K
G. K. Chesterton - Uses of Diversity
A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in «The Illustrated London News» and the «New Witness». The subjects vary greatly from lamp posts to Jane Austen's Emma, from «On...
5 hours 37 minutes
History
1.4K
Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1
In «Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius», posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for his present. As the title mentions, the...
5 hours 57 minutes
Crafts & Hobbies
1.1K
Thomas Barlow Wood - Story of a Loaf of Bread
According to the author in the preface, he has «ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, milling and baking, subjects on which everyone has his own opinion.» The earlier...
3 hours 28 minutes
History
1.3K
Constance Campbell Petrie - Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter.
Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was to become the colony of Queensland were recorded by his daughter, Constance,...
12 hours 53 minutes
Cooking
973
Juliet Corson - Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery
«This course of lectures is designed to meet the wants of two classes of persons: First—Those who are experienced housekeepers, familiar with the principles and practice of cookery, but who desire information...
4 hours 39 minutes
