ontheroad
53 books
*Non-fiction
585
Frank Lewis Dyer - Edison, His Life and Inventions
A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage battery, and the electric light. In the words of the authors, «It is designed in...
29 hours 42 minutes
*Non-fiction
557
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
560
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
*Non-fiction
537
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II
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. Volume I was published...
21 hours 25 minutes
Antiquity
503
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
*Non-fiction
578
Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. V
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...
20 hours 42 minutes
