Category Archives: Modern
Audiobook: Fifty Years Ago
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a prolific novelist and historian. He wrote Fifty Years Ago
Audiobook: History of California: The American Period
The Author’s own summary surveys “first the faint awakenings of American interest in the Spanish
Audiobook: Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
A continuation of United States history, Volume 12 discusses key US leaders in the time
Audiobook: Building a State in Apache Land
Building a State in Apache Land by Charles Debrille Poston is a compilation of articles
Audiobook: Tin Horns and Calico
In the early 19th century, in the Hudson Valley of New York State, hundreds of
Audiobook: Arizona’s Yesterday
Arizona’s Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer. Written by John Henry Cady
Audiobook: Famous Missions of California
Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later
Audiobook: Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1
The question of the suppression of the slave-trade is so intimately connected with the questions
Audiobook: American Vendetta: A Story of Barbarism in the United States
The phrase “The Hatfields and McCoys” conjures up images of feudal warfare and Appalachian backwardness
Audiobook: Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States
“The Wrong of Slavery” is a work written by Robert Dale Owen based largely off
Audiobook: Armenian Crisis in Turkey
Frederick Greene shows in this book that the case of the subject races in the
Audiobook: Book of Buried Treasure
Described by the author as: BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE GOLD, JEWELS, AND PLATE
Audiobook: Short History of Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three
Audiobook: Upper Canada Sketches
This book relates “somewhat random sketches of life in the early settlements and country districts
Audiobook: Illustrated Key to the Tarot
L.W. de Laurence, an occult and spiritual author and publisher, not only provides a history
Audiobook: Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism
“It is not our purpose to write history, but to give new explanation of old
Audiobook: John Bull’s Vineyard: Australian Sketches
An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel,
Audiobook: Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 – The ‘Patriotes’ of ’37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now
Audiobook: Chronicles of Canada Volume 24 – The Family Compact: A Chronicle of the Rebellion in Upper Canada
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now
Audiobook: Ashtabula Disaster
Rev. Stephen D Peet describes the fatal railroad disaster on December 29, 1876 in Ashtabula,
Audiobook: Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind
This work presents Rousseau’s belief in the profoundly transformational effects of the development of civilization
Audiobook: Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill
Audiobook: Bushido: The Soul of Japan
Bushido: The Soul of Japan written by Inazo Nitobe was one of the first books
Audiobook: Soren Kierkegaard, Various Readings
The writings listed here represent books about Soren Kierkegaard. A fragment of his work, On
Audiobook: Conduct of Life
This is the best of Emerson’s later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one
Audiobook: Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
“That excellent book by Thomas Reid, the Inquiry into the Human Mind (first edition, 1764;
Audiobook: Philosophical Enquiry
Burke’s A Philosophical Enquiry is an important treatise in the history of philosophical aesthetics, putting
Audiobook: As a Man Thinketh (version 3)
The burgeoning conflict between science and organized religion in the Nineteenth Century had many cultural
Audiobook: Your Mind and How to Use It
William Walker Atkinson was one of the most prominent contributors to the literature of the
Audiobook: Discovery Of The Future
The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that