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Preface
Read by Michelle Dyer
L. W. De Laurence
In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot
L.W. de Laurence, an occult and spiritual author and publisher, not only provides a history of the Tarot for fortune-telling purposes, but w…
Preface
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
In Stories of the Lifeboat
There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …
Preface
Read by KevinS
Robert Dale Owen
In The 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 of the work of the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission wh…
Preface
Read by Ted Lienhart
Frank James Adkins
In Historical Backgrounds of the Great War; The War: Its Origins and Warnings
Author Frank J. Adkins, a lecturer at Cambridge University, arranged a series of European history lectures at the beginning of World War I f…
Chapter X. The New Century
Read by Brize C
M. E. M. Davis
In Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas
A history of the of Texas from La Salle's Texas Settlement in 1685 to the dedication of the State Capitol building at Austin in 1888. - Summ…
Preface
Read by mpinedag
Frederick Starr
In Mexico and the United States: a Story of Revolution, Intervention and War
Starr, being an anthropologist and a historian, visited Mexico extensively. As he wrote this book, a highly disruptive, deadly revolution wa…
Preface and Introduction
Read by Francisco Galeano
Peter Wiernik
In History of the Jews in America
Peter Wiernik was an influential Yiddish journalist in Chicago after immigrating from Vilna when he was twenty. He also wrote in Hebrew and…
Prefaces, Chapters 1-2
Read by Phil Benson
Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella
In John Bull's Vineyard: Australian Sketches
An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…
Foreword
Read by Kerry Adams
William Penn Cresson
In The Cossacks: Their History and Country
One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…
Preface to Reprint Edition - v-vi
Read by Ted Lienhart
Lyman Copeland Draper
In Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 2
A 1903 reprint of a volume published in 1856, edited by Lyman Draper. Contents recorded include: three memoirs of early 19th century Wiscons…
Preface
Read by Verla Viera
Frank Tilton
In Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Preface and Explanation of Terms
Read by KevinS
Helen S. Wright
In The Great White North
Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS
Preface
Read by mleigh
Stephen D. Peet
In The Ashtabula Disaster
Rev. Stephen D Peet describes the fatal railroad disaster on December 29, 1876 in Ashtabula, Ohio due to a bridge failure. He was a resident…
Music of The Modern Era
Ranjith Daluwatta
500 - 1500 Music from the Middle Ages and The Renaissance 1500-1750 Music of Baroque Period 1750-1820 Music of Classicism 1820-1910 Mu…
Preface, References, & Explanatory Note
Read by Veronica Maresh Mead
Allen Putnam
In Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism
"It is not our purpose to write history, but to give new explanation of old events. The long and widely tolerated theory that New Engla…
Preface and Introduction
Read by Iona Muirgel
Jay Henry Mowbray
In Sinking of the "Titanic" : most appalling ocean horror
The Titanic was thought to be the safest ship to set sail as it embarked on its maiden voyage. Unfortunately, history tells us differently. …
Chapter VI, The New Century
Read by Chris Pyle
Various
In Poems of American History, Volume 5, The Period of Expansion
The final section of Poems of American History covers The Reconstruction after the Civil War, the First Centennial, the continued expansion …
Preface to the Third Edition
Read by mpinedag
John Kenneth Turner
In Barbarous Mexico
Through personal experience and extensive travel in Mexico in the late 1900s, the author of “Barbarous Mexico” depicts the circumstances tha…
Preface
Read by ToddHW
Robert Means Lawrence
In The Magic of the Horse-Shoe
The study of the origin and history of popular customs and beliefs affords an insight, otherwise unattainable, into the operations of the hu…
Preface & Section 1
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Beames
In The Rookeries of London
Rev. Thomas Beames (1815 – 1864) was a preacher at St. James, Westminster in London. He compiled his own eye-witness accounts of the most no…