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The Decline of the Egyptian Kingdom and the Hyksos Domination

In History of Egypt

Read by Owen Cook


Frederick C. H. Wendel


The history of Egypt from the earliest times to the conquest by Alexander the Great, covering the development of Egyptian civilization: scie…

Mai

In Alcools

Read by Owen Cook


Guillaume Apollinaire


Apollinaire is a pivotal figure in the history of French poetry. Friend of Picasso, albeit a sometimes volatile one, inventor of the term 's…

01 - Chapter I. A Crimean Night

In The Four Feathers

Read by Becky Cook


A.E.W. Mason and A. E. W. Mason


The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title.The novel tells th…

02 - Chapter II

In Afloat on the Ohio

Read by Becky Cook


Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

The Second Inaugural

In Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 10)

Read by Owen Cook


John Hay


Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

chapter 10

In Lady Rose's Daughter

Read by Becky Cook


Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mary Augusta Ward


"Julie Le Breton enchants almost everyone around her with her smart, charm, and excellent manners. She almost belongs to the English hi…

Zachary Taylor, December 4, 1849, part 1

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

Read by Owen Cook


Millard Fillmore


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

21 - Foch, part 1

In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

Read by Becky Cook


J. Walker McSpadden


These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

Chapter 15-"Your Mother a Witch!"

In The Witch of Salem

Read by Becky Cook


John R. Musick


A historical novel about the Salem Witch Trials. A fantastic illustrated historical novel by the prolific American author John R. Musick.Fro…

01 - The Land God Forgot

In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses

Read by Becky Cook


Robert W. Service


Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …

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