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The Tale of Three Lions

Read by Kristine Bekere


H. Rider Haggard


Taking place in the heart of Africa, “The Tale of Three Lions” is one more thrilling adventure from the eventful life of old hunter Quaterma…

Lāčplēsis

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Andrejs Pumpurs


Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded a…

A Book of Discovery

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M. B. Synge


Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne…

A Short History of the World

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H. G. Wells


A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…

Heroes of the Middle Ages

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Eva March Tappan


"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, …

North-Pole Voyages

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Zachariah Atwell Mudge


For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…

Stowe's Garden

In Reise durch England und Schottland

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Johanna Schopenhauer


1819 gerät das Handelshaus, bei dem Johanna Schopenhauer ihr ganzes Geld angelegt hat, in Zahlungsschwierigkeiten. Beim anschließ…

St. Clotildus, Queen of the Franks, Chapter 1

In The Sainted Queens

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Unknown


A collection of short biographies of six Catholic Queens who became saints. Saint Margaret of Scotland - Saint Elisabeth of Portugal - Saint…

Edward Troughton

In Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Year…

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William Walker, Jr.


The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose nam…

Caesar Conquers Gaul, BC 58-50, by Napoleon III, part 1

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Chapter XVI

In The Children of the New Forest

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Frederick Marryat


The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house…

Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

In The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and …

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Eva March Tappan


This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…