Salammbo is a literary work written by Gustave Flaubert and published in 1865. This story is set immediately after the first Punic War. Carthage has weakened and is now not able...
With The Boer Forces
In the following pages I have endeavoured to present an accurate picture of the Boers in war-time. My duties as a newspaper correspondent carried me to the Boer side, and herein I...
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial...
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St....
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, issued in 1215 by King John. 'No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions ... except by the lawful judgement of his...
A Child's History Of England
Charles Dickens wrote this book for his own children hoping to help them bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject. The history covers the...
Egypt Reality And Ambitions
When people came out in January 2011 for bread, freedom and social justice, they did not expect some of them to be satisfied with subsidized bread after six years of revolution....
The Blanket Of The Dark
The Blanket of the Dark is a 1931 historical novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. The novel is set in the early part of the reign of Henry VIII, and explores the possible...
Egyptian Mythology: Legends About Princes And Princesses In Ancient Egypt
Fixate your focus on the great stories from the past, the legends from the desert lands that have been forgotten but still passed on.This mythology guide will take you back to...
Egyptian Mythology: Ancient Culture, Beliefs, And Traditions (2-book Combo)
Listen to these 2 books in 1 about ancient Egypt:Book 1: Fixate your focus on the great stories from the past, the legends from the desert lands that have been forgotten but still...
