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The Hawaiian Archipelago

Read by Jane Bennett

Isabella L. Bird

Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird

Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV

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Frantz Funck-Brentano

The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…

Explorations in the Interior, 1840 to 1860

In History of Australia and New Zealand from 1696 to 1890

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George Sutherland and Alexander Sutherland

This work provides a history of the early political, social, and economic development of Australia and New Zealand. Since both British colon…

Chapter 11

In My Actor-Husband

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William James Mcglothlin

In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…

Chapter 5 part 1

In Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

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Austen Layard

Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…

The Third Night of the Month

In The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 11

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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James Mcglothlin

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…