Early Modern
The Journey of Coronado
Read by Sue Anderson
Pedro De Castañeda
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an army from Mexico is search of the fabled golden cities of Cíbola. The Spaniards …
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places
Read by Peter Yearsley
Allan Fea
“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages …
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography
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John Relly Beard
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…
Home Life in Colonial Days
Read by Susan Morin
Alice Morse Earle
CHAPTER IHOMES OF THE COLONISTSWhen the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have se…
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1
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Friedrich Schiller
The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Writ…
Areopagitica
Read by Moira Fogarty
John Milton
A prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War... Milton, though a supporter o…
Essays book 2
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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …
Summa Theologica - 05 Pars Prima, On the Divine Government
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth Raffald
'Cut a large old hare in small pieces, and put it in a mug with three blades of mace, a little salt, two large onions, one red herring, six …
Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru
Read by Patrick Eaton
Frederick A. Ober
Francisco Pizarro (1471 - 1541) was born into poverty, the illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier. After a brief career as a swineherd, he vo…
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…
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David Hume
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
Read by Jonathan Lange
Martin Luther
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…
Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, eve…
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1
Read by Christopher Smith
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re…
The Phenomenology of Mind, Volume 2
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's most important and widely discussed philosophical work. Hegel's fi…
Essays book 3
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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …
Summa Theologica - 10 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on the Theological Virtue…
Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
Summa Theologica - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace
Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
Summa Theologica - 07 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on the Passions
Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: V…
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Rev. James Maccaffrey
In this second volume of a two volume set, the focus in on the history of the Catholic Church in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the …