Antiquity

Coniston Tales

Read by Phil Benson


William Gershom Collingwood


A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. C…

Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…

Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico

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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett


This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …

The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita

Read by John Greenman


Unknowntranslated Bywilliam Gemmell


The Diamond Sutra, also known as the ‘Diamond Cutter Sutra’ or ‘Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra,’ is a remarkable Buddhist text and is co…

Christianity in the Apostolic Age

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George Purves


The purpose of this volume, A history of Christianity in the Apostolic Age, is strictly historical. At the same time brief accounts of the N…

The History of Rome, volume 4

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Titus Livius


The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…

The Bible History Volume 2: The Exodus and the Wanderings in the Wilderness

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Alfred Edersheim


The period covered by the central books of the Pentateuch is, in many respects, the most important in Old Testament history, not only so far…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 5. The Spirits Of The Cor…

Read by Leon Harvey


James Frazer


The seventh volume in The Golden Bough series by Sir James George Frazer. The figure of the dying and reviving god in Oriental religions of …

Malaria in Greek History

Read by Leon Harvey


William Henry Samuel Jones


This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services As They Were at the Time of Jesus Christ

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Alfred Edersheim


It has been my wish in this book, to take the reader back eighteen centuries; to show him Jerusalem as it was, when our Lord passed through …

Ruins and Old Trees

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Mary Roberts


Ruins and Old Trees, Associated with Memorable Events in English History is a book that delves into the history of the United Kingdom by lo…

Essai sur les révolutions suivi des Etudes historiques

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François-René de Chateaubriand


Essai historique, politique et moral sur les révolutions anciennes et modernes, considérées dans leurs rapports avec la…

The Revolutions of Civilization

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie


British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europ…

Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίον 6 (Book 6)

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Thucydides


Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…

Predecessors of Cleopatra

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Leigh North


This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …

The History and Literature of the Early Church

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James Orr


This little book in its original form was one of the volumes of the Christian Study Manuals series (1901), and as such was found helpful to …

Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

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Foster Barham Zincke


Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…

Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίον 7 (Book 7)

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Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης) and Thucydides


Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…

Hannibal

Read by Mark Harrington


George Philip Baker


George P. Baker, popular British historian of the 1920s and 30s, covers the life and career of ancient Rome's most formidable opponent, Hann…

Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law

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Frederic Seebohm


Explores the evolution of law during the period of early medieval England and the influence of tribal practices on later Anglo-Saxon legal s…

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