The Holy Bible
Confucius "Learning"
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Tacitus - Agricola
Accounts of England by the Roman Governor.
Gaius Julius Caesar - The Gallic Wars
Accounts of Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
Herodotus - History of the World
A most comprehensive and philosophical historiography.
Aeschylus - Agamemnon
Aesop - Aesop's Fables (What did you expect?)
Enlightening and amusing bucolic fables.
Homer - The Odyssey
Excellent 2801 year old adventure
Aristotle - Politics
One of his most popular works. He taught Alexander the Great
Plato - Apology
Plato transcribes the trial of Socrates.
Socrates
Socrates chose not to write down most of his thoughts.
It is a great pity, because you have to rely on Plato. Socrates once said
"I know nothing"; but he also said "others know even less".
Hakluyt, Richard - Navigations...Discoveries of the English Nation
(1587) This records the voyages and mariner's records of the World in 1587.
King James I (VI of Scotland) - Political Works
Includes his writings to his son on Kingship.
Defoe, Daniel - A Journal of the Plague Year
The Robinson Crusoe author documents the horrors of 1665.
History of London - Historic London Atlas
Map views of London from 1780 through 2001.
Cantile, James - Degeneration Amongst Londoners
Funny, without trying to be, he is appaled by London!
California - Interesting stories about the Gold Rush
Around the Horn in 1849
American Memory - The Upper Midwest
Very interesting stories of pioneers heading West.
American Memory - The Chesapeake Bay Area
Excellent chronicles of letters & speeches back to 1700's.
The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass
A most remarkable man and he was from Maryland!
A Frenchman in Virginia
Memoirs of a Huguenot Refugee in 1686 America.
Details his voyage to America & his river explorations.
Gilbert, John - Curious Adventures & Laughable Difficulties
Mr. Gilbert is a peddler. He has many painful experiences.
Green, William - Narrative of an Ex-Slave
Short but poignant.
Hughes, Louis - 30 Years a Slave
Life for a mixed slave as he is bought and sold again and again.
Relatio Itineris in Marylandium (1633)
Father White's 1633 A.D. account of the England to Maryland voyage.
Reimann, Lewis - Between the Iron and the Pine
Lifestyle of Pioneers in N. Michigan. Anecdotes, memorable characters.
Buce, Wilhelmina - Captured by Indians
Recollections of a Pioneer child. Emigrated to America, Went West, Watched as Sioux Massacred her family, lived with the Sioux, released to the U.S. Cavalry.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
No further explanation needed.
The Domesday Book
Commonly referred to as 'The Doomsday Book'. After the Norman Conquest in 1066, William the Conqueror commissioned a study to determine the valkue of his kingdom.
Welsh Treasures
The Greatest Works of Wales
The Cornish Mystery Plays - The Ordinalia
Three plays make up the Ordinalia; the Origo Mundi, the Passio Domini Nostri and Resurrexio Domini Nostri. Written in Middle Cornish.
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