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  • The Diary of John Evelyn

    Enriched edition. A 17th-Century Chronicle of Stuart England, the Great Fire, Court Intrigue, and Everyday Life

    by John Evelyn ...
    The Diary of John Evelyn offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a 17th-century England, blending personal reflection with detailed observations of the era's political and social turmoil. Written in a fluid prose style characteristic of the period, Evelyn's diary serves as both a historical document and a literary artifact, rich in descriptions of everything from the Great Fire of London to ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (Complete)

    by John Evelyn ...
    The two chief diarists of the age of Charles the Second are, mutatis mutandis, not ill characterized by the remark of a wicked wit upon the brothers Austin. "John Austin," it was said, "served God and died poor: Charles Austin served the devil, and died rich. Both were clever fellows. Charles was much the cleverer of the two." Thus John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, the former a perfect model of ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn

    Enriched edition. Reflections of a Renaissance Man: Insights from a 17th Century English Diarist

    by John Evelyn, Brooke Sellers ...
    In "The Diary of John Evelyn," the renowned 17th-century English writer delivers an intimate and unvarnished account of his life, capturing the intricacies of social, political, and cultural shifts during the Restoration period. Written in a reflective and eloquent literary style, the diary juxtaposes personal anecdotes with broader historical events, offering a rare glimpse into the sentiments of ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Seventeenth-Century Diary of Civil War, Restoration England, Plague, Fire, Travel, and Intellectual Life

    by John Evelyn, Gemma Yateswell ...
    The Diary of John Evelyn is one of the great prose monuments of seventeenth-century England, a richly observant record of public upheaval, private conduct, art, science, religion, and sociability from the Civil War through the Restoration and beyond. Less theatrical than Pepys but often broader in intellectual range, Evelyn writes with a cultivated, moralizing, and antiquarian intelligence, ... Read more

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  • SYLVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES Vol.1 Book 2

    by John Evelyn ...
    "SYLVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES" Volume 2 is a seminal work authored by means of John Evelyn, a seventeenth-century English writer, gardener, and diarist. This comprehensive volume is a continuation of Evelyn's exploration of wooded area timber and their cultivation, following the achievement of the primary volume. In Volume 2, Evelyn delves deeper into the challenge, offering a wealth of ... Read more

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    Ancient Greek Poetry. The Collected Works of Homer, Hesiod and Sappho

    The Odyssey, Works and Days, Lyric Poetry

    by Homer, Hesiod, Sappho ...
    Narrated by Peter Coates, Kelli Winkler ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 35 min

    The ancient Greeks revered Homer and Hesiod and often cited their names together in theological and theological works. While the two could have been contemporaries, some estimate that Hesiod lived up to 100 years after Homer. Sappho was an ancient Greek poetess and musician. She pioneered song lyrics and the ancient Greeks included her in the canon of nine lyric poets. Plato even numbered her ... Read more

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    The Diaries of John Evelyn (Unabridged)

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    by John Evelyn ...
    Narrated by Alejandro Barry, Alvina Silvio, Andrew Alexander, Barbara Galindo ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 5 min

    John Evelyn was a 17th century polymath, with interests in the fine arts, architecture, gardening, as well as anatomy and the natural sciences. He was a fervent supporter of the Stuart monarchy and lived abroad during much of the English Civil War. His Diaries, which rank alongside those of Samuel Pepys for perceptive commentary on the times in which he lived, span his adult years. ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. A 17th‑Century Diarist's Chronicle of Stuart England—Politics, Society, and Culture

    by John Evelyn, Ezra Everdale, Ezra Everdale ...
    Spanning the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration, The Diary of John Evelyn records court ritual, scientific experiment, horticultural practice, and urban disaster in polished, morally inflected prose. He chronicles the Great Plague and the Fire of London, Royal Society demonstrations, and travels in France and Italy that shaped his connoisseurship, offering set-piece descriptions and measured ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. A 17th-Century Chronicle of Restoration England: Court, Art, Politics, Society, and Travel

    by John Evelyn, Ezra Everdale, Ezra Everdale ...
    The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol. 1&2) presents a capacious record of seventeenth‑century life, from the upheavals of the Civil Wars and Commonwealth to the Restoration and the scientific turn of the age. Evelyn's entries, at once decorous and exact, move from court ceremonial and cabinet politics to plague, fire, landscape, and art. His pages recount Continental travels through France and Italy, ... Read more

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    One More Gift

    A spicy snowed-in romance

    by Holly June Smith ...
    Narrated by John York, Evelyn Rose, Ryan Mairs ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 56 min

    With her divorce pending, art dealer Saskia is looking forward to spending Christmas in her remote country cottage with her oldest friend.Cut off from the world and free from distractions, now is the perfect time for Saskia and Henry to pick up where they left off seventeen years ago.With food in the oven, the fire lit, and twinkling lights on the tree, everything is perfect. Until headlights ... Read more

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  • The History of Sabatai Sevi: The Suppos'd Messiah of The Jews

    by John Evelyn ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Open Land, Open Heart: 33 Classic Ranching Storybooks to Love

    Thirty-Three Tales of Cowboys, Homesteads, Adventure, and Frontier Life

    by Ridgwell Cullum, Kathryn Pocklington, Alice M. Winlow, Alice MacGowan, B. M. Bower, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Clarence Edward Mulford, John Wood Clay, Mary Ellen Chase, Bertrand W. Sinclair, Frances Parker, Dane Coolidge, Izola L. Forrester, Kate Boyles Bingham, Virgil D. Boyles, Les Savage, Vingie E. Roe, Onoto Watanna, F. S. Brereton, Peter B. Kyne, Clarice E. Richards, Josephine Chase, Harold Bindloss, Lily Munsell Ritchie, George Bird Grinnell, Albert Payson Terhune, Lillian Elizabeth Roy, Amy Bell Marlowe, Grace May North, Evelyn Raymond, Edith Lavell, John Luther Langworthy, L. Frank Baum, Clair Blank, Margaret Vandercook, Howard Roger Garis, James Captain Carson, Frank V. Webster, Joan Clark, Mayne Reid, Hermann Hagedorn, Edward G. Cheyney, Laura Lee Hope, Thomas Carson ...
    Open Land, Open Heart: 33 Classic Ranching Storybooks to Love gathers ranching tales in which labor, landscape, animal companionship, and frontier adventure become vehicles for moral and imaginative discovery. Its range extends from brisk juvenile adventures and episodic series fiction to regional realism, romance, humor, and wilderness narrative. Cattle drives, homesteads, riding schools, ranch ... Read more

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