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History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1823-1892
Explore The Chief Periods of European History Six lectures read in the University of Oxford in Trinity term, 1885 through a focused reading session. Projec...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedBalzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 [Translator]
Explore The Commission in Lunacy through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Biographical...
Children’s classic storiesT / RCReading & discovery
Primary / teacher-selectedBallantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
Read Chapter I of R. M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island. Ralph introduces travel as a lifelong passion, links it to family history and remembers his departur...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedTolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938 [Translator]; Maude, Louise, 1855-1939 [Translator]
Explore The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Russia -...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedDumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870; Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888
Explore The Count of Monte Cristo through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Historical...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedBalzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 [Translator]; Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 [Translator]
Explore The Country Doctor through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Physicians -- Fict...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedFroude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
Explore The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII through a focused reading sess...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedYonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901
Explore The Dove in the Eagle's Nest through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Historic...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedFroude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
Explore The Earl of Beaconsfield through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Disraeli, Be...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedFroude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
Explore The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-langua...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedDefoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Explore The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana through a focused re...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedScott, Walter, 1771-1832
Explore The Fortunes of Nigel through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Historical fict...
Art history and visual cultureT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedWhistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Explore The Gentle Art of Making Enemies through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Whis...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedVerne, Jules, 1828-1905
Explore The Giant Raft through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Adventure and adventur...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedHugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Joyce, T. H. [Translator]; Locker, Arthur, 1828-1893 [Translator]
Explore The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-langua...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedVoltaire, 1694-1778; Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 [Translator]
Explore The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language ed...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedThucydides, 456? BCE-396 BCE; Crawley, Richard, 1840-1893 [Translator]
Explore The History of the Peloponnesian War through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedDefoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Explore The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard Containing a Particular Account of His Many Robberies and Escapes through a focused reading ses...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedSchiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805; Morrison, A. J. W. (Alexander James William), 1806-1865 [Translator]
Explore The History of the Thirty Years' War through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “...
Classic fiction and dramaT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / sixth formArthur Conan Doyle
A family legend and a threatening landscape complicate an investigation. Compare reported supernatural explanations with observable details, then examine h...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedNesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924
Explore The Incredible Honeymoon through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “England -- F...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedTwain, Mark, 1835-1910
Explore The Innocents Abroad through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Middle East -- D...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedMarryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
Explore The King's Own through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Nore Mutiny, 1797 -- F...
History, lives and journeysT / RCReading & discovery
Secondary / teacher-selectedYonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901
Explore The Lances of Lynwood through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Great Britain -...
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