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America |
Charles and Mary Beard, The Rise of American Civilization* (2 vol.)
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| History of the United States Audiobook of Vol1 |
Edgar Allen Poe, Poems and Tales
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 When I was in high school I memorized all of 'The Raven' for fun. Thus I can safely say I have analyzed this poem every way possible. I don't find Poe's work scary, or morbid. The thing I like most about his poetry is the use of great rhyming schemes and he counts every single sillable! For instance, here is a passage from 'The Raven', one of my favorite parts, it is so smooth and rolls from word to word with great fluidity:But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." The Raven The Works of Edgar Allan Poe The Conquerer Worm (One of my favorite Poe poems) Audiobook of The Raven |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
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| Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
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| Walden |
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass*
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| Leaves of Grass Audiobook of Leaves of Grass |
Abraham Lincoln, Letters and Speeches |
 By the time this list was written there was 31 presidents in the US. Theres a site that has mp3 recording of the best 100 recorded political speaches. Lincoln's speaches are not there. Although Lincoln is good, don't forget Thomas Jefferson, FDR, JFK, or any of the other great political orators.Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Audiobook of the Gettysburg address |
