Harvard Classics 12.0 - App Store

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About Harvard Classics

Guided by Dr. Eliot, the famed president of Harvard University, you will journey through the history of religion and philosophy, the history of civilization, and the history of classic science. Along the way, Dr. Eliot...

Guided by Dr. Eliot, the famed president of Harvard University, you will journey through the history of religion and philosophy, the history of civilization, and the history of classic science. Along the way, Dr. Eliot will introduce you to the books selected from the famed Harvard Classics. All classics you ever need to read in History and Civilization, in Philosophy and Religion, and in Science are collected in one app. Read, listen, or read-along these books of Harvard Classics, plus 50,000+ Gutenberg classics, on-line, off-line, anywhere, anytime. Text of each book is hand-reformatted for best reading experience, audio books done by experienced readers, and videos professionally presented. Inside each book, you can also explore an in-depth Wikipedia article about the author and the book, Most of the basic features for a book reader are also provided, include, page-turning, bookmarking, night reading, changing font size, changing background color, dictionary, and word and phrase looking up in search engine or Wikipedia.

Version History Substantially tested against new iPhone devices. Fixed many bugs. 12.0 07/29/2024 (1) Fixed one bug in Quick Book Search (2) Improved book page display for iPhone 12 10.4 09/12/2021 (1) Fixed a bug in catalog search. (2) Fixed a bug in downloading audio books. 10.3 02/22/2021 This release substantially improves both functionality and usability. Specifically (1) full support of dark mode; (2) allows both page turning and scrolling; (3) precise control of font style, size, background color, and contrast; (4) improved TTS reading of all books; 10.0 12/14/2019 1. Change page turning speed: Fast, Normal, Slow 2. Select and download any individual chapter (audio track) in an audio book. 3. Delete unwanted audio tracks, and keep only the few needed in the immediate future ( to save storage). 4. Audio controller on lock screen: jump to next /previous audio track, pause/resume, adjust volume. 5. Improved display for iPhoneX. 6. Fixed a few bugs. 8.9 08/20/2018 1. Select and download any individual chapter (audio track) in an audio book. 2. Delete unwanted audio tracks, and keep only the few needed in the immediate future ( to save storage). 3. Audio controller on lock screen: jump to next /previous audio track, pause/resume, adjust volume. 4. Improved display for iPhoneX. 5. Fixed a few bugs. 8.8 08/15/2018 (1) optimized for iPhone X (2) fixed a bug in search (3) fixed a bug in inserting notes (4) easier to export book and notes 8.5 06/09/2018 (1) optimized for IOS 11; (2) fixed a few bugs showing up in the latest version of IOS. 8.4 10/12/2017 1. fixed a bug in page turning 2. offline booklist beautified 8.3 09/17/2017 Landscape display enabled: Now read your books leisurely, hands free! In-between readings, for a break, enjoy a beautiful video to enrich your reading experience. 8.1 05/25/2017 (1) share books (including bookmarks, notes) between your iPhone and iPad using airDrop; (2) Export book, bookmarks, notes in an .html file to any device; (3) Bookmark selected text; (4) Insert notes, edit and remove notes. Export notes with editing dates. 8.0 03/30/2017 (1) A new text search function: You can now search either current chapter or the entire book for any text. (2) Bookmarking has been greatly enhanced: You can now insert bookmark on any page, select any paragraph to bookmark, search for bookmarks, and jump to the latest bookmark. (3) Off-line books easily sorted by last reading date or by book title. 6.2 03/07/2017 More responsive and better page formatting 6.1 12/15/2016 1. Enhanced read-along. Most audio books now allow read-along. 2. Optionally allow download of 128kb or 64kb audio. 3. Fixed some bugs. 6.0 03/03/2016 1. Enabled playing audio in background; 2. Added a slider for fast forwarding and fast backwarding audio tracks. 5.0 09/10/2015 1. Page turning experience is greatly improved for iPad 2. Fixed a bookmark bug that may show up in certain situations. 4.9 07/09/2015 fix a bug in audiobook download 4.8 09/21/2013 A few bug fixes. Simplified home screen display. 4.7 08/23/2013 improved audio download 4.4 07/18/2013 New audio player improved audio download manager 3.0 07/07/2013 3 new features for each book: (1) a human-read audiobook for free download or instant listening. (2) A wikipedia article about the author or book (3) A selection of youtube video related to the book 2.0 06/23/2013 (1) Pop up a dictionary, wikipedia, or search page by touching any word while reading. (2) Enhanced table of contents for books 1.2 05/12/2013 Improved home screen. Each book now has an icon to indicates its status: (1) open-book icon -- currently reading; (2) closed-book icon -- downloaded in device; (3) download icon -- to be downloaded. 1.1 05/01/2013 1.0 04/22/2013

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Harvard Classics since it was posted on our website on 2021-09-14 19:07:40. The latest version is 12.0 and it was updated on 2026-06-24 12:59:22. See below the changes in each version.

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