History
- Voices from the Battlefield
- True Crime Through History
- Journeys Through History
- Voices of Social Change
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Voices of American History
- Musical Histories and Legends
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
A Brief History of English and American Literature
Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bi…
Condition of the Working-Class in England
This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers …
The Bomb
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was teste…
1950-1959 Radio News
Explore the news from the 1950s with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation includes not only news segments but also talk sho…
Paul the Dauntless
“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
This collection brings together nineteenth-century accounts of life at sea, where shipwreck, mutiny, and piracy turn voyages into tests of s…
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and reign of one of England's most iconic monarchs. Compi…
Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores how people have explained the natural world during the last few centuries, w…
A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin
After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, ther…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II
This is chapter 1 of volume 1 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the h…
The History of the English Bible
The celebration of the Tercentenary of the Authorized Version of the English Bible of 1611 has called into existence the little book here p…
1939 Radio News
Experience the news from 1939 in this audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped the world …
1940 Radio News
Experience the news from 1940 with this collection of radio broadcasts. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that s…
The Heroines of History
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …
The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation
This little book has been written and published with the main object of spreading as widely as possible among our people, young and old, a k…
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…
Peeps at Many Lands
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…
The Evolution of Modern Medicine
This is the manuscript of Sir William Osler's lectures on the "Evolution of Modern Medicine," delivered at Yale University in 1913…
Criminal Manchester
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour…
A Book of American Explorers
This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…