History

East by West, Vol. 1

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Sir Henry W. Lucy



East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East during …

Der Heilige

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer



Die Rahmenhandlung der Novelle "Der Heilige" bildet Hans der Armbruster, der im Jahre 1180 im Rückblick die dramatische Leben…

Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

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Imbert De Saint-Amand



"Paris in 1792 is no longer what it was in 1789. In 1789, the old French society was still brilliant. The past endured beside the prese…

Stories from Virgil

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Alfred John Church



Alfred J. Church created 26 stories from the original Greek version of Virgil's Aeneid. He included well-known ones, such as "The Horse…

Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada

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Walter Stevens Herrington



What became of the citizens who remained loyal to the Crown when the thirteen British colonies rebelled against England – and won! These Lo…

Poems

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Wilfred Owen



A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 05

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee



Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

History of Holland

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George Edmundson



The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province…

Historical Tales, Vol II: American II

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



Volume II of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This second volume supplem…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1941


P. G. Wodehouse



Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1941

Lord Kitchener

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton



“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…

John Quincy Adams

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John T. Morse



This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

Unknown London

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Walter George Bell



Herein you will find much concerning those things which everybody knows about, but nobody knows — the things you have known about since chil…

A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man

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Noah Davis



The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 07

Read by Sibella Denton


Thomas D'Arcy McGee



Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

The Bible in Its Making

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Mildred Duff



One great universal law runs through the realm of nature. Our Saviour gave it in a sentence: 'First the blade, then the ear, after that the …

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004

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Various



A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…

Observations of an Orderly

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Ward Muir



Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eye…

The Students’ Roman Empire part 2, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Found…

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John Bagnell Bury



The writings of J. B. Bury, on subjects ranging from ancient Greece to the 19th-century papacy, are at once scholarly and accessible to the …

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