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A School History of the Great War
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Albert E. Mckinley
A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading…
A Student's History of American Literature
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William Simonds
Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …
The Tower Of London
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Arthur Poyser
Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…
The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and …
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Eva March Tappan
This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…
The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…
History of Farming in Ontario
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C. C. James
This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
The Insurrection in Dublin
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James Stephens
The Easter Rising was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win ind…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains
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Lawrence J. Burpee
This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader…
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Ethel T. Raymond
Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during the War of 1812. He became a folk …
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…
Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea
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James O. Brayman
There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
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Charles W. Colby
For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our her…
Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language
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Samuel Johnson
The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1
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Benvenuto Cellini
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…
WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943
Various
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943
Garcia Moreno, President of Ecuador 1821-1875
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Augustine Berthe, Augustine Berthetranslated Bymary Elizabeth Ashe À Court-Repington, Baroness He… and Augustine Berthetranslated By Mary Elizabeth Ashe À Court-Repington, Baroness H…
Gabriel Gregorio Fernando José María García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón (1821–1875) was an Ecuadorian pol…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in t…
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Thomas Guthrie Marquis
These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, foll…
The Makers of Canada: Champlain
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Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne
A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France. ( Summary by Cathy Barratt )