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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 1
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James Cook
Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Su…
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Joseph Plumb Martin
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted …
Eusebius History of the Christian Church
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Eusebius Of Caesarea
Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points:1. the succession…
Henry V
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William Shakespeare
After the turmoil and uncertainty of Henry IV a new era appears to dawn for England with the accession of the eponymous Henry V. In this sun…
Immortality and the Unseen World
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W. O. E. Oesterley
The full title of this book is Immortality and the Unseen World - A Study in Old Testament Religion. Oesterley describes the beliefs that pr…
Herodotus' Histories Vol 2
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Herodotus
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 3
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Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the …
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …
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David Hume
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…
The Story of Mankind
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Hendrik Van Loon
Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the p…
The Escaping Club
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A. J. Evans
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 4
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Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the …
Fighting the Flying Circus
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Eddie Rickenbacker
This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Ha…
The Atrocities of the Pirates
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Aaron Smith
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…
Famous Men of Rome
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John Henry Haaren
Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)
Peter the Great
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Jacob Abbott
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…
The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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Winston S. Churchill
When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backla…
The Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
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Meriwether Lewis
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Herodotus' Histories Vol 3
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Herodotus
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…
