History
Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea
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Thomas Bingley
Ten accounts of events from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when life at sea was a perilous venture. The book is presented as a seri…
The Story of London
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Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
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Frederick Herman Tilberg
On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement
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Käthe Schirmacher
A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…
News From No Man's Land
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James Green
James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…
Lives of the Presidents of the United States in Words of One Syllable
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Helen W. Pierson
This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…
Hear It Now 50 12 15 Korean War Reports
Edward R Murrow hosts and narrates this first program in the series of 'Hear It Now.' Murrow begins with a description of the tragic events …
The Story of Cairo
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Stanley Lane-Poole
Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…
A Voice From The Main Deck
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Samuel Leech
Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few wh…
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
A History of the Great War, Volume Three
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John Buchan
This is the third of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in along the Ypres Salient in February 1916 and stopping mid-Novem…