History
The Child's Book of American Biography
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Mary Stoyell Stimpson
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …
How I Filmed the War
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Geoffrey H. Malins
An account of World War I and the experience of filming it by an early cinematographer (and, after the war, successful director) who was the…
Fathers of Biology
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Charles Mcrae
An account given of the lives of five great naturalists (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Vesalius and Harvey) will not be found devoid of int…
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
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Eliza P. Donner Houghton
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming…
The Early History of the Airplane
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Orville Wright
The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They…
American Civil War Collection
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Various
Compilation of American Civil War related poems and short works of literature. Summary by Bill2147
The Jesuits in North America
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Francis Parkman, Jr.
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail
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Ezra Meeker
This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)
The Making of a Nation
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Charles Foster Kent
Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his co…
Römische Geschichte
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Theodor Mommsen
Mommsen (1817-1903) erhielt für die Römische Geschichte 1902 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Römische Geschichte Drittes B…
Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital
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Phoebe Yates Pember
Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…
Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous
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Sarah Knowles Bolton
These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty…
The Theory of Social Revolutions
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Brooks Adams
Brooks Adams (1848-1927), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in p…
Kepler
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Walter W. Bryant
This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at…
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
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Rees Howell Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century P…
Voyage Round the World
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George Hamilton
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …
The Legends of Genesis
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Hermann Gunkel
The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical ana…
Historical Tales
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers …
WWII News and Related Sound files
Explore the sounds and news from World War II with this collection of audio files from 1944. These recordings provide a unique glimpse into …
Römische Geschichte
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Theodor Mommsen
Mommsen erhielt für die Römische Geschichte 1902 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Römische Geschichte Viertes Buch Die Revo…