War & Military
War the Creator
Gelett Burgess, an American writer, penned this gripping account of the profound change that war caused in a young Frenchman he knew. “Becau…
A Social History of the American Negro
A comprehensive history of what experiences and influences created the Negro American citizen as we find him at the beginning of the twentie…
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee
Charles Quintard (1824-1898) was an Episcopal priest who, in spite of his pro-Union stance, volunteered to be a chaplain in the Confederate …
Memories of the Civil War
Henry B James enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 20, and fought in many of the key battles of the Civil War. Thirty years later, he wr…
My Story of the Civil War
Story of the Civil War as told by a private soldier's perspective of daily routines, challenges, anxieties, skirmishes, battle. (summary by …
Combat Lessons
This 1942 Army manual, published during the course of World War II, consists of quotations from soldiers in the field concerning their exper…
The World Crisis
An inside view of the critical years leading up to World War I, as well as the first few key months. Told by (at the time) Britain's First L…
State of the Union Addresses
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Two Diaries From Middle St. John's
Two diaries from Middle St. John’s, Berkeley, South Carolina, February – May, 1865. Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlott…
Conquest of New France
The English colonies, holding a great stretch of the Atlantic seaboard, increased in number and power. New France also grew stronger. The st…
Dispatches from the Ruhr
Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea
The Inchon Landing was a major amphibious operation, planned in record time and executed with skill and precision. Even more, it was an exem…
Sailor Brothers
"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…
The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundation of the Western Empire
The present work is intended as a comprehensive account of medieval times, drawn up on the same lines as The Cambridge Modern History but wi…
A History of the Middle Ages
This overview of the 9th through the 13th centuries in Europe and the Middle East begins with the empire of Charles the Great, which extende…
Harper's Young People
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
From Mud to Mufti
This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…