History
State of the Union Addresses
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Gerald Ford
The State of the Union address is a speech or report presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States…
The World's Famous Orations
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Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 8 includes speeches from the years 1774…
A Life of Napoleon
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Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of …
Mother Earth
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Various
Mother Earth, an American anarchist journal, was self styled as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Mo…
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
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Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
This third volume of d'Aubigné's work on the Reformation covers the years 1521 - 1527, as it developed in Germany, Switzerland, Engla…
Histories
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Polybius
Of the forty books which made up the history of Polybius, the first five alone have come down to us in a complete form; of the rest we have …
Cavalcade Of America
A dramatization of events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Cavalcade Of America
A dramatization of how the Connecticut Charter was saved from falling into the hands of the Crown in 1687.
The World's Best Orations
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
The Poisoned Loving-Cup
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Charles Grant Miller
"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice o…
Mazes and Labyrinths
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William Henry Matthews
Come along on a journey through the history of Mazes and Labyrinths by W.H. Matthews. Get lost in the wonders of winding paths, from ancient…
Stories of South Pole Adventure
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Frank Mundell
The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…
Adventures In Research
The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…
Epochs of American History
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Albert Bushnell Hart
The second volume follows the principles of growing social and political ideals in the transition from colony to independent nation.