Modern (19th C)
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 16
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Charles F. Horne, Rossiter Johnson and John Rudd
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
Lamp of Wisdom
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William H. Councill
William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…
Under Six Flags: The Story of Texas
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M. E. M. Davis
A history of the of Texas from La Salle's Texas Settlement in 1685 to the dedication of the State Capitol building at Austin in 1888. - Summ…
Letters from New Zealand 1857–1911
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Henry William Harper
"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…
Battle of New Orleans: Its Real Meaning
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Reau Folk
Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the …
Stories of the Royal Humane Society
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Frank Mundell
Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…
John Bull's Vineyard: Australian Sketches
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Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella
An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…
Poland: A Study of the Land, People and Literature
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George Brandes
"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …
La frailocracia filipina
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Marcelo H. Del Pilar Y Gatmaitán
Con estas consideraciones que invitaban a reflexionar sobre el status quo en la colonia española de Filipinas, el autor analiza el ab…
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 2 of 4
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America
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Rebecca Burlend
Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…
Postage stamps of war (1854-1914)
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Douglas B. Armstrong
A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Grea…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Low…
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Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles
The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…
History of the Early Settlement of Bowmanville and Vicinity
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John T. Coleman
"Early settlers of Bowmanville, Darlington, Clarke, and surrounding country, with sketches of the habits and customs of the aborigines,…
Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin
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Frank Tilton
The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…
Speeches of Prince Bismarck, Part 1
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Otto von Bismarck and Otto Von Bismarck
A collection of Bismarck’s speeches translated by art historian Edmund von Mach and published in 1914 as part of THE GERMAN CLASSICS—an exte…
The King's Son, Or, a Memoir of Billy Bray
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Frederick William Bourne
Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. He was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England. After leaving sch…
How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
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Abram J. Dittenhoefer
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
Tejas, la primera desmembración de Méjico
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Carlos Pereyra
Reseñas históricas de la separación de la provincia de Tejas desde el punto de vista de un historiador y diplomá…
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…