Political Science
The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States
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United States Department Of Homeland Security, United States Of America and U. S. Citizenship And Immigration Services
New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…
Life of Prince Metternich
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George Bruce Malleson
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) first foreign minister, and then chancellor of the Austrian Empire was a great diplomat: crafty, manipula…
The Story of Gladstone's Life
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Justin Mccarthy
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimatel…
Catilinarias (Discursos contra Catilina)
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Estos discursos tuvieron lugar en el año 63 A.C. en el seno de las disputas entre dos facciones políticas: los optimates y los…
Madame de Staël
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Bella Duffy
Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was the daughter of the Swiss banker and statesman, Jacques Necker. Her mother hosted a popular Pa…
Prison & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
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Constance Lytton
Constance Lytton worked along Emmeline Pankhurst for the cause of women's suffrage in England. Upset that she was getting preferential trea…
Philip Augustus
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William Holden Hutton
Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…
Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923)
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian journalist and politician, the leader of the National Fascist Party. He grew up as a violent bully, and the …
Technocracy
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William Henry Smyth
The word technocracy refers to a system of government by technical experts such as scientists, technologists, and engineers. William Henry S…
The Gray Mills of Farley
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Sarah Orne Jewett
As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…
Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
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United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated b…
The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw
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Frances Milton Trollope
The novel begins with the arrival of a family staking a claim in the black delta of the Deep South. Whitlaw is a brutish sort who bullies hi…
The Short Line War
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
"The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-W…
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation 1453-1660
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Mary A. Hollings
In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savo…
Jailed For Freedom
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Doris Stevens
A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragettes, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true …
Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250
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Lionel Allshorn
Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries …
The Fable of the Bees
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Bernard Mandeville
Bernard Mandeville's didactic poem praising the virtues that personal vices bestow on society as a whole, along with several treatises and d…
The World’s Famous Orations, Vol. IV: Great Britain - II
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William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey, Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan
In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations…
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
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Jane Addams
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may …
Norway and the Union with Sweden
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Fridtjof Nansen
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Æri…