War & Military
The Winning of Canada
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William Wood
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a…
Edward the First
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Thomas Frederick Tout
Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) …
Life of Edward the Black Prince
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Louise Creighton
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Créc…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
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Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
Fort Concho
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J. N. Gregory
Fort Concho was a U.S. Army post in central Texas from 1867 to 1889. It figured considerably in the Indian Wars, notably against the Comanch…
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…
Causes Of The American Civil War
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Various
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies expla…
The Reign of Queen Anne
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Justin Mccarthy
Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the d…
A Short History of Mediaeval Italy
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Oscar Browning
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …
Maria Theresa
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James Franck Bright
By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of…
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
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Alice Dunbar Nelson
It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give …
The Making of the British Empire
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Arthur Hassall
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…
Nothing of Importance
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John Bernard Pye Adams
Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experience…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV
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Osmund Airy
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…
The Fringes Of The Fleet
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Rudyard Kipling
The Fringes of the Fleet is a poignant collection of essays and poems by Rudyard Kipling, reflecting on the experiences of the British Navy …
The Martyrdom Of Belgium
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George Cooreman and Gérard Cooreman
The title says it all. World War I narratives of German activities in Belgium after the German invasion of this neutral country. - Summary b…
The Sinking of the ''Merrimac''
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
During the Spanish-American War, Naval Constructor Hobson U.S.N. devised a plan to scuttle a ship in the channel leading to Santiago harbor …
A Soldier's Diary
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Ralph Scott
This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier (Royal Engineer and hand-to-hand combatant) is a well written much respected first-hand account of…
A Son of the Gods
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Ambrose Bierce
Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his l…
The Age of Elizabeth
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Mandell Creighton
This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century Eu…