Early Modern
The Diaries of John Evelyn Volume I
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John Evelyn
John Evelyn was a 17th century polymath, with interests in the fine arts, architecture, gardening, as well as anatomy and the natural scienc…
The Partition of Europe: A Textbook of European History 1715-1815
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Philip Guedalla
Philip Guedalla writes, "History is the most interesting part of geography, and European history is particularly dependent upon the con…
A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume III
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Mandell Creighton
Volume III of this History of the Papacy opens with the Council of Basel in revolt against Pope Eugenius IV, who doggedly defends papal auto…
The Pioneer Mothers of America, Volume 1
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Mary Wolcott Green and Harry Clinton Green
This work has been prepared to perpetuate the memory of the women dedicated in each chapter as well as the lessons they have left behind in …
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Vol. 3
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Mercy Otis Warren
A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…
Oliver Cromwell
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The following work gives within a short compass a history of Oliver Cromwell from a biographical point of view. The text has been revised b…
Hobbes
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Leslie Stephen
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) famously wrote that in the state of nature "the life of man" was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, a…
A Collection of the Facts and Documents Relative to the Death of Major-General …
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William Coleman
Compiled by William Coleman the first editor of the New York Evening Post, this book includes items that trace a path leading to the death o…
Epochs of American History: The Colonists 1492-1750
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
This first of four volumes is a description and detailed analysis of the formation and development of the thirteen colonies of America. A ti…
Biographical Sketches of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence
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Benson John Lossing
Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American his…
Logick
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Isaac Watts
The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to guard against error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life,…
Patrick Henry; life, correspondence and speeches
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Patrick Henry and William Wirt Henry
The grandson of Patrick Henry, William Wirt Henry served as president of the Virginia Historical Association as well as president of the Ame…
The Child of the Dawn
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Arthur Christopher Benson
Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning …
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 12
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Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
The Life of Frederick William von Steuben
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Friedrich Kapp
The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben: Major General in the Revolutionary Army - tells the story of Baron Steuben, who had been an offic…
The Wonderful Story of Ravalette
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P. B. Randolph
Is it possible to break through the awful barrier—to glimpse through the Night-Curtain that screens and shrouds us from the Phantom-World?—i…
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 15
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
España y América
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Antonio Sánchez Moguel
Conjunto magestral de obras literarias e históricas de personajes hispanoparlantes de ambos lados del Atlántico. El autor exam…
Galateo
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Giovanni della Casa and Giovanni Della Casa
A book on the practice of mannerly behaviour at Court, originally written in Italian but translated into English for the Elizabethan court. …