History
Great Epochs in American History
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Francis Whiting Halsey
This is the first volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the build…
The World’s Story
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Eva March Tappan
This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March…
The Social History of Smoking
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George L. Apperson
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing o…
The Itinerary of John Leland
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John Leland
John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is m…
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland
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Simon Dubnow
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an a…
The Aftermath of Slavery
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William A. Sinclair
This work describes conditions and forces the black population of the South faced after freedom was brought by the Civil War. As Sinclair pu…
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton
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Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …
The Chronicles of America
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William Wood
Citizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the New World called Amer…
The Sea
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Frederick Whymper
Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…
The Medici
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G. F. Young
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…
The Romance of the Romanoffs
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Joseph Martin Mccabe
The eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were periods of stark contrast between the opulent lifestyle of the rich and the ex…
The Idea of Progress
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John Bagnell Bury
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he…
Radio News
Explore the news from 1949 in this collection. This compilation includes various news segments, talk shows, and specials from that year. Whi…
A Short History of France
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Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
After the Roman conquest, the Celtic Gauls adopted Roman culture and speech. The Germanic invasions ultimately transformed France into a Cat…
Phallic Worship
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Hargrave Jennings
A fairly scholarly, short survey of religious sexual symbols and practices from ancient times to the near-present, and within various countr…
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 …
Canada's Hundred Days
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Three of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to…
The Spanish Conquerors
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Irving Berdine Richman
A discussion of the adventures of the Spanish explorers from Columbus to Pizarro. - Summary by Jim LockeGroup: Chronicles of America Series