History
Native Races and the War
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Josephine Butler
Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, i…
Child-life in Art
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Estelle M. Hurll
The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-chi…
The Glories of Ireland
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Joseph Dunn
A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…
Columbus
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Joaquin Miller
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…
Lancashire
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Francis Archibald Bruton
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…
Sleeping Sickness
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Fleming Mant Sandwith
In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…
England, Canada and the Great War
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Louis-Georges Desjardins
Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted…
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage
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Rodris Roth
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02
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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…
WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933
Various
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1933
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain
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John Henry Ingram
Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection
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Various
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement
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Ethel J. Rosenberg
“Many believe that we, in this century,” writes Ethel Rosenberg, “ are witnessing the dawn of a new spiritual epoch or era. A renewal of the…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle …
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Louis Aubrey Wood
'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound toget…
Kleinere Schriften
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Friedrich Schiller
1. Vorrede zu der Geschichte des Maltheserordens nach Vertot von M. N. bearbeitet. (1792)2. Herzog von Alba bei einem Frühstück au…
Shall I Pray or Watch TV?
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Vic Zarley
Shall I Pray or Watch TV? looks at the history of TV and its effect on our culture all from a Christian worldview perspective. My hope is th…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
In this chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England we see conflict between James II and his subjects. James is Catholic but r…
Historic Waterways
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …