Modern (20th C)
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…
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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 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…
A Century of Negro Migration
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Carter Woodson
Dr. Woodson describes the internal migration of African Americans within the United States, including the Northern Migration and the draw of…
Margaret Sanger; an autobiography
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Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, an advocate for birth control rights, chronicles the story of her struggles, including her times in jail and in exile, in o…
The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…
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Ellen Newbold La Motte
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
The Cossacks: Their History and Country
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William Penn Cresson
One of the earliest histories of the Cossacks to appear in English, with an emphasis on the exploits of famous Cossack leaders and Cossack s…
Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 4
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Carl Von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…
Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918
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Meriel Buchanan
The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from bef…
Prowling About Panama
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George A. Miller
In 1903, Panama became a brand new state in Central America by seceding from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama …
Infamous Day: Marines At Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941
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Robert James Cressman and Robert J. Cressman
Historical overview and personal reminiscences published in 1992. Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941. Part of U.S. Government U.S. Marine…
Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island
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President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Is and President'S Commission On The Accident At Three Mile Is
At 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, a serious accident occurred at the Three Mile Island 2 nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Th…
A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Inv…
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United States House Of Representatives
In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to H…
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913
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Harris Newmark
Harris Newmark was personally acquainted with every person and family involved in the founding of the city of Los Angeles, California. He ga…
Thoughts on South Africa
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Olive Schreiner
'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …
Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village
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Tickner Edwardes
If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…
Syria: the Desert and the Sown
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Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell's Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant (also called Greater Syria) during the first years of the…
The World’s Story Volume XV: The World War
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Horatio W. Dresser
This is the last volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story, originally started by Eva March Tappan. This book, edited by Horatio W. D…
Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 3
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Carl Von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…
Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Hate Groups
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House Un-American Activities Committee
A preliminary report to the U. S. Congress on a portion of the subversive activities conducted by two specific Neo-Fascist organizations tha…
Mark Twain and the Happy Island
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Elizabeth Wallace
This Mark Twain Memoir by Elizabeth Wallace paints an idyllic portrait of his time in Bermuda, not long before his death in 1910. Wallace an…