Early Modern
Handbook of Home Rule
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James Bryce
The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published i…
The Pianoforte Sonata
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John South Shedlock
John S. Shedlock covers the history of what might now be called the keyboard sonata, from Kuhnau's Sonata in B flat from 1695, believed at t…
History of the Kingdom of Siam
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François-Henri Turpin
Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely with the natural Hist…
The Great Events by Famous Historians
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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…
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
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Watkin Tench
Watkin Tench was a British marine officer who sailed with the First Fleet from England to Australia, landing in January 1788. He first wrote…
The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° nort…
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 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 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…
Story-Lives of Great Musicians
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Francis Jameson Rowbotham
Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of t…
Spies
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Joseph Gollomb
The author retells some of the great wartime spy stories from history, beginning with Biblical references and ending with World War I and Ma…
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. …
The Diamond Necklace
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Thomas Carlyle
In the years preceding the French Revolution, the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette was severely harmed by the publication of details rel…
The Capture of Fort William and Mary
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Charles Lathrop Parsons
The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …
Pascal and the Port Royalists
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William Clark
Pascal is of the small number of those [men] in whom the man infinitely transcends his actions. The writings of Pascal are the finest that F…
Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences
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John Erskine
Several late pamphlets composed with much art and ability have painted the claims and conduct of the North Americans; and thereby, have not …
An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution
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Noah Webster
An early influential work describing the features contained within the new Constitution that was produced out of the Constitutional Conventi…
Ireland Under the Tudors
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Richard Bagwell
Volume 2 continues the social, political, and religious dynamics of Tudor England, particularly during the tumultuous reign of the Protestan…
Ireland Under the Tudors
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Richard Bagwell
Volume 1 of Ireland Under the Tudors describes in great detail the process of making Celtic Ireland a part of the Protestant English empire.…
Fiat Money Inflation in France
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Andrew Dickson White
The story of "Fiat Money Inflation in France" is one of great interest to legislators, to economic students, and to all business a…