Early Modern
Travels in France
Read by Pamela Nagami
Arthur Young
Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…
A Chronicle of Montcalm
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William Wood
Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in…
Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire
Read by Barbara Baker
Henriette Lucie Dillon, marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet
An aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the dazzling extravagance of the Ancien Régime, of the court of Marie Antoinette, of…
History of New England
Read by Aaron Decker
John Winthrop
John Winthrop served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony for several years. His History of New England, 1630-1649 details life in th…
Beacon Lights of History
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John Lord
The eleventh volume of the Beacon Lights of History series, this volume is the first that directly refers to the United States. In this volu…
The French Revolution: A History
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Thomas Carlyle
Of this third, and final, phase of the French Revolution, including that period known as The Terror, Carlyle comments "It is unfortunat…
Europe in Renaissance and Reformation
Read by Pamela Nagami
Mary A. Hollings
In a small space the Oxford-educated historian, Mary Hollings, provides a panoramic view of a tumultuous age. We meet Cesare Borgia and Savo…
The Idea of Progress
Read by Barry Ganong
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…
The South American Republics
Read by Piotr Nater
Thomas Cleland Dawson
The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?&quo…
Locke
Read by Pamela Nagami
Thomas Fowler
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician who, after Sir Francis Bacon, was one of the first of the British empiricist…
Poems of American History
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Various
A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing throug…
The Court and Character of King James
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Anthony Weldon
Gossipy exposés of shenanigans at the heart of government are nothing new. The author, Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), was a courtier…
The Symbolism of Freemasonry
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Albert Mackey
Illustrating and explaining the science and philosophy, the legends, myths and symbols of the fraternity of Freemasons.(Summary by Brother M…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
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Giorgio Vasari
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
The Cossacks
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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…
Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy
Read by Barry Ganong
John Tulloch
This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this vol…
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness
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William Godwin
It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conc…
The Historical Evolution of the Ukrainian Problem
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Mykhailo Hrushevsky
A short history of Ukrainian national aspirations, written by one of the most prominent Ukrainian historians. Published in the early months …
Gleanings of a Mystic
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Max Heindel
In “Gleanings of a Mystic” are found twenty-four lessons which were formerly sent out to students. It is the wish of the writer of this intr…
Pioneers of the Old South
Read by Jim Locke
Mary Johnston
In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…