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Stories of the Lives of Noble Women
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W. H. Davenport Adams
The object of the present volume is to illustrate from the Lives of Noble Women those higher qualities which elevate the character of the se…
Biographical Sketches of the Signers
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Benson John Lossing
Lossing's Biographical Sketches of the Signers contains short descriptions of the Lives of the Signers from this well-respected American his…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
Artículos Varios
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José Milla Y Vidaurre
Relaciones de eventos históricos acontecidos en Centro América durante la época colonial y hasta 1900. - Summary by Mar…
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 …
La América Vindicada de la Calumnia
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Antonio Sánchez Valverde
Estudio científico sobre el origen del gálico (enfermedad venérea), su origen, y la vindicación de Améric…
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…
Compendio de Historia de la América Central
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Agustín Gómez Carrillo
Este es un trabajo de texto para el estudio académico de la historia de Centro América. Son visitados los orígenes de …
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…
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…
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.…