History
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
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John William Norie
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution
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Carl L. Becker
Here is a look at the evolution of thought and events that led Benjamin Franklin to make this statement: "British subjects, by removing…
The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements
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B. H. Roberts
A history of the Longest March of Military in History. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history i…
Leading Events in the History of the Church: Part 1 - Christian Antiquity
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The Sisters Of Notre Dame
The first volume in a series of Catholic Church history books written for children. Volume 1 covers the time period from after Our Lord's de…
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds (Version 2)
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William James Mcglothlin
This book contains 37 short stories for little folk featuring a variety of historical figures and their wonderful deeds. These stories span …
Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings
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John Quincy Adams
A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…
The Life of Washington, Volume 5
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John James Marshall
Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…
Our Little Mexican Cousin
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Edward Crompton Butler
This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…
The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War
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Dame M. Columban
“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…
3 from LightByDesign
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LightByDesign Ministries
Three fascinating, action packed stories from the old holiness literature circa late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our first story is call…
Conversion
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emoti…
The Woman Movement
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Ellen Key
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
Old Times in the Colonies
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Charles Carleton Coffin
The discovery and establishment of a new continent! Who owns it? What will you do with it? How shall it be ruled? How shall a sovereign gain…
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
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Archibald Grimké
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and…
Venetian Life
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William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
Islam And The New World Order By Abdullah Hakim Quick
F reemasons? Illuminati? Skull and Bones? Conspiracy theories? Secret societies? While neither confirming nor denying these, the speaker (Ab…
The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges
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Edgcumbe Staley
A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy
The Life of Washington, Volume 4
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
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Eva March Tappan
Of all the sovereigns who have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly prais…
Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea
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Thomas Bingley
Ten accounts of events from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when life at sea was a perilous venture. The book is presented as a seri…