History

A Student's History of American Literature

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William Simonds



Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …

Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokratischen Österreich

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Unknown



Der Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokratischen Österreich, wurde am 15. Mai 1955 in Wien…

The Tower Of London

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Arthur Poyser



Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

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Henry M. Field



Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

History of Farming in Ontario

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C. C. James



This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…

The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles

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Eva March Tappan



This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay



This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

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Various



A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

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James O. Brayman



There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…

Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung

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Friedrich Schiller



Schiller, einer der Weimarer Klassiker, bekannt als Dichter und Dramatiker, beschreibt in meisterhaftem Deutsch den Beginn der Unabhäng…

The Insurrection in Dublin

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James Stephens



The Easter Rising was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win ind…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People

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Ethel T. Raymond



Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during the War of 1812. He became a folk …

Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

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Lawrence J. Burpee



This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean…

Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

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Benvenuto Cellini



Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

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Various



A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

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Charles W. Colby



For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our her…

Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

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Samuel Johnson



The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …

Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in t…

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Thomas Guthrie Marquis



These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, foll…

WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943


Various



Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1943

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

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