History

The Life of Charlemagne

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Notker The Stammerer


Notker's work consists of anecdotes relating chiefly to the Emperor Charlemagne and his family. It was written for Charles the Fat, great-gr…

A Description of New England

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Captain John Smith


Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted fo…

The Westminster Alice

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Saki


Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland, Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles,…

The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille

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Thomas Carlyle


The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, fir…

Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb

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Various


These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was teste…

A Popular History of Ireland, Book 06

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee


Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

Historische Übersichten

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Friedrich Schiller


Historische Übersichten by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 – 1805). Schiller, einer der Weimarer Klassiker, bekannt als Dichter und Dramat…

Bible (ASV) 07: Judges

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American Standard Version


"The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Ch…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 02)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is the second chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the Succession of James II.In this chapter we see the rest…

Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion

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Lyndon Orr


"Famous Affinities of History" is a book of passion-filled accounts of the most famous love affairs of history. The stories of Cle…

1960-1969 Radio News


WA4CZD


News from the 1960's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1960's new…

Jürg Jenatsch

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Conrad Ferdinand Meyer


Jürg Jenatsch ist der Titel eines 1876 erschienenen historischen Romans von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer über den Bündner Pfarrer u…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

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Stephen Leacock


This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…

Prophecy Awakens

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Brenda Wamsley


Jane, a preacher's daughter, is getting forced into marrying a man twice her age and whom she does not love. Her prayers for a way out of he…

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt

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James Baikie


Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 3

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Friedrich Schiller


The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Writ…

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