Modern (20th C)
Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt
Read by TND
Arthur Henry Patterson
Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist who, from a very early age, devoted much of his free time to observing, discovering and …
Gallipoli
Read by Ted Lienhart
John Masefield
John Masefield was an English novelist and poet who would later be named England's Poet Laureate. In early 1916, immediately after the termi…
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
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National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
The summer of 1967 again brought racial disorders to American cities, and with them shock, fear and bewilderment to the nation. The worst ca…
My War Experiences
Read by Ted Lienhart
Sarah Broom Macnaughtan
Sarah Macnaughtan was a Scottish novelist who took part in the women's suffrage movement, worked for the Red Cross in the Second Boer War (1…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Sea-Power in the Pacific
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Hector Charles Bywater
During the three decades preceding the Pacific War, the United States placed no small amount of effort in gaming out what a such a conflict …
A Textbook of European History
Read by Pamela Nagami
Lionel Cecil Jane
This short work opens in 1815, at the close of a period of twenty-five years of almost continuous war. The Congress of Vienna assembled to c…
Tragedy in Dedham
Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Francis Russell
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was one of the most divisive events of 1920's America. As Russell writes, " If one was middle class and Re…
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
Read by Barry Eads
Hudson Stuck
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
France, Spain and the Rif
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Walter Burton Harris
The Guerra del Rif—the Rif War. 1921 to 1926. It was the slogging bloody 5-year long climax of Spain’s effort to secure dominion over a terr…
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…
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United States Work Projects Administration
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Cape Coddities
Read by Laurie Banza
Roger Livington Scaife and Roger Livingston Scaife
A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures …
By Desert Ways to Baghdad
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Louisa Jebb Wilkins
Every age witnesses the birth of some great soul. Sometimes events bring these people to the attention of the world. More often than not, th…
This Giddy Globe
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Oliver Herford
A geography of the world at the time, told with a wit and humor unusual in non-fiction and historical texts while staying true to the subjec…
Imperialism and World Politics
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Parker Thomas Moon
Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…
Our Air Force
Read by Ted Lienhart
William Lendrum Mitchell
William (Billy) Mitchell was a U.S. Army officer who, during World War I, came to command all U.S. Army air operations in France. He became …
America's Retreat from Victory
Read by Robert Morel
Joseph McCarthy and Joseph Mccarthy
Senator Joseph McCarthy examines the life of General George Catlett Marshall, particularly his role in government beginning in 1945 as Unite…
Greece and the Allies
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George Frederick Abbott
The author delves into Greece's dealings leading up to, during, and after WWI. We witness, through unbiased eyes, Greece's government (the M…
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
Read by Ted Lienhart
Hugh Gibson
The author was an American diplomat, the Secretary of the American Legation in Brussels, at the beginning of World War I in 1914. This book …
The Burston Rebellion
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Thomas George Higdon
The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…