Political Science
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
Read by Pamela Nagami
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…
Guelphs and Ghibellines: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1250-1409
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Oscar Browning
The High Middle Ages in Italy, 1250-1409, were a time of incessant strife between rival city-states, some the Ghibelline allies of the Holy …
De Vorst
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Het boek bevat raadgevingen voor vorsten over hoe ze hun staat moeten besturen. De voornaamste bezigheid van de vorst moest volgens hem het …
The Making of the British Empire (A.D. 1714-1832)
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Arthur Hassall
At its height, the British Empire was the largest in history. This short volume traces its development through the long 18th century, from 1…
The English Restoration and Louis XIV: From the Peace of Westphalia to the Peac…
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Osmund Airy
In this trim volume the British historian, Osmund Airy writes of the period between 1648 and 1679 when Cardinal Mazarin, having concluded th…
Six Radical Thinkers: Bentham, J.S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, Mazzini, T.H. Green
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John Maccunn
A radical is a person who holds extreme or unconventional convictions and who advocates fundamental political, economic, or social reforms. …
Woman and War
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Olive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a South African writer born in 1855 to missionary parents in the Eastern Cape. She is credited with being the first Inte…
Sämtliche Schriften 1911-1921, Teil 2
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Carl Von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persön…
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906
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Max Baginski, Edwin Bjorkman, Frances Maule Bjorkman, John Russell Coryell, Emma Goldman, Maxim Gorky, Bolton Hall, Harry May Kelly and Grace Potter
"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literat…
Life of Prince Metternich
Read by Pamela Nagami
George Bruce Malleson
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) first foreign minister, and then chancellor of the Austrian Empire was a great diplomat: crafty, manipula…
The Story of Gladstone's Life
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Justin Mccarthy
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimatel…
The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…
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United States Department Of Homeland Security, United States Of America and U. S. Citizenship And Immigration Services
New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…
Catilinarias (Discursos contra Catilina)
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Estos discursos tuvieron lugar en el año 63 A.C. en el seno de las disputas entre dos facciones políticas: los optimates y los…
Madame de Staël
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Bella Duffy
Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was the daughter of the Swiss banker and statesman, Jacques Necker. Her mother hosted a popular Pa…
Prison & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
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Constance Lytton
Constance Lytton worked along Emmeline Pankhurst for the cause of women's suffrage in England. Upset that she was getting preferential trea…
Philip Augustus
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William Holden Hutton
Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II wa…
Technocracy
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William Henry Smyth
The word technocracy refers to a system of government by technical experts such as scientists, technologists, and engineers. William Henry S…
Mussolini as Revealed in His Political Speeches (November 1914 - August 1923)
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian journalist and politician, the leader of the National Fascist Party. He grew up as a violent bully, and the …
The Gray Mills of Farley
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Sarah Orne Jewett
As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…
Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contracto…
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United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated b…