War & Military
Stories of the Ships
While most associate the "Great War" with trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and poison gas, ships played roles in the military …
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
The “Nurse and Spy” is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on th…
In the Line of Battle
“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of obs…
Campaigning With Grant
In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armi…
Army Life in a Black Regiment
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …
Eighteen Months in the War Zone
In "Eighteen Months in the War Zone," Kate John Finzi offers a poignant memoir of her experiences during a tumultuous period of co…
The Art of War
The Art of War (1521) is the only book published by Niccolo Machiavelli during his lifetime, and he saw it as one of his finest achievements…
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp
Susie King Taylor was a Black nurse in the 33rd United States Colored Troops in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a teacher and …
1944 Radio News
Explore the news from 1944 in this collection. This compilation includes various news segments and V-Discs from that year, providing a glimp…
History of the Civil War
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the gener…
The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses, 1377-1471, were a series of English civil wars fought for the control of the throne of England between two rival cade…
A Short History of France
After the Roman conquest, the Celtic Gauls adopted Roman culture and speech. The Germanic invasions ultimately transformed France into a Cat…
South African Memories
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she …
Bullets & Billets
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…
A History of Our Own Times
An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McC…
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War
Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales
Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), was the oldest surviving son of Sir Winston Churchill, an impoverished country gentlema…
Rome and Carthage
The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthag…
Notes of a Camp Follower on the Western Front
In 1915 Oscar Hornung, son of the famous author E W Hornung, was killed at Ypres after less than a year as a soldier in Flanders. He was onl…
The Life of Nelson
In 1813, the year that he was appointed Poet Laureate, Robert Southey published "The Life of Nelson". Horatio, Lord Viscount Nels…