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The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation

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Patrick Weston Joyce



This little book has been written and published with the main object of spreading as widely as possible among our people, young and old, a k…

The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca



Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …

History of the United States, Vol. VII

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Charles Austin Beard



Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

Charles I

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Jacob Abbott



There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1

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John Lloyd Stephens



The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…

The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4

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Agnes Strickland



The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

A Jewish State

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Theodor Herzl



Read in English, this is a pivotal document in the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. Herzl designed this work to elevate the discu…

History of the United States, Vol. VI

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Charles Austin Beard



Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD

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Robert F. Pennell



History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD. This compilation is designed to be a companion to the author's History of Greece. It…

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

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Lawrence Beesley



This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…

The Diary of a Dead Officer

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Arthur Graeme West



Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 1

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National Geographic Society



National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2

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Ida M. Tarbell



The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Com…

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France

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James Norman Hall



High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…

Buddhism and Buddhists in China

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Lewis Hodous



Buddhism and Buddhists in China is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century. I…

Antologia de Discursos em Português

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Various



Coleção de discursos famosos, traduzidos para o português ou escritos em português.

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy, Vol. 1

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Niccolò Machiavelli



History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy is an historical account by Niccolò Machiavelli. Toward the end of 1520, the Cardinal…

Richard II, Makers of History

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Jacob Abbott



Chronicles the life of Richard II, born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, who later wore the crown of King of England. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

A Thousand Miles up the Nile

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards



Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in …

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