History
The Story of Cairo
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Stanley Lane-Poole
Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…
The Voyagers
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy
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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…
Hear It Now
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Edward R Murrow hosts and narrates this first program in the series of 'Hear It Now.' Murrow begins with a description of the tragic events …
History of the Kingdom of Siam
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François-Henri Turpin
Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely with the natural Hist…
The History of Bread
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John Ashton
From ancient flatbreads cooked on hot stones to the fluffy loaves of the early 20th century, Ashton explores how bread rose alongside human …
The World’s Famous Orations
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William Jennings Bryan, Variousandwilliam Jennings Bryan and Various And William Jennings Bryan
This book contains a number of famous speeches and addresses from continental Europe between 300 CE to 1900 CE, organized around the followi…
The History Teacher's Magazine
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Various
"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…
CBS Radio At Fifty
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Walter Cronkite hosts this 3 hour retrospective on the history of CBS Radio from its beginnings up through to the date of this broadcast. Th…
The Sailor's Word-book
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William Henry Smyth
An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seafarers, fish …
Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now
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Jane Andrews
A children’s book that describes the life of ten boys in different historical time periods. The book shows the reader what the daily life of…
Walker's Appeal
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David Walker
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …
History of the Revolutions in Europe
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Christoph Wilhelm Von Koch
The View of the Revolutions of Europe by M. Koch, has been long known and highly esteemed on the Continent as a work of incontestable merit,…
The State of Society in France Before the Revolution
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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville
A thorough analysis of the social, religious, and political dynamics of French society which led to the French Revolution.
Scotland's Story
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Scotland's Story: A History Of Scotland For Boys And Girls is both a history of Scotland as well as delving into some of its legends. Writte…
Great Events in the History of North and South America
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Charles Goodrich
Step back and time and learn about people, places, and things that helped to mold North and South America. - Summary by CBTeddy
Five Stages of Greek Religion
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Gilbert Murray
A historical account written in the early 20th century The work explores the evolution and various phases of Greek religion focusing on the …
Finding a Way Out
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Robert R. Moton
He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time t…
Is War Diminishing?
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Frederick Adams Woods
A study In the prevalence of war in Europe from 1400 to the present day. This small book summarises historical periods of peace compared to …
Eastern Pilgrims
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Agnes Smith Lewis
"When two friends and myself resolved, in the summer of 1868, to absent ourselves for a year from home, for the purpose of visiting [th…