Modern (20th C)

A Short History of Pittsburgh

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Samuel Harden Church


Samuel H. Church presents a brief history of the city of Pittsburgh, split into three domains: historical, industrial, and intellectual. His…

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania

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Frederick Herman Tilberg


On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…

Secrets of Crewe House: the story of a famous campaign

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Campbell Stuart


Campbell Stuart, a Canadian, was involved in British efforts of propaganda during the two World Wars. His most active work was done during t…

Ukraina and the Peace-conference

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Stanislav Dnistriansky


The 19th century was the Golden Age of Nationalism in Europe. By the end of the century many countries achieved their national self-determin…

Freedom's Battle

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Mahatma Gandhi


A collection of writings and speeches by Gandhi during the British rule of India following World War I. - Summary by KHand

Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contribu…

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Various


Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin.In the…

A Political Pilgrim in Europe

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Mrs. Philip Snowden


Written in the aftermath of Word War I, Viscountess Snowden recounts her travels in post war Europe in, as she describes it, "an attemp…

Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January Sixth Attack on…

Read by Aaron Bennett


United States House of Representatives and United States House Of Representatives


This report will provide greater detail about the multi-step effort devised and driven by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election and blo…

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1

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Henry Baerlein


Henry Baerlein expands on his articles first published in the Fortnightly Review to explain the historical context and challenges facing Yug…

Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt

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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 …

Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary

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Arthur Henry Patterson


Published in 1907 by Arthur Henry Patterson, a self-taught local naturalist, Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary was one of his defining books on…

Woman and Labour

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Olive Schreiner


I should like to say to the men and women of the generations which will come after us—“You will look back at us with astonishment! You will …

Gallipoli

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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…

The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 1

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W. E. B. Du Bois


The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerc…

Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commissio…

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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…

In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years in the Continental Navy with Captain …

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William P. Chipman


The incidents of this book are taken largely from the log-book of Captain Tucker, and are intended to picture the stirring times in which he…

My War Experiences in Two Continents

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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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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

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…

Sinking of the "Titanic" : most appalling ocean horror

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Jay Henry Mowbray


The Titanic was thought to be the safest ship to set sail as it embarked on its maiden voyage. Unfortunately, history tells us differently. …

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