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A Book of Discovery

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M. B. Synge

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne…

The Tale of Three Lions

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H. Rider Haggard

Taking place in the heart of Africa, “The Tale of Three Lions” is one more thrilling adventure from the eventful life of old hunter Quaterma…

A Short History of the World

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H. G. Wells

A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…

Heroes of the Middle Ages

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Eva March Tappan

"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, …

Lāčplēsis

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Andrejs Pumpurs

Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded a…

North-Pole Voyages

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Zachariah Atwell Mudge

For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…

To Aden

In A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

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Anna (Annie) Allnutt Brassey, Anna and Anna Brassey

Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family's voyage around in the world in 1876-1877 ( Dovie Cros…

Modern Columbia (Twentieth century), by Francis E. Clarke

In The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and…

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Eva March Tappan

This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March…

Book 2, Preface – Chapter 2

In Against Heresies

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Irenaeus

St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, describes several schools of Gnosticism which were prevalent among pre-Nicene Christianity. He then refutes t…

Henry III Deposes the Pope, AD 1048. by Ferdinand Gregorovius

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05

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Charles F. Horne

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…