History
Libro I de la Historia de Heródoto
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Herodotus
Las Historias (en griego antiguo ἱστορίαι historíai 'aproximaciones, investigaciones') de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–despu&e…
The Wars of the Jews
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Flavius Josephus
The Wars of the Jews (or The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem, or as it usually appears in modern English translations, The Jewish Wa…
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphan…
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John Foxe
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…
Claus Störtebeker
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Georg Engel
Claus Beckera, besser bekannt als Claus Störtebeker, war schon zu Lebzeiten eine Legende: Gemeinsam mit Heino Wichmann und Gödeke …
Our Island Story, Part 2
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
This Country of Ours, Part 1
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…
Introduction to The Philosophy of History
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part b…
Women of History
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Anonymous
An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An in…
William the Conqueror
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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…
Comic History of England
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Bill Nye
Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” …
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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Isabella L. Bird
Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …
The Heroines of History
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John S. Jenkins
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …
The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Thucydides
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led …
The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt
This book is a collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s published commentaries and public addresses on the general theme of the requirements for i…
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte …
History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 1
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Gaston Maspero
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…
The Story of the Middle Ages
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Samuel B. Harding
Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages, published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entert…
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 2
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Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the …
Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1
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Lord Thomas Cochrane
This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the deve…
By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860
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Lavinia Honeyman Porter
Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never lear…