History
Royal Romances of Today
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Kellogg Durland
"In the year 1907, the Woman’s Home Companion commissioned me to go to Russia to write the story of the early days, courtship and marri…
Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins
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W. L. Hunter
This short work attempts to establish that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah, who had been made black-skinned as …
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1
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Ida M. Tarbell
Volume 1 of Ida Tarbell's biography of Lincoln covers his life from his boyhood to his election to the presidency in 1860. Tarbell, in addit…
The Precipice
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Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Woun…
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
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Isaac D'Israeli
This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics…
The Ukraine
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George Raffalovich
“We are not the same nation with Russian people,” the statement which all Ukrainians wish to convey to the whole world for centuries. The st…
Bible (YLT) 15: Ezra
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Young's Literal Translation and Young'S Literal Translation
This book describes the return of Israelites from exile in Babylon. One group returns to rebuild the Temple and restore the worship of The L…
A History Of England
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Charles William Chadwick Oman
A one-volume survey of the history of England from Celtic and Roman times through the end of the nineteenth century. Muscular prose makes an…
A Book of Scoundrels
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Charles Whibley
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…
Idle Hours In A Library
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William Henry Hudson
“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing am…
Umbrellas and Their History
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William Sangster
A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)
The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England
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Charles Andrews, Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris
This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same …
Le Petit Nord
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Anne Maclanahan Grenfell
A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at th…
Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
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Francis Parkman, Jr.
Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earn…
Great Epochs in American History, Volume II
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Francis Whiting Halsey
This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the buil…
WWII News and Related Sound files from 1935
Various
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1935
History of Iceland
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Knut Gjerset
"Iceland, the saga island, lying on the very borders of the unknown, has attracted much attention ever since the time when the enigmati…