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The Treaty with China - Mark Twain
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The Treaty with China - Mark Twain
  • Author: Mark Twain
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History
"A good candidate for 'the most under-appreciated work by Mark Twain' would be 'The Treaty With China,' which he published in the New York Tribune in 1868. This piece, which is an early statement of Twain's opposition to imperialism and which...
The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century - Francis Parkman, Jr.
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The Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century - Francis Parkman, Jr.
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) in his book "O...
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2) - Olive Gilbert
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (version 2) - Olive Gilbert
  • Author: Olive Gilbert
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) was born into slavery in 1797 (or thereabouts) in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. This narrative, as told by Sojourner Truth to her friend Olive Gilbert, recounts to the best of her recollection what she...
Historic Waterways - Reuben Gold THWAITES
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Historic Waterways - Reuben Gold THWAITES
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. This volume is the record of six hundred miles of canoeing experiences on historic waterways in Wisconsin and Illinois during the summer of 1887. There has...
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1 - William JACKSON
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Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1 - William JACKSON
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons accused and the crimes committed. It is primarily based upon contemporary newspaper and pamphlet accounts of...
The Story of the French Revolution - Ernest Belfort BAX
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The Story of the French Revolution - Ernest Belfort BAX
Preface Excerpt: "The following sketch of the course of the French Revolution was originally published during 1889 in serial form in "Justice," the weekly organ of the Social Democratic Federation. It has been revised, corrected, and, in some parts,...
Magna Carta - Unknown
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Magna Carta - Unknown
  • Author: Unknown
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version in the Gutenberg collection. - Magna Carta is the most significant early influence on the long historical...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III - Edward Gibbon
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six...
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
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The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 1 - Agnes Strickland
  • Author: Agnes Strickland
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
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Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
  • Author: Owen Wister
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion of England by William, the Dutch Stadtholder, later William III of England....
Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 - Friedrich Engels
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Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 - Friedrich Engels
This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers paid a heavy price for the industrial revolution that swept the country. Engels wrote the piece while staying...
The History of the Peloponnesian War - THUCYDIDES
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The History of the Peloponnesian War - THUCYDIDES
  • Author: THUCYDIDES
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. It was written by Thucydides, an...
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 2 - Agnes Strickland
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The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 2 - Agnes Strickland
  • Author: Agnes Strickland
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elizabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York - Jacob A. Riis
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York - Jacob A. Riis
  • Author: Jacob A. Riis
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future...
Europe and the Faith - Hilaire Belloc
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Europe and the Faith - Hilaire Belloc
The Catholic brings to history (when I say "history" in these pages I mean the history of Christendom) self-knowledge. As a man in the confessional accuses himself of what he knows to be true and what other people cannot judge, so a Catholic,...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 02) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 02) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is the second chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the Succession of James II. In this chapter we see the restoration of the House of Stuart. The mood of the people sours toward the Roundheads, Army and, of course the...
John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works - Various
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John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral character, certain botanical...
De Profundis (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
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De Profundis (version 2) - Oscar Wilde
  • Author: Oscar Wilde
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and charts his spiritual development. (summary by AdamH)NOTE: ."Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition...
A Book of Scoundrels - Charles WHIBLEY
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A Book of Scoundrels - Charles WHIBLEY
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of thieves, Jonathan Wild the Thief-taker General, Captain Hind the gallant highwayman and many others. The book...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.To quote from the preface - 'I HAVE thought it right to publish that portion of the continuation of the "History of England"...
The Souls of Black Folk - W. E. B. Du Bois
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The Souls of Black Folk - W. E. B. Du Bois
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic Monthly magazine. Du Bois...
Famous Sea Fights - John Richard HALE
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Famous Sea Fights - John Richard HALE
I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I shall begin with the first sea-fight of which we have a detailed historyβ€”the Battle of Salamis (B.C. 480), the...
Amendments to the United States Constitution (version 2) - United States Government
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Amendments to the United States Constitution (version 2) - United States Government
The Constitution has a total of 27 amendments. The first ten, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified simultaneously. The following seventeen were ratified separately. (Summary from wikipedia.org)...
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans - Charles Alexander Eastman
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Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans - Charles Alexander Eastman
EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men will live in American history, yet in the true...
History of the United States, Vol. VI - Charles Austin Beard
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History of the United States, Vol. VI - Charles Austin Beard
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898, where he...
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 1 - Flavius Josephus
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The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 1 - Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. It is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. Beginning with the creation of Adam and...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 24) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 5 chapter 24 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859). Volume 5 was published after his death.. Chapter 24 begins with the change in parliament with the 1698 elections. The death of the Electoral Prince of...
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
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The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln
It was a cloudy November day in 1863 when thousands gathered to hear renowned orator Edward Everett dedicate a national cemetary at the site of a pivotal battle early in July of that year. Also present to deliver "a few appropriate remarks" was the...
Early Days Of Old Oregon - Katharine Berry Judson
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Early Days Of Old Oregon - Katharine Berry Judson
Twenty-three stories of the history of early Oregon plus an appendix: A Brief Summary Of The History Of The Old Oregon Country From Original Sources. OLD OREGON was a mighty sweep of country, and a most romantic one. From the northern border of...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 2 - Charles F. Horne
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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 2 - Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 2 of 22, covering from 450 BC to 12...
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3 - Various
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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 3 - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 10 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1601 and 1960. Readings are of speeches...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appearance in a riot of slapstick absurdity when viewed from so far away. Although, at the time of the β€˜Bloody...
Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
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Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)...
A Short History of Wales - Owen M. EDWARDS
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A Short History of Wales - Owen M. EDWARDS
A Short History of Wales is a book published in 1906 by Owen Edwards. It aimed to provide an introduction to Welsh history, to those who may not have previously dealt with the subject. -Summary by Anonymous...
The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
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The Journal of John Woolman - John WOOLMAN
  • Author: John WOOLMAN
  • Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His β€œJournal,” published in 1774, describes his way of...
History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
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History of the United States, Vol. I - Charles Austin Beard
Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw University in 1898,...
Australian Miscellany - Various
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Australian Miscellany - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readings should have some sort of Australian hook. So they can be by an Australian author, or about Australia, or...
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
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The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
  • Author: Various
  • Genre: War & Military / History / Technology & Engineering
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested. Each publication (about 1984 and about 1995) complements the other, though there is some duplication....
The Sign of the Cross in the Nineteenth Century - Jean-Joseph GAUME
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The Sign of the Cross in the Nineteenth Century - Jean-Joseph GAUME
A book that examines the sign of the Cross made by Christians since the primitive church up until the 19th century. It looks at stories of miracles and the writings of the father to impress upon the reader the need to make the sign of the cross...
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