Early Modern

Knickerbocker's History of New York

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Washington Irving



Washington Irving, an author, biographer, historian, and diplomat, completed his first major work, a satire of contemporary local history an…

The Birth of Tragedy

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Friedrich Nietzsche



In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and…

A Popular History of Ireland

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee



Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

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Immanuel Kant



Kant's Prolegomena, although a small book, is indubitably the most important of his writings. It furnishes us with a key to his main work, T…

History of the Thirty Years War

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Friedrich Schiller



The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Writ…

A Popular History of Ireland

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee



Thomas D’Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

The Child of the Dawn

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Arthur Christopher Benson



Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning …

The Life of Frederick William von Steuben

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Friedrich Kapp



The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben: Major General in the Revolutionary Army - tells the story of Baron Steuben, who had been an offic…

Story-Lives of Great Musicians

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Francis Jameson Rowbotham



Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of t…

Galateo

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Giovanni della Casa and Giovanni Della Casa



A book on the practice of mannerly behaviour at Court, originally written in Italian but translated into English for the Elizabethan court. …

The Diamond Necklace

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Thomas Carlyle



In the years preceding the French Revolution, the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette was severely harmed by the publication of details rel…

The Capture of Fort William and Mary

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Charles Lathrop Parsons



The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on December 14, 1774, when local Patriots led by John Langdon …

Pascal and the Port Royalists

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William Clark



Pascal is of the small number of those [men] in whom the man infinitely transcends his actions. The writings of Pascal are the finest that F…

Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences

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John Erskine



Several late pamphlets composed with much art and ability have painted the claims and conduct of the North Americans; and thereby, have not …

An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution

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Noah Webster



An early influential work describing the features contained within the new Constitution that was produced out of the Constitutional Conventi…

Ireland Under the Tudors

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Richard Bagwell



Volume 2 continues the social, political, and religious dynamics of Tudor England, particularly during the tumultuous reign of the Protestan…

Fiat Money Inflation in France

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Andrew Dickson White



The story of "Fiat Money Inflation in France" is one of great interest to legislators, to economic students, and to all business a…

Ireland Under the Tudors

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Richard Bagwell



Volume 1 of Ireland Under the Tudors describes in great detail the process of making Celtic Ireland a part of the Protestant English empire.…

Fiat Money Inflation in France

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Andrew Dickson White



The story of "Fiat Money Inflation in France" is one of great interest to legislators, to economic students, and to all business a…

Ireland Under the Tudors

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Richard Bagwell



Volume 1 of Ireland Under the Tudors describes in great detail the process of making Celtic Ireland a part of the Protestant English empire.…

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