History
England, Canada and the Great War
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Louis-Georges Desjardins
Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted…
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America: Its Etiquette And Equipage
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Rodris Roth
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection
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Various
This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speech…
A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement
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Ethel J. Rosenberg
“Many believe that we, in this century,” writes Ethel Rosenberg, “ are witnessing the dawn of a new spiritual epoch or era. A renewal of the…
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02
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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…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle …
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Louis Aubrey Wood
'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound toget…
Kleinere Schriften
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Friedrich Schiller
1. Vorrede zu der Geschichte des Maltheserordens nach Vertot von M. N. bearbeitet. (1792)2. Herzog von Alba bei einem Frühstück au…
Shall I Pray or Watch TV?
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Vic Zarley
Shall I Pray or Watch TV? looks at the history of TV and its effect on our culture all from a Christian worldview perspective. My hope is th…
The Romance of Excavation
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David Masters
The Romance of Excavation: A Record of the Amazing Discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Troy, Crete, etc., with Twenty-Nine Illustrations,From the…
California History -- Two Pieces
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Various
Alfred Louis Kroeber (1876-1960) was an American cultural anthropologist who founded the anthropology department at the University of Calif…
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
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James Headlam-Morley
"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 08)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
In this chapter of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England we see conflict between James II and his subjects. James is Catholic but r…
Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 2 (Book 2)
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Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain
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John Henry Ingram
Possibly no part in the world is more connected in our minds to hauntings, ghost sightings and gruesome legends than Great Britain with its …
Historic Waterways
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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 …
Chronicles of Canada Volume 05 - Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New Wo…
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William Bennett Munro
It was during one of her proud and prosperous eras that France began her task of creating an empire beyond the Atlantic. At no time, indeed,…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe
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William Wood
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 07)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter begins with a description of William, Prince of Orange – his early life, personality, and political policies. It goes on to des…