War & Military
The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse
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Ellen Newbold La Motte
Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …
Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Read by Pamela Nagami
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a contemporary of Shakespeare who, after having played his part in France's terrible wars of religion, retired to hi…
The Escape of a Princess Pat
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George Pearson
Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia'sCanadian Light Infantr…
Half a Century
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Jane Grey Swisshelm
In the spring of 1850, while the United States was polarized over the slavery debate and Daniel Webster was negotiating the compromise of th…
War and Women
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Mabel Annie Stobart
"The sending of a Women’s Convoy Corps to the Balkans was the result of Mrs. Stobart’s keen desire to demonstrate the ability of women …
Henry II
Read by Pamela Nagami
Louis Francis Salzman
Born in 1133, King Henry II of England reigned from 1154 until his death in 1189. Before he was forty, he controlled England, large parts of…
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Part 2, Arras
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Two of Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribut…
Life of Viscount Palmerston
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Lloyd Charles Sanders
This is a short life of Henry John Temple (1784-1865), Third Viscount Palmerston, Great Britain's affable, able, and always available Foreig…
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. I
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Various
This collection of non-fiction and fiction, with its companion poetry collection, commemorates the outbreak of the First World War on 28th J…
The Confessions of Nat Turner, The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton VA.
Read by Joel Kindrick
Thomas R. Gray
This is a detailed description of the massacre that took place on August 21-23, 1831 that became known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. Nat Turner…
Rome and Carthage: The Punic Wars
Read by Pamela Nagami
Reginald Bosworth Smith
The Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) were a series of conflicts between the rapidly expanding Roman Republic and the Phoenician Sea empire, Carthag…
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
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William C. Everhart
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Uly…
The Political History of France, 1789-1910
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Muriel O. Davis
This little book opens on the eve of the French Revolution. The government is crippled by financial mismanagement, ruled by a King who, in t…
Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11, 1918. Part 4, Valenciennes to Mons
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John Frederick Bligh Livesay
This is Part Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribution to …
In Italy with the 332nd Infantry
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Joseph L. Lettau
A brief, personal recounting of the 332nd Infantry in World War I, including training in America, a brief billet in France, activities in It…
Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Version 2)
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Inazō Nitobe
Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among…
Six Women and the Invasion
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Gabrielle Yerta, Gabrielle Yertaandmarguerite Yerta Méléra and Gabrielle Yerta And Marguerite Yerta Méléra
A true tale of the wartime resilience of six Frenchwomen whose country town was invaded by the Germans during World War I. - Summary by Jael…