History
Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings
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John Quincy Adams
A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…
The Great Delft Thunderclap Of 1654
Radio Netherlands
The day the world came to an end: The great Delft Thunderclap of 1654 This programme commemorated the 350th anniversary of one of the…
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
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John William Norie
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
Leading Events in the History of the Church: Part 1 - Christian Antiquity
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The Sisters Of Notre Dame
The first volume in a series of Catholic Church history books written for children. Volume 1 covers the time period from after Our Lord's de…
The Woman Movement
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Ellen Key
Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
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Archibald Grimké
"THE author of this volume desires . . . to say . . . that it is his earnest hope that this record of a hero may be an aid to brave and…
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds (Version 2)
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William James McGlothlin
This book contains 37 short stories for little folk featuring a variety of historical figures and their wonderful deeds. These stories span …
The Life of Washington, Volume 4
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John James Marshall
This fourth volume covers the final battles and the peace conditions of the war, Washington at home, Washington as first President, and the …
The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War
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Dame M. Columban
“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…
3 from LightByDesign
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LightByDesign Ministries
Three fascinating, action packed stories from the old holiness literature circa late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our first story is call…
Venetian Life
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William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
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Eva March Tappan
Of all the sovereigns who have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly prais…
Conversion
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Among the twelve hundred poems which have emanated from my too prolific pen there are some forty or fifty which treat entirely of that emoti…
Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms
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Courtney Ryley Cooper
Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswomen who ever lived. She was christened Phoebe Ann Mosey but was called Annie from child…
Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea
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Thomas Bingley
Ten accounts of events from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when life at sea was a perilous venture. The book is presented as a seri…
The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges
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Edgcumbe Staley
A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy
A Voice From The Main Deck
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Samuel Leech
Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few wh…
The Story of London
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Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement
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Käthe Schirmacher
A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…