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Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 28, May 11, 1880

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Various


Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

Reading Europe Greece The Final Reckoning


SW


The Final Reckoning Written by Petros Markaris - one of the country’s most popular writers. Greece, 2008: just prior to the elections that w…

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1b

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Jefferson Davis


The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America …

Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

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Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards


One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were t…

The Valley of Vision

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Henry van Dyke


”Why do you choose such a title as The Valley of Vision for your book” said my friend; “do you mean that one can see farther from the valley…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 14)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 3 chapter 14 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the his…

The Hurricane Hunters

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Ivan Ray Tannehill


This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1: The Pusan Perimeter

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Lynn Montross


It meant little to most Americans on 25 June 1950 to read in their Sunday newspapers that civil strife had broken out in Korea. They could h…

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

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Thomas Carr Howe


"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of…

The Duchess of Langeais

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Honoré de Balzac


“The Duchess of Langeais” (1834) is part of Balzac’s great life’s work, the sprawling novel series called “The Human Comedy.” This novel is …

AFRS-V-Disc-7


dont1961


The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first being issued in October of 1943.The Armyâs V-Disc project pro…

A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume II

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Mandell Creighton


Mandell Creighton's history of the Papacy continues in Volume II with the condemnation in 1415 of Jan Hus by the Council of Constance and hi…

AFRS-V-Disc-4


dont1961


The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first  being issued in October of 1943. The Army’s V-Disc project pr…

Lord Balfour The Montrose Ghost



The Montrose Ghost by Martin Jenkins based upon a short story of the same title by Harold Balfour, Lord Balfour of Inchrye It…

AFRS-V-Disc-6


dont1961


The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first  being issued in October of 1943. The Army’s V-Disc project pr…

Intrigue


The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection


Intrigue was a summer 1946 series on CBS. It was produced and directed by Charles Vanda, the creator of Suspense . The star was Joseph Schil…

AFRS-V-Disc-5


dont1961


The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first  being issued in October of 1943. The Army’s V-Disc project pr…

North by Night

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Peter Burchard


This story opens on St. Helena Island in July 1863. It is fiction but the battle and prison experiences of Lieutenant Timothy Bradford are b…

Dream Of White Horses



Drama on 3: Dream of White Horses First broadcast: Sun 30th Nov 2014, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3 Scenario. You discover a…

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