History
- Voices from the Battlefield
- True Crime Through History
- Journeys Through History
- Voices of Social Change
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Voices of American History
- Musical Histories and Legends
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
History of the United States
Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…
Commentaries on the Laws of England
~ BOOK THE FIRST ~The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th century treatise on the common law of England by Sir Willi…
Russia in 1919
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On August 27, 1914, in London, I made this note in a memorandum book: "Met Arthur Ransome at_____'s; discussed a boo…
Catholic and Anti-Catholic History
Catholic and Anti-Catholic History presents a thought-provoking exploration of how historical narratives can be shaped into tools of propaga…
Celebrated Crimes
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …
Commentary on the Gospel of John
Cyril was a scholarly archbishop and a prolific writer. In the early years of his active life in the Church he wrote several exegetical docu…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times offers a sweeping narrative of France's rich and complex past, crafted by the esteemed h…
The Byzantine Empire
Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …
The Natural History
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…
Atlantis
"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …
Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian anarcho-communist and scientist. This is his autobiography, and he writes not only about his own life, but als…
Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital
Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…
Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Short Account of the History of Mathematics offers a concise exploration of the evolution of mathematical thought from ancient civilizations…
History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…
The Analects of Confucius
The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinke…
Discoverers and Explorers
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…