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In Our Time


Ranjith Daluwatta for BBC -Radio 4


BBC radio discussion series exploring the history of ideas, presented by Melvyn Bragg, since 15 October 1998. It is one of BBC radio's most …

Out Of The Shadows


Derek Brown


Out of The Shadows Richard Hawley presents a celebration of The Shadows, arguably one of the most influential British groups of all. As Geor…

You Are There 48 07 04 The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independance



Anchor John Daly reports live from Philadelphia on the controversial events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

History of Japan In Words of One Syllable

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Helen Ainslie Smith


A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one sylla…

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1909

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The History Teacher's Magazine was a monthly publication devoted to the interests of teachers specializing in history, civics, and geography…

OTRR Stroke Of Fate Singles



STROKE OF FATE Joe Webb From October to December 1953 NBC aired a curious historical series, Stroke of Fate . NBC’s inspiration was the succ…

Charles Sumner, The Scholar in Politics

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Archibald Grimké


In the two volumes assigned to him in the American Reformer Series, viz., the "Life of William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist," …

Border Raids and Reivers

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Robert Borland


A history of southern Scots families (reivers). "There are few more remarkable phenomena in the political or social life of Scotland th…

Women as Army Surgeons

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Flora Murray


The history of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street - September 1914-October 1919. - Summary by Author

The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 4, December 1909

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"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geogr…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 10

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Giorgio Vasari


Volume 10 of the lives of some eminent painters, sculptors and architects in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton

A History of the Great War, Volume Four: Book 3, The Great Sallies (cont.) and …

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John Buchan


This is the fourth of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in during 1917, when Germany is reorganizing and Russia is about …

97 12 10 Archaeology Of The Internet



Tonight on Ideas..."The Archaeology of the Internet." Imagine a conversation with Gutenberg or Alexander Graham Bell. Most of the …

The Girls' Book of Famous Queens

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Lydia Hoyt Farmer


In the annals of history, women have played an important part; and among the famous sovereigns of the world, queens, as well as kings, have …

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1

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William Cabell Bruce


His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…

Canadian Scenery, Volume 1

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Nathaniel Parker Willis


An historical account of the settlement of Upper and Lower Canada, with notes about the indigenous inhabitants of those areas of Eastern Can…

De Gedenkschriften van Jozef Grimaldi de Clown

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Charles Dickens


De door Charles Dickens bewerkte autobiografie van Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837). De eerste clown die zijn gezicht wit schminkte.

Historical Romance of the American Negro

Read by Jim Locke


Charles H. Fowler


It was not long before the fame of the colored soldiers of America was wafted over the whole world and everywhere received by all lovers of …

V E Day In London 1945


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V-E Day in London BBC Radio Commentary Macdonald Hastings On 7 May  1945  the formal act of military surrender was signed by Germa…

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…

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