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Spy Proof America!

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J. Francis Logan


A very impassioned piece from the first World War, introducing a volunteer civilian anti-spy organization to root out enemy spies from the U…

Visits To The Dead In The Catacombs Of Rome

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George Washington Greene


This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59,…

Recollections of Imperial Russia

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Meriel Buchanan


In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 18 - The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay

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Agnes C. Laut


The fur hunters were explorers who had blazed a trail across a continent and penetrated to the uttermost reaches of a northern empire the si…

Paul the Dauntless

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Basil Joseph Mathews


“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…

A General View of Positivism

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Auguste Comte


Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne and, as ever, there are disputes between crown and Parliament. We see the Habeus…

Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokrati…

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Unknown


Der Staatsvertrag betreffend die Wiederherstellung eines unabhängigen und demokratischen Österreich, wurde am 15. Mai 1955 in Wien…

A School History of the Great War

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Albert E. Mckinley


A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading…

A Student's History of American Literature

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William Simonds


Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a …

The Tower Of London

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Arthur Poyser


Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…

The Story of Japan

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Robert van Bergen and Robert Van Bergen


Robert van Bergen was one of the first Americans to enter Japan after the country opened its borders to foreign visitors following centuries…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

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Henry M. Field


Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung

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Friedrich Schiller


Schiller, einer der Weimarer Klassiker, bekannt als Dichter und Dramatiker, beschreibt in meisterhaftem Deutsch den Beginn der Unabhäng…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

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Lawrence J. Burpee


This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader…

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Ethel T. Raymond


Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during the War of 1812. He became a folk …

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…

History of Farming in Ontario

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C. C. James


This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888…

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