History
300 books
*Non-fiction
447
Jane Addams - Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may prove of value to those groups of people who in many cities are making a...
2 hours 49 minutes
*Non-fiction
468
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services - Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of...
6 hours 4 minutes
*Non-fiction
469
Jacob A. Riis - How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It...
8 hours 50 minutes
History
438
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca - Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore near present day (USA) Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1528, survived eight years of hand-to-mouth...
4 hours 19 minutes
*Non-fiction
492
Charles Morris - Historical Tales, Vol IV: English
Volume IV of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fourth volume covers the history of England from its conversion to Christianity up to the reign of...
8 hours 11 minutes
