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Fridtjof Nansen - Norway and the Union with Sweden

A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective — Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson

Ærik Bjørnsson 2 hours 58 minutes

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Prison & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences

Political Science

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Constance Lytton - Prison & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences

Constance Lytton worked along Emmeline Pankhurst for the cause of women's suffrage in England. Upset that she was getting preferential treatment by the authorities, she assumed a pseudonym (Jane Wharton) so that her...

KHand 8 hours 25 minutes

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Law

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Walter Bagehot - English Constitution

The English Constitution is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized form in 1865-7. While some of his observations on the English system no longer...

sawasawaya and 3 more 10 hours 51 minutes

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War & Military

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Lloyd Charles Sanders - Life of Viscount Palmerston

This is a short life of Henry John Temple (1784-1865), Third Viscount Palmerston, Great Britain's affable, able, and always available Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, and Prime Minister. Sanders writes that by 1841...

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 38 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)

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John Quincy Adams - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1817 - 1828)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

Linette and 5 more 8 hours 48 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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War & Military

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Thomas Frederick Tout - Edward the First

Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the «Hammer of the Scots» who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) to a traitor's death in 1297. But Edward was one of England's greatest statesman-kings....

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 6 minutes

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War & Military

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Justin McCarthy - Story of Gladstone's Life

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), four times Prime Minister of Great Britain, dominated the Liberal Party for thirty years, but ultimately divided it over the issue of Irish Home Rule, which he unsuccessfully...

Pamela Nagami 10 hours 40 minutes

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Political Science

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Bertrand Russell - Political Ideals

This is a book by the famous 20th century British philosopher Bertrand Russell on Political Ideals. It was written during the course of World War 1 and contains a critique on the politico economic situation of then...

Pamela Nagami and 4 more 2 hours 26 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

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John Adams - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

Jennifer Fournier and 8 more 7 hours 35 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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War & Military

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Mandell Creighton - Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) will always be remembered as the Lord Chancellor who fell from power when he failed to obtain the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The eminent British...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 30 minutes

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Political Science

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Bertrand Russell - Problem of China

In 1920-21 Bertrand Russell lived and taught in Peking (Beijing), publishing this book on his return to England. In 1920 he had visited Bolshevik Russia, talked to Lenin, and was unimpressed by what he had seen....

Nicholas Clifford 8 hours 18 minutes

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War & Military

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William Holden Hutton - Philip Augustus

Philip Augustus (Philip II of France 1165-1223), grandfather of Saint Louis, was one of France's greatest kings. While England's Henry II was locked in combat with his rebellious offspring, Philip and his loyal son,...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 40 minutes

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