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World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey

This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 19 more 16 hours 37 minutes World's Story

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2

Political Science

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2

In «Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius», posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the...

merendo07 and 4 more 4 hours 39 minutes

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World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

Political Science

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William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...

T. P. Zahm and 12 more 7 hours 27 minutes World's Famous Orations

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Essays & Short Works

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Bertrand Russell - Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

This book records Bertrand Russell's impressions of the new regime after a 1920 visit to Russia following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, including his meetings with Lenin, Trostky, and Gorky. It includes a chapter...

Landon D. C. Elkind 4 hours 39 minutes

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Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines

War & Military

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William Wolfe Capes - Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines

This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignoring assassination rumors, his successor, the brave soldier Trajan, «went about...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 12 minutes

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Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

War & Military

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Lionel Allshorn - Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries «Stupor Mundi,» the «astonishment of the world.» Frequently at war with the...

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 13 minutes

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In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

Political Science

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H. G. Wells - In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace

In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem of establishing lasting peace when World War I ended. It is mostly devoted to...

John Schuurman 4 hours 21 minutes

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

History

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

In «Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius», posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for his present. As the title mentions, the...

Pamela Nagami and 10 more 5 hours 57 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

Literary Collections

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Andrew Johnson - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

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...

garybclayton and 4 more 8 hours 26 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I

War & Military

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Justin McCarthy - History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I

An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McCarthy. He brings us the larger than life personalities of the day, Victoria...

Pamela Nagami 12 hours 28 minutes A History of Our Own Times - Vol I-IV

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Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi)

War & Military

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Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi)

Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published...

David Wales 1 hour 4 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

Literary Collections

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James Buchanan - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

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...

garybclayton and 2 more 6 hours 49 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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