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Published to critical acclaim twenty years ago, and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about American finance...
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In the 1860's, David Livingstone, the most famous explorer of his time, went missing along the Zambesi River in Central Africa. The New York Herald newspaper dispatched its reporter...
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Nelson continues to fascinate academics as well as the general public. He is still considered one of Britain's greatest heroes and featured within the top ten of the BBC poll of...
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This is an essential introduction to a notorius figure and crucial theme in modern history. The second edition also develops important new themes including race...
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Nadia Gould's narrative is like her paintings. Both are strong, witty, rich in detail, and thoroughly engaging. Nadia Gould writes of her early years in Europe...
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On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead.
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James Cook was was commissioned by the Royal Society to search for the mythical Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating
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Excerpt: Kentucky, which was one of the leading States in the Union in those days in all progressive movements, was wide awake to the great advantages
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The pioneers of aviation. The firsthand account by the Wright Brothers of their early experiments with gliders and their first powered flight.
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James Cook was was commissioned by the Royal Society to search for the mythical Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New Zealand
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This is a first hand account of the MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, written by Captain William Bligh. It is a logbook of his remarkable journey of 3,618 nautical miles in| a small open boat
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Needom Freeman, in the United States regular army during the years 1898-1900, was born in the quiet little country village of Barrettsville, Dawson County, Ga., on the 25th of September...
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A Journal of the Plague Year is a brilliant historical novel by Daniel Defoe written with journalistic precision. It is one man's chronicles of the year 1665.
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This literary trifle, A Message To Garcia, was written one evening after supper, in a single hour. It was on the 22nd of February, 1899, Washington's Birthday. And on an order...
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Take a ride on the rails with Chicago & Northwestern Railroad conductor Jim Ladwig as he travels back in time on famous steam engines. Ladwig worked during |the 1940s through the 1980s
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A brilliant piece of work by Robert Louis Stevenson. This historic novel describes the battle fought among three powerful Western countries - USA, Britain and Germany.
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A comprehensive historical dictionary which defines Modern Europe through its important events and people. It is cross-referenced and thus provides associated links
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A biographical novel of the life and times of Zola. It is also a cultural fresco of late 19th century France. It tells of Zola's early struggle against poverty and incomprehension.
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