History Books

The Irish Race in the Past and the Present

Augustus J. Thébaud

COUNT JOSEPH DE MAISTRE, in his "Principe Generateur des Constitutions Politiques" (Par. LXI.), says: "All nations manifest a particular and distinctive character, which deserves to be attentively con..

Beasts, Men and Gods

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

Beasts, Men and Gods is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of The Lord of the Rings.The difference is: it’s all true. Ferdinand Ossendowski was..

Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical

C. L. Hunter

Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous ..

A Text-Book of the History of Painting

John Charles Van Dyke

The object of this series of text-books is to provide concise teachable histories of art for class-room use in schools and colleges. The limited time given to the study of art in the average education..

The Life of Kit Carson

Edward S. Ellis

Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more th..

De val van Antwerpen (october 1914)

Jozef Muls

Tegen het einde van Juli 1914 ging eenieder gedrukt onder de hevige spanning die over heel Europa was gekomen. Men voelde het naderen van de verschrikkelijke orkaan die ging losbarsten. Het was ontste..

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Louise Amelia

The Shirley Letters, written in the pioneer days of 1851 and 1852, were hailed throughout the country as the first-born of California literature. Mrs. Clappe, their author, was the one woman who depic..

Blood Brothers - A Medic's Sketch Book

Eugene C. Jacobs

The purpose of Blood Brothers is to acquaint the reader with a series of harrowing incidents experienced by the isolated U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East during World War II. We might well be voicing..