History - Modern (1750+)

Annals of the early Caliphate from the death of Mahomet to the Omeyyad and Abbaside dynasties A.H. XI-LXI (A.D. 632-680) from original sources

Sir William Muir

Sir William Muir’s work is a scholarly continuation of his earlier “Life of Mahomet,” picking up at the…

Chronica de El-Rei D. Affonso V (Vol. I)

Rui de Pina

A obra é uma crônica oficial encomendada por D. Manuel ao cronista de palácio Rui de Pina, que se propõe a…

The History of the Standard Oil Company

Ida M. Tarbell

Ida M. Tarbell’s The History of the Standard Oil Company is a meticulously researched investigative narrative…

London City

Walter Besant

The work is a detailed topographical survey of the City of London, written by Sir Walter Besant and his…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) The East-Central Front

United States. Marine Corps; Hicks, Norman W.; Kuokka, Hubard D.; Montross, Lynn

This volume is the fourth of a five‑part official history of United States Marine Corps operations in the…

Degeneration

Max Simon Nordau

The work is a polemical study that treats literature, art and culture as symptoms of a broader social…

Forty-one years in India: From Subaltern to Commander-in-chief

Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl Roberts, offers a sweeping autobiographical account that blends personal…

Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence]

Roger Casement

This volume assembles a series of diplomatic dispatches, reports and memoranda exchanged between British…

Life of Adam Smith

John Rae

The work is a scholarly biography of Adam Smith, the eighteenth‑century Scottish economist, compiled by John…

The Condition and Tendencies of Technical Education in Germany

Arthur Henry Chamberlain

Arthur Henry Chamberlain’s work is a systematic survey of German technical education at the turn of the…

The early English cotton industry

George W. Daniels

George W. Daniels’ work is a scholarly survey of the English cotton trade, concentrating on the period from…

Ang Liham ni Dr. Jose Rizal sa mga Kadalagahan sa Malolos, Bulakan

José Rizal

This work is a letter from José Rizal addressed to the people of Malolos, Bulacan, in which he reflects on…

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 17: Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland

This volume of the “Historians’ History of the World” is a scholarly compendium that treats Swiss, Russian,…

The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912

James H. Blount

James H. Blount’s The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898‑1912 is a dense historical study that…

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)

Johann Beckmann

This volume is a scholarly survey of the development of steam power, tracing its lineage from antiquity…

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 5, published in November 1862, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that…

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

Sir Ernest Scott

The work is a scholarly biography of the English navigator Matthew Flinders, whose life spanned 1774‑1814 and…

The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Volume 2 (of 2)

Andersonville diary: Escape, and List of the Dead, with Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

John L. Ransom

John L. Ransom’s work is a hybrid of personal diary, war memoir, and reference guide.

The West Riding Territorials in the Great War

Laurie Magnus

The work is a regimental history focused on the West Riding Territorial Force, tracing its origins from the…

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917

Various

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2 (1917) is a scholarly periodical that assembles a wide range of…

A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908

Samuel Harden Church

Samuel Harden Church’s A Short History of Pittsburgh offers a concise, scholarly overview of the city from…

History of Central America, Volume 3, 1801-1887 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 8

Hubert Howe Bancroft

This volume is the eighth installment of Hubert Howe Bancroft’s monumental “History of Central America,”…

The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; Vol. 4 of 4

Robert Wilson

The work is a comprehensive chronicle of Queen Victoria’s reign, compiled by Robert Wilson as the final…