History - Modern (1750+)

The Inside Story of the Peace Conference

Emile Joseph Dillon

The work is a contemporary‑era chronicle of the 1919‑1920 Paris Peace Conference, written by Emile Joseph…

The British battle fleet, Vol. 1 (of 2): Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day

Fred T. Jane

The work is a scholarly survey of the British battle fleet from its myth‑laden origins to the modern…

Luther, vol. 3 of 6

Hartmann Grisar

Hartmann Grisar’s third volume in his six‑part biography of Martin Luther is a scholarly study that treats…

Lawrence and the Arabs

Robert Graves

The book is a biographical study of Thomas Edward Lawrence, the famed “Lawrence of Arabia,” written by Robert…

Eminent doctors: Their lives and their work; Vol. 2 of 2

G. T. Bettany

The work is a biographical compendium of eminent British physicians, and this volume opens with an extensive…

Our Arctic province: Alaska and the Seal Islands

Henry Wood Elliott

The work is a sprawling survey of Alaska’s geography, natural history, and human societies as seen through…

The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

George Davidson

George Davidson’s “The Incomparable 29th and the ‘River Clyde’” is a first‑hand wartime diary that blends…

A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes

Lady Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson

Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson, Lady writes a first‑hand wartime diary that doubles as a travelogue of German…

The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2

Miss Pardoe

The work is a detailed historical narrative by Julia Pardoe that chronicles the final years of Marie de…

Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete

Louis Constant Wairy

This work is a memoir by Louis‑Constant Wairy, the Emperor’s chief valet, first issued in 1830 and now…

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs

Lane-Poole, Stanley; Kelley, J. D. Jerrold

The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)

George Haven Putnam

This work is a scholarly survey of Roman Catholic censorship from its earliest recorded council prohibition…

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4

American Anti-Slavery Society

The Anti‑Slavery Examiner is a nineteenth‑century periodical compiled by the American Anti‑Slavery Society,…

Proceedings of the New York Historical Association [1906]

New York State Historical Association. Meeting

The 1906 volume of the Proceedings of the New York Historical Association is a formal record of the Society’s…

The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870

Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

The work is a scholarly survey of the Italian Risorgimento, covering the period from the post‑Napoleonic…

Woodworking Tools 1600-1900

Peter C. Welsh

This work is a scholarly survey of American woodworking hand tools from the seventeenth through the early…

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915, With Index

Various

Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado

Various

The volume is a curated anthology assembled by philosophy faculty at the University of Colorado, intended as…

The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production

J. A. Hobson

The work is a scholarly treatise on the transformation of capitalism through the spread of machine…

The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents

Karl Nordlund

The work is a scholarly history of the Swedish‑Norwegian Union crisis, written by Karl Nordlund in 1905.

The Dardanelles campaign

Henry Woodd Nevinson

Henry Woodd Nevinson’s work is a detailed historical account of the Dardanelles campaign, written by a…

A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

James Fergusson

This work is a scholarly survey of architectural development from the earliest civilizations to the modern…

The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer

Isambard Brunel

The book is a comprehensive, first‑person memoir of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s professional life, written by…

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone

David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa is a first‑person account that blends…