History - Modern (1750+)

Norfolk Annals, Vol. 1 A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century

Charles Mackie

Norfolk Annals, Volume 1 is a chronologically arranged reference work that records the “remarkable events” of…

London and the Kingdom - Volume 3 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.

Reginald R. Sharpe

London and the Kingdom – Volume 3 is a scholarly chronicle that draws almost entirely from the Guildhall…

Victorian worthies: Sixteen Biographies

George Henry Blore

The work is a collection of brief biographical sketches of sixteen prominent Victorian figures, assembled by…

Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada

Henry A. Murray

Henry A. Murray’s Lands of the Slave and the Free is a sprawling travelogue‑essay that weaves together…

Life of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Otto Jahn

Otto Jahn’s second volume of “Life of Mozart” is a scholarly biography that blends documentary correspondence…

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Karl Marx

The work is Karl Marx’s analytical essay on the French political upheavals of 1848‑1851, using the February…

History of the World War: An authentic narrative of the world's greatest war

March, Francis A., Jr.; Beamish, Richard J.

History of the World War is a comprehensive, fact‑driven chronicle of the conflict from 1914 to 1918,…

Memories (volume 2 of 2)

Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

The work is a first‑person memoir by Algernon Bertram Freeman‑Mitford, Baron Redesdale, chronicling a…

Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 ... Volume 1 (of 2)

John Gabriel Stedman

John Gabriel Stedman’s two‑volume work is a first‑hand chronicle of a five‑year military campaign (1772‑1777)…

The history of England, from the accession of George III. to the close of Pitt's first administration, 1760-1801

William Hunt

This volume is the tenth in a twelve‑part series that sets out a comprehensive political history of England…

Is Tomorrow Hitler's? 200 Questions on the Battle of Mankind

H. R. Knickerbocker

Is Tomorrow Hitler's? 200 Questions on the Battle of Mankind is a sprawling questionnaire‑style work by…

Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress

James P. Boyd

The work is a celebratory compendium that seeks to catalogue the sweeping achievements of the nineteenth…

In Stahlgewittern, aus dem Tagebuch eines Stoßtruppführers

Ernst Jünger

Der Text ist ein Tagebuch eines Infanterieführers aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, das Ernst Jünger aus seinen…

The 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1914-1918

Frederick P. Gibbon

The book is a regimental history of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, written by Frederick P.

Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

This work is a comprehensive reference on the organization and curricula of military schools across Europe…

Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913

Cromer, Evelyn Baring, Earl of

The work is a series of political and literary essays assembled between 1908 and 1913 by Evelyn Baring, Earl…

The ships and sailors of old Salem: the record of a brilliant era of American achievement

Ralph Delahaye Paine

Ralph Delahaye Paine’s work is a historical compilation that chronicles the rise and decline of Salem’s…

The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century

Richard Muther

Richard Muther’s The History of Modern Painting is a scholarly survey that traces the evolution of European…

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 5 (of 5): being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855

Heinrich Barth

Heinrich Barth’s fifth volume concludes a monumental five‑part record of a British‑sponsored expedition…

Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete

Filson Young

Filson Young’s work is a scholarly narrative that seeks to bridge the gap between the massive body of…

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of Queen Anne Vol. 2 (of 2)

Mrs. A. T. Thomson

The work is a two‑volume memoir that records the lives of Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough,…

The Annual Register 1914 A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1914

Anonymous

The Annual Register 1914 is a comprehensive chronicle of the political, military and social currents that…

Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait

Peter Lauridsen

Peter Lauridsen’s work is a scholarly biography of the Danish‑Russian explorer Vitus Bering, whose voyages…

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. I

Gomes Eannes de Zurara

The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, Volume I, is a scholarly edition of the 15th‑century…