History - Modern (1750+)

History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times

Gustavus Myers

Gustavus Myers’ History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol.

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Winston Churchill

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the Sudanese campaigns of 1881‑1899 as a…

Ocean Steamships A popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances

Chadwick, French Ensor; Gould, John H.; Hunt, Ridgely; Kelley, J. D. Jerrold (James Douglas Jerrold); Rideing, William H. (William Henry); Seaton, A. E.

Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

This volume is a collection of declassified FBI memoranda, telegrams and correspondence from the summer of…

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1

Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton’s Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 is a first‑hand military journal that blends personal narrative with…

The Better Germany in War Time: Being Some Facts Towards Fellowship

Harold W. Picton

Harold W. Picton’s The Better Germany in War Time is a wartime nonfiction work that seeks to balance the…

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century

Henry A. Beers

This work is a scholarly survey of English Romanticism as it emerged in the eighteenth century, written by…

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)

Edmund Burke

The volume gathers a series of Edmund Burke’s political pamphlets and letters, the first of which opens with…

The Old Inns of Old England, Volume 1 (of 2) A Picturesque Account of the Ancient and Storied Hostelries of Our Own Country

Charles G. Harper

The work is a scholarly survey of England’s historic public houses, presented as the first volume of a…

Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton’s “Zanzibar; city, island, and coast. Vol.

Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna

La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles, Comte de

Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna is a memoir‑type collection by the Comte de La…

Industrial Cuba Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour

Robert P. Porter

Robert P. Porter’s Industrial Cuba is a government‑commissioned report that reads more like a comprehensive…

The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses

William Larrabee

The Railroad Question is a nineteenth‑century treatise that blends historical survey with a polemic on…

The Herschels and Modern Astronomy

Agnes M. Clerke

The work is a scholarly biography that traces the lives and scientific contributions of the Herschel family,…

Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph

Charlotte Kellogg

The work is a contemporary account of World War I relief efforts in Belgium, written by Charlotte Kellogg…

Vermont: A Study of Independence

Rowland Evans Robinson

Rowland Evans Robinson’s Vermont: A Study of Independence is a historical survey that opens with a vivid…

The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge

William Morgan

The work is a nineteenth‑century exposé of American Freemasonry, presented as a comprehensive manual of the…

The Book of Trinity College Dublin 1591-1891

Trinity College

The volume is a commemorative history of Trinity College Dublin, produced for the tercentenary celebrations…

The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt

Dionysius Lardner

The work is a comprehensive technical treatise on the steam engine, presented in a systematic,…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

The volume is a sweeping survey of mid‑sixteenth‑century European turmoil, beginning with the accession of…

Cubists and Post-Impressionism

Arthur Jerome Eddy

The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time

James J. Walsh

James J. Walsh’s The Popes and Science is a scholarly survey that challenges the long‑standing myth of papal…

Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland

W. H. Davenport Adams

The work is a scholarly survey of the development of magic, alchemy, and witch‑craft in England and Scotland,…

Historic towns of the southern states

The work is the third and concluding volume of a three‑part series on historic American towns, this one…