History - Modern (1750+)

English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2)

John Ashton

The volume gathers a series of English caricatures and satirical prints aimed at Napoleon I, compiled by John…

History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814

M. Mignet

This work is a nineteenth‑century historical survey of the French Revolution, written by…

In Barbary: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and the Sahara

E. Alexander Powell

This work is a travel‑history of the French‑controlled North‑African lands that were once called Barbary.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 5 (of 8) From the Disaster at Koorn Spruit to Lord Roberts's Entry into Pretoria

Louis Creswicke

A New Medley of Memories

Sir David Oswald Hunter Blair

The work is a memoir‑like chronicle written by David O. Hunter‑Blair, a Benedictine monk who records his…

Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty

Imbert de Saint-Amand

The work is a sweeping historical narrative that charts the rapid disintegration of the ancien régime between…

To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir; Cameron, Verney Lovett

The work is a two‑volume travel memoir by Sir Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron, chronicling…

Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life (Vol. 2 of 2)

Bertha von Suttner

The volume is the second half of Bertha von Suttner’s autobiographical memoirs, a chronicle that intertwines…

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2

Henry Mayhew

The work is a meticulously researched social survey of the street‑trading world that underpinned Victorian…

Men of Invention and Industry

Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles’s Men of Invention and Industry is a biographical survey of the engineers, shipbuilders, and…

How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine

W. T. Massey

The work is a contemporary military narrative by W. T. Massey, written in April 1919, that records the…

A History of Germany from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Bayard Taylor

Taylor Bayard Taylor’s History of Germany is a sweeping scholarly chronicle that traces the Germanic peoples…

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Abraham Lincoln

This work is the historic Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at…

Cassell's History of England, Vol. 4 (of 8) From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War

Anonymous

A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day

Robert Hoe

The work is a detailed historical survey of printing technology, beginning with a vivid description of…

The American Printer: A Manual of Typography Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; With Several Useful Tables, Numerous Schemes for Imposing Forms in Every Variety, Hints to Authors, Etc.

Thomas MacKellar

The American Printer is a comprehensive handbook for anyone involved in the trade of typography, from…

"And they thought we wouldn't fight"

Floyd Phillips Gibbons

Floyd Phillips Gibbons’s “And They Thought We Wouldn’t Fight” is a first‑person account of the American…

Native Life in South Africa Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion

Sol. T. Plaatje

Native Life in South Africa is a politically charged account by Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, written in 1916 as…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5) The Chosin Reservoir Campaign

United States. Marine Corps; Canzona, Nicholas A.; Montross, Lynn

The work is the third volume in a five‑part official history of United States Marine Corps operations in the…

What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence

John Gerard

John Gerard’s work is a scholarly reassessment of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, presented as a single‑volume study…

History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico

William Allison Sweeney

The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II.

Henry Reeve

The work is a two‑volume memoir and correspondence of Henry Reeve, a 19th‑century British journalist and…

Commercialized Prostitution in New York City

George J. Kneeland

The work is a government‑commissioned investigative report on the commercial sex trade in…