History
A History of the Great War
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John Buchan
This is the third of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in along the Ypres Salient in February 1916 and stopping mid-Novem…
A Voice From The Main Deck
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Samuel Leech
Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few wh…
The dogaressas of Venice
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Edgcumbe Staley
A series of biographies of the wives of the doges (leaders) of the Venetian Republic. - Summary by Timothy
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement
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Käthe Schirmacher
A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…
News From No Man's Land
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James Green
James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
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Frederick Herman Tilberg
On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…
Lives of the Presidents of the United States
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Helen W. Pierson
This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…
History of the Norwegian People
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Knut Gjerset
A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. This second volume deals with Norwegian History from the …
The Story of Cairo
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Stanley Lane-Poole
Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…
The Voyagers
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
Hear It Now
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Edward R Murrow hosts and narrates this first program in the series of 'Hear It Now.' Murrow begins with a description of the tragic events …
History of the Kingdom of Siam
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François-Henri Turpin
Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely with the natural Hist…
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy
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Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
Lothrop Stoddard's most famous treatise on race. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Stoddard examines the racial trends of his…
The History of Bread
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John Ashton
From ancient flatbreads cooked on hot stones to the fluffy loaves of the early 20th century, Ashton explores how bread rose alongside human …
Crime Classics
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introd…
Democracy in America
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Democracy in America is a well-produced dramatization of Alexis de Tocqueville’s book of the same name. These fourteen,…
Fort Laramie
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of figh…
Recollections at 30
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
RECOLLECTIONS AT 30 A radio manufacturer named the Radio Corporation of America, which we know as RCA, began to broadcast its own programs o…
The Sound of War
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
THE SOUND OF WAR The Sound of War is an 18 episode collection. Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate Guide to all Circulating Shows" state…
We Came This Way
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
WE CAME THIS WAY NBC University of The Air presented several educational programs between 1942 and 1948. The subject matter and themes range…