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By: Brinsley MacNamara (1890-1963) | |
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Valley of the Squinting Windows
The Valley of the Squinting Shadows was the author's first novel and proved controversial. In it, he tells a realistic tale of life in a small Irish town as he saw it, rather than the romanticized version told by others, or how the locals wished to be seen. Mrs. Brennan, the local dressmaker, has opinions. Her son is off studying to become a priest, which elevates him -- and thus her -- in her opinion. Mr. Brennan is forgiven all his transgressions, on account of being father to the son. Mrs. Brennan is less tolerant of those not related to her and her acerbic tongue is well-known throughout the village... |
By: Brooks Adams (1848-1927) | |
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The Theory of Social Revolutions
Brooks Adams (1848- 1927), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles. First, masses of people draw together in large population centers and engage in commercial activities. As their desire for wealth grows, they discard spiritual and creative values. Their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty, and eventually the society crumbles. In The Law of Civilisation and Decay (1895), Adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west, centers of world trade shifted from Constantinople to Venice to Amsterdam to London... | |
The Emancipation of Massachusetts | |
By: Bruce Bairnsfather (1888?-1959) | |
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Fragments From France |
By: BS Murthy | |
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Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife
When a bunch of apparently non-practicing Musalmans headed by Mohamed Atta launched that fidayeen attack on New York’s World Trade Centre that Sep 11, the world at large, by then familiar with the ways of the Islamic terrorism, was at a loss to fathom the unthinkable source of that unexpected means of the new Islamist scourge. The symptoms of a latent terrorist in the Muslim youth can be traced to the sublimity of Muhammad's preaching’s in Mecca and the severity of his Medina sermons make Islam a Janus-faced faith that forever bedevils the mind of the Musalmans... |
By: Budgett Meakin (1866-1906) | |
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Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond |
By: Bulstrode Whitlocke (1605-1676?) | |
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A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. |
By: Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) | |
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A Soldier of Virginia |
By: Burton Jesse Hendrick (1870-1949) | |
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The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry | |
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I |
By: Bury Palliser (1805-1878) | |
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Brittany & Its Byways |
By: Byron A. Dunn (1842-1926) | |
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Raiding with Morgan
It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. |
By: C. A. (Caroline Augusta) Frazer | |
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Atmâ A Romance |
By: C. A. (Cyrus Augustus) Bartol (1813-1900) | |
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Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner. |
By: C. A. Rose | |
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Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery |
By: C. B. Black (-1906) | |
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The South of France—East Half | |
Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads |
By: C. Bryson Taylor (1880-) | |
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Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain |
By: C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews (1829-1922) | |
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Minnesota and Dacotah |
By: C. C. James (1863-1916) | |
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History of Farming in Ontario
This paper takes the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888-1912. We see how farming and farm industries developed and how the population was distributed during these times. We see the trends of settlers moving into the Urban centers instead of rural and how the farm industries (making cheese, butter, wool, etc) move off the farm to the city factories. Excerpt: “The farmer’s wife in those days was perhaps the most expert master of trades ever known. She could spin and weave, make a carpet or a rug, dye yarns and clothes, and make a straw hat or a birch broom... |
By: C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell (1859-1928) | |
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Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 |
By: C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean (1879-1968) | |
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Letters from France |
By: C. F. (Charles Fayette) McGlashan | |
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History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra |
By: C. F. (Charles Finch) Dowsett (1836?-1915) | |
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A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California |
By: C. F. Argyll Saxby | |
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The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West |
By: C. G. (Charles Gilbert) Hine (1859-1931) | |
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The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge |
By: C. Gasquoine Hartley (1867-1928) | |
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The Truth About Woman |
By: C. H. Thomas | |
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Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked |
By: C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns (1857-1920) | |
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Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters |
By: C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser) Cruttwell (1887-1941) | |
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The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) |
By: C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate) Burne | |
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With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service |
By: C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock (1868-1970) | |
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Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development |
By: C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque (1783-1840) | |
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The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed. |
By: Caleb Huse (1831-1905) | |
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The Supplies for the Confederate Army, how they were obtained in Europe and how paid for. |
By: Calista McCabe Courtenay | |
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George Washington
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military career, first as a colonel in the Virgina militia and then as a member of General Braddock'a staff during the French and Indian War. He later commanded the Virginia forces before joining the First Continental Congress. Much of the book is devoted to his campaigns during the American Revolution. At the end, we see him as President for two terms. |
By: Calvin Olin Davis (1871-) | |
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A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation |
By: Camille Mauclair (1872-1945) | |
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The French Impressionists (1860-1900) |
By: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) | |
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Musical Memories | |
On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music |
By: Canniff Haight (1825-1901) | |
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Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian |
By: Captain Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) | |
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Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war and the gaiety of high society. |
By: Carl Ewald (1856-1908) | |
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The Pond |
By: Carl Lotus Becker (1873-1945) | |
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Beginnings of the American People |
By: Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) | |
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Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 | |
Unknown Mexico
Unknown MexicoA Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan By Carl Lumholtz, M.A. PREFACE In the course of my travels in Australia, and especially after my arrival at Upper Herbert River in Northern Queensland, I soon perceived that it would be impracticable for me to hunt for zoological specimens without first securing the assistance of the natives of the country. Thus it came about... |
By: Carl Niebuhr (1861-1927) | |
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The Tell El Amarna Period |
By: Carl Parcher Russell (1894-1967) | |
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One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends
This recording of the 1931 book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its discovery by non-natives in the Indian War of 1851 to the mid-twentieth century. The printed book contains dozens of early photographs and drawings, as well as an extensive timeline and bibliography, which are not here recorded. The author was an ecologist, historian, and administrator. He was an officer of the U.S. National Park Service for thirty four years, serving as the Chief Naturalist of Yosemite from 1923-1929 and later as Park Superintendent. - Summary by David Wales |
By: Carl Russell Fish (1876-1932) | |
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The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power |
By: Carlton McCarthy (1847-1936) | |
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Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
The author, who fought as a private in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, describes the Confederate soldier’s daily struggles with hunger, illness, fear, and the perils of combat; as well as his pride of service, love of comrades, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds |
By: Caroline C. Leighton | |
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Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California |
By: Caroline Clifford Newton (-1936) | |
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Once Upon a Time in Connecticut |
By: Caroline Dale Snedeker (1871-1956) | |
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Perilous Seat
Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched novel set in Ancient Greece. - Summary by Lynne Thompson |
By: Caroline Hadley | |
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Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. |
By: Carolyn M. Osborne | |
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A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 |
By: Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) | |
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A Century of Negro Migration |
By: Cassius Dio Cocceianus | |
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Dio's Rome, An Historical Narrative |
By: Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) | |
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An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females |
By: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) | |
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The Backwoods of Canada
The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior education, as she is to induce them to discard all irrational and artificial wants and mere useless pursuits. She would willingly direct their attention to the natural history and botany of this new country, in which they will find a never-failing source of amusement and instruction, at once enlightening and elevating the mind, and serving to fill up the void left by the absence of those lighter feminine accomplishments, the practice of which are necessarily superseded by imperative domestic duties... |
By: Catherine Albertson (1868-) | |
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In Ancient Albemarle |
By: Catherine Radziwill (1858-1941) | |
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Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker |