General and world history Books

Sketches of the Character, Institutions, and Customs of the Highlanders of Scotland is a historical book written by David Stewart in 1885. The book provides a detailed account of the Scottish Highlanders, their way of life, customs, and traditions. The...

""Studies In Oxford History, Chiefly In The Eighteenth Century: A Series Of Papers"" is a book written by John Richard Green and published in 1901. The book is a collection of papers on various topics related to the history of Oxford University in the...

""Pages From An Adventurous Life"" is a memoir written by Dick Donovan and published in 1907. The book chronicles Donovan's life as a detective and adventurer in Victorian England. Donovan recounts his experiences investigating crimes, tracking down...

London V1: Or Interesting Memorials Of Its Rise, Progress And Present State (1824) is a historical book written by Percy and Sholto. The book provides a comprehensive account of the city of London, its development, and its present state in the year 1824...

""Notkers Psalmen"" ist ein Buch von Richard Heinzel, das im Jahr 1876 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch befasst sich mit den Psalmen, die von Notker dem Deutschen verfasst wurden. Notker war ein Benediktinerm������nch und Dichter des 9. Jahrhunderts,...

""Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic"" is a historical book written by Andrew Archibald Paton in 1861. The book is divided into two volumes and provides an in-depth analysis of the modern history of Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, Croatia,...

Pomp and Circumstance is a novel by Dorthea Gerard, published in 1908. The story is set in the early 20th century, and revolves around the lives of two young women, Lady Rose Lorrimer and Lady Ursula Glynde. Lady Rose is a beautiful and wealthy heiress,...

""Mignet, Michelet, Henri Martin"" is a book written by Jules Simon in 1890. It is a collection of biographical essays about three prominent French historians of the 19th century: Fran�����ois-Auguste Mignet, Jules Michelet, and Henri Martin. The book...

Passages In Foreign Travel V2 is a travelogue written by Isaac Appleton Jewett in 1838. The book is a detailed account of the author's travels to various foreign countries, including France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and England. In this second...

Men and Events of Half a Century is a book written by Frederick T. Wallace, first published in 1882. The book is a collection of essays and biographies of notable figures and events from the first half of the 19th century. Wallace covers a wide range of...

The British Album V1-2 is a collection of poems written by various authors, including Della Crusca, Anna Matilda, Arley, Benedict, and The Bard, among others. The book was first published in 1790 and was compiled by Robert Merry. The poems cover a range...

""The British Navy in Battle"" is a historical book written by Arthur Hungerford Pollen in 1919. The book provides a detailed account of the British Navy's role in various battles and conflicts throughout history. It covers major events such as the...

""Rome V1: As It Was Under Paganism, And As It Became Under The Popes"" is a historical book written by John Miley and first published in 1843. The book provides a detailed account of the city of Rome during two distinct periods - the time of Paganism...

Panslavism and Germanism is a historical book written by Valerian Krasinski and first published in 1848. The book explores the political and cultural movements of Panslavism and Germanism in Europe during the mid-19th century. The author provides an...

Memorials of the Castle of Edinburgh is a historical book written by James Grant and published in 1850. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history of Edinburgh Castle, one of Scotland's most iconic landmarks. The author delves into the...

Minutes Of The Society For Philosophical Experiments And Conversations (1795) is a book that contains the recorded minutes of meetings held by the Society for Philosophical Experiments and Conversations in the year 1795. The Society was a group of...

""Voyage Of His Majesty�������s Late Ship Alceste, To China, Korea, And The Island Of Lewchew, With An Account Of Her Shipwreck"" is a historical book written by John McLeod in 1819. The book is a detailed account of the voyage of the British ship...

Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy is a book written by Arthur Stone Dewing and originally published in 1903. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of modern philosophy from the 17th century to the early 20th century...

""Our Little Life, Essays: Consolatory And Domestic, With Some Others"" is a collection of essays written by Andrew Kennedy H. Boyd and first published in 1882. The book is divided into two parts: the first part consists of essays on domestic topics,...

""The Lady Maud: Schooner Yacht"" is a book written by William Clark Russell and originally published in 1896. It tells the story of a wealthy British family who commission the building of a luxurious schooner yacht, the Lady Maud. The family then sets...

""Readings From French History"" is a book written by Ovando Byron Super and published in 1891. The book presents a collection of historical readings that cover various aspects of French history. The author has carefully selected the readings to provide...

The principal subject of this modest manuscript is sport. Few subjects are at once more widely acclaimed, touch the popular imagination more deeply, but are less earnestly studied than sport. What little reflective thought has been devoted to the subject...

Did you know that large nonviolent campaigns go back at least as far as the ancient Romans, whose workers staged a major walk-out in 494 B. C.? Did you know that several brutal dictatorships and entrenched empires have been toppled by nonviolent...

The years 1650 to 1750 - sandwiched between an age of 'wars of religion' and an age of 'revolutionary wars' - have often been characterized as a 'de-ideologized' period. However, the essays in this collection contend that this is a mistaken assumption...

Focusing on the Dominican Order's activities in southeastern Poland from the canonisation of the Polish Dominican St Hyacinth (1594) to the outbreak of Bogdan Chmielnicki's Cossack revolt (1648-54) this book reveals the renovation and popularity of the...

In recent years scholars have increasingly challenged and reassessed the once established concept of the 'crisis of the nobility' in early-modern Europe. Offering a range of case studies from countries across Europe this collection further expands our...

Examining the impact of the English and European Reformations on social interaction and community harmony, this volume simultaneously highlights the tension and degree of accommodation amongst ordinary people when faced with religious and social upheaval...

Contrary to early modern patriarchal assumptions, this study argues that rather trying to impose obedience or enclosure on women of their own rank and status, noblemen in early modern Spain depended on the active collaboration of noblewomen to maintain...

This updated Seminar Study provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British Empire has been one of the central features of post-war international history. At the end of the Second World War the empire still...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the...

Il libro ""Atti della Societ������ Geologica Residente in Milano V1: Anni 1855 a 1859"" ����� una raccolta di atti e relazioni presentate dalla Societ������ Geologica Residente di Milano durante gli anni 1855-1859. Il volume contiene informazioni...

Il libro ""Atti della R. Accademia Romana di Belle Arti denominata di San Luca (1894)"" di Vincenzo Lanciarini ����� una raccolta di atti e relazioni presentati all'Accademia di Belle Arti di San Luca a Roma nel 1894. L'Accademia di San Luca ����� stata...

Il libro ""Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Beneficenza di Milano: Sessione del 1880"" pubblicato nel 1882 dalla Tipografia degli Operai, ����� una raccolta di relazioni e discorsi tenuti durante il congresso che si ����� tenuto a Milano nel 1880. Il...

Das Buch ""Astronomische Vortr�����ge in allgemein verst�����ndlicher Form gehalten zu Dresden im Winter 1854-1855"" von Adolph Drechsler ist eine Sammlung von Vortr�����gen �����ber Astronomie, die in Dresden im Winter 1854-1855 gehalten wurden. Die...

""Astronomiens Hovedlaerdomme"" er en bog skrevet af Gustav Adolph Jahn og udgivet i 1875. Bogen er en almenfattelig fremstilling af l�����ren om stjernehimlen og dens hovedprincipper. Jahn beskriver grundl�����ggende astronomiske begreber som...

Astronomie Solaire Simplifi�����e: Fond�����e Sur Les Observations (1832) de Marcoz, Jean Baptiste Philippe est un livre qui simplifie l'astronomie solaire en utilisant les observations. Ce livre est destin����� ������ ceux qui cherchent ������...

Il libro ""Artisti Modenesi Parmensi E Della Lunigiana In Roma Nei Secoli XV, XVI E XVII: Ricerche E Studi Negli Archivi Romani"" scritto da Antonino Bertolotti nel 1882, si concentra sulla ricerca e lo studio degli archivi romani riguardanti gli artisti...

""Artisti Belgi Ed Olandesi A Roma Nei Secoli XVI E XVII: Notizie E Documenti Raccolti Negli Archivi Romani"" ����� un libro scritto da Antonino Bertolotti nel 1880. Questo volume raccoglie informazioni e documenti sui pittori belgi e olandesi che hanno...

Artis Veterinariae Qvae Extant (1892) a Pelagonio scriptae, est opus quod de arte veterinaria tractat. Hoc libro continentur multae res utiles ad curandum animalia, ut morbi et medicamenta. Pelagonius, auctor huius operis, fuit medicus equorum Romae...