History Books

Christianity and Islam in Spain, A.D. 756-1031

Charles Reginald Haines

Christianity and Islam in Spain, A.D. 756-1031 is a book on historical narrative of religions in Spain written by Charles Reginald Haines, whose other writings inlcude England And The Opium Trade..

Alaska

Jón Ólafsson

Alaska is a travel description written in Icelandic language by Jón Ólafsson, an Icelandic traveller noted for his autobiography which covers his travels in Europe and later to the Danish settlement o..

Brief History of English and American Literature

Henry A. Beers

Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of American University, has writte..

France at War - On the Frontier of Civilization

Rudyard Kipling

The collection of journalistic pieces is preceded by a poem, "France", that had been published before the outbreak of war (in 1913) which has a more overblown jingoistic feel to it than the reflection..

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains

Charles A. Eastman

EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men w..

London and the Kingdom - Volume 1

Reginald R. Sharpe

London and the Kingdom - Volume 1, a history derived mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London.Of the numerous works that have been written on Londo..

The Women of the French Salons

Amelia Gere Mason

The Women of the French Salons is a criticism by Amelia Gere Mason. who developed Women of the French Salons by creating an archive of oral histories of women who participated in the salons.It ha..

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 - Great Writers

John Lord

The consideration of "Great Writers" was reserved by Dr. Lord for his final task,--a task interrupted by death and left unfinished. In order to round out and complete this volume, recourse has been ha..