History Books

The Delicious Vice

Young Ewing Allison

The Delicious Vice is a criticism work written by Young Ewing Allison, an American writer and newspaper editor. Born in Henderson, Kentucky, Allison was partially deaf from an early age and becam..

The Glory of English Prose

Stephen Coleridge

The Glory of English Prose is a collection of letters to his grandson written by Stephen Coleridge, an English author, barrister, opponent of vivisection, and co-founder of the National Society f..

Tacitus - The Histories, Volumes I and II

Cornelius Tacitus

The Histories was written between 110 and 100 B.C. It covered the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty up to the death of Do..

Spinifex and Sand

David Wynford Carnegie

Spinifex and Sand, A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia is a personal narrative of The Hon. David Wynford Carnegie, an explorer and gold prospector in Wester..

Chronica de El-Rey D. Affonso II

Rui de Pina

Chronica de El-Rey D. Affonso II is a work of History of Portugal written by Rui de Pina, a Portuguese chronicle...

Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday

Frank Stevens

The interest that has always attached itself to Stonehenge has, without doubt, been in a great measure due to the mystery as to the origin of this unique monument of bygone time. But the careful inves..

A School History of the Great War

Charles A. Coulomb

This brief history of the world's greatest war was prepared upon the suggestion of the National Board for Historical Service. Its purpose is to expand into an historical narrative the outline of the s..

Domestic Manners of the Americans

Frances Milton Trollope

Domestic Manners of the Americans is a travel literature written by Fanny Trollope, an English novelist and writer. This book is not only her best work but happened to be first book also.It's wor..