Politics Books

The Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Vol 7 (1863-1865)

Abraham Lincoln

America's 16th and arguably most famous president, Lincoln was the man who held it all together, serving his country through its most divisive moment. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln is a collection t..

Lincoln's State of the Union address

Abraham Lincoln

The 1864 State of the Union Address was given by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. It was presented to the United States Congress on Tuesday, December 6, 1864. It was given rig..

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil—commonly referred to as Leviathan—is a book written by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651. Its name derives from ..

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Bleak house is Charles Dickens's ninth novel, published between 1852 and 1853 in twenty monthly installments. It is considered one of his finest, containing a massive assemblage of minutely portrayed ..

African and European Addresses

Theodore Roosevelt

No one would assert that Mr. Roosevelt possesses that persuasive grace of oratory which made Mr. Gladstone one of the greatest public speakers of modern times. For oratory as a fine art, he has no use..

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents

Benjamin Harrison

This volume comprises the papers of Benjamin Harrison and of Grover Cleveland (second term). The events of these two Administrations of eight years, though highly interesting, coming as they do down t..

Abraham Lincoln and the Union - A Chronicle of the Embattled North

Nathaniel W. Stephenson

In spite of a lapse of sixty years, the historian who attempts to portray the era of Lincoln is still faced with almost impossible demands and still confronted with arbitrary points of view. It is out..

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Margaret Fuller Ossoli

Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman written by Margaret Fuller Ossoli...