Politics Books
Beasts, Men and Gods
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiBeasts, Men and Gods is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of The Lord of the Rings.The difference is: it’s all true. Ferdinand Ossendowski was..
Sybil
Benjamin D'israeliSybil is one of the most prominent political novels of the mid-nineteenth century, taking as its subject the "condition of England" question. That phrase was first used by Thomas Carlyle in an essay o..
De val van Antwerpen (october 1914)
Jozef MulsTegen het einde van Juli 1914 ging eenieder gedrukt onder de hevige spanning die over heel Europa was gekomen. Men voelde het naderen van de verschrikkelijke orkaan die ging losbarsten. Het was ontste..
Second Treatise of Government
John LockeReader, thou hast here the beginning and end of a discourse concerning government; what fate has otherwise disposed of the papers that should have filled up the middle, and were more than all the rest..
A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Bartolomé de las CasasA Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed ..
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World - from Marathon to Waterloo
Edward CreasyThis work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC and ending with the Battle of W..
A General Sketch of the European War - The First Phase
Hilaire BellocIt is the object of this book, and those which will succeed it in the same series, to put before the reader the main lines of the European War as it proceeds. Each such part must necessarily be comple..
American Negro Slavery
Ulrich Bonnell PhillipsThe Portuguese began exploring the west coast of Africa shortly before Christopher Columbus was born; and no sooner did they encounter negroes than they began to seize and carry them in captivity to L..