History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
-
Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2)In this enlightened age, Geography has assumed a form so new and interesting, that it has become the study, as well as, the amusement of all ranks of society; the philosopher peruses with admiring attention, the details of the...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Crónica de la conquista de Granada (1 de 2)Crónica de la conquista de Granada (1 de 2)La narracion de los sucesos que marcaron una de las pocas mas brillantes de la historia nacional, las victorias, combates y peligros de una guerra memorable, la conquista, en fin, del reino de Granada, y la...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3[Bibliographical Note XI.For divorce among the Athenians Meier and Schmann's Der attische Process (Berlin, 1883-87) is important. Assistance has also been given by Hruza, Ehebegrndung nach att. Rechte (Leipzig, 1892); idem, Polygamie und Pellikat (Leipzig, 1894);...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles: A Midshipman's LogFrom Dartmouth to the Dardanelles: A Midshipman's LogThe responsibility for the publication of this book lies with me, and with me alone. I trust that that great Silent Service, one of whose finest traditions is to do and not to talk, will see in...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
A brief narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of TennesseeA brief narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of Tennessee This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
The History and Romance of CrimeMillbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in ReformationMillbank Prison stood for nearly a century upon the banks of the Thames between Westminster and Vauxhall, a well-known gloomy pile by the river side, with its dull exterior, black portals, and curious towers. This once famous prison no...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B., at KartoumThe Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Csar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. Good friends, sweet...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Recollections of the Civil WarRecollections of the Civil WarWhen one writes a book, a preface is in order. Mine shall be by way of explanation. The only apology I have to offer for writing this little personal pronoun I story is the very simple one that it is...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Sir Isaac BrockSir Isaac BrockAs this book is published, Canada is celebrating her fiftieth birthday. The thoughts of all of us travel back along the line of those fifty years since Confederation swept away all divisions and made the people of what is now Canada one...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
The Warfare of ScienceThe Warfare of ScienceIn its earlier abridged form this address was given as a Phi Beta Kappa oration at Brown University, and, as a lecture, at New York, Boston, New Haven, Ann Arbor, and elsewhere. In that form, substantially, it was published in The...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne)Our Greatest Battle (The Meuse-Argonne)During the war we had books which were the product of the spirit of the hour and its limitations. Among these was my "America in France," which was written, while we were still expecting the war to last through the...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Viscount DundeeViscount DundeeThe Grahams of Claverhouse were a younger branch of an old and illustrious family which, from the twelfth century onwards, bore an important part in Scottish affairs, and of which several members figured prominently in the history of the nation prior to the...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Tonto Cliff Dwellings Guide: Tonto National Monument, ArizonaTonto Cliff Dwellings Guide: Tonto National Monument, Arizona - 11th Edition, RevisedIn recent years some prehistoric Indian ruins have had to be closed to visitors to preserve these fragile structures. Please help us keep the Lower Ruin open for many years to come: restrain...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
India under Ripon: A Private DiaryIndia under Ripon: A Private DiaryI ought perhaps to have named this volume The Awakening of India, because it describes the condition of Indian things at the time of Lord Ripons viceroyalty, which was in truth the awakening hour of the new movement towards...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 2Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 2 HAVE already described the dullness and depression of Paris during this campaign, and the sufferings of every class of society from the renewal of war. Money had become still more scarce; in fact, it attained...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 1 of 2Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 1 of 2OW that I am about to commence these Memoirs, I think it well to precede them by some observations on the character of the Emperor, and the various members of the family respectively. These observations will...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
The History of the Crusades (vol. 3 of 3)The History of the Crusades (vol. 3 of 3)Louis IX., during his sojourn in Palestine, had not only employed himself in fortifying the Christian cities; he had neglected no means of establishing that union and harmony among the Christians themselves, which he felt would...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Journal of a Soldier of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, from 1806-1815Journal of a Soldier of the Seventy-First, or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, from 1806-1815The Publishers have taken pains to ascertain the accuracy of the statements in the following Journal, and the result has confirmed them in the belief, that the Writer of it...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1847The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1847John Farmer, who was the most distinguished Genealogist and Antiquary of this country, was born at Chelmsford, Ms., June 12, 1789.[1] He was the eldest son of John Farmer, who married, January...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
-
Culture and EthnologyCulture & EthnologyThis booklet is an attempt at popularization. The first four chapters are practically identical with as many lectures, delivered in 1917 as the January course offered by the Department of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History. The purpose of the...
- €6,25 EUR
- €6,25 EUR
- Unit price
- per
