Ru - History 12

The greatest of all wars. As told by England's greatest poet. 'The Irish Guards In The Great War' is a classic of military history - Rudyard Kipling's memorable account of how one regiment fought fr……続きを見る

Written in 1894, just 15 years after the war, this is James Grants excellent military history of the Zulu War of 1879. From the British disaster at Isandhlwana to face-saving at Rorkes Drift and the……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

CONTENTS FOREWORD I ENDURANCE AND ADVENTURE: THE VOYAGE AND LANDING II COMMUNAL AND FAMILY LIFE IN PLYMOUTH 1621-1623 III MATRONS AND MAIDENS WHO CAME IN “THE MAYFLOWER” IV COMPANIONS WHO ARRIVED IN……続きを見る

This is Florence’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS. Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire. ……続きを見る

The foreground of this book has largely to do with the answering of vital questions that have sprung from the suffering souls of men and women with whom the author has been sympathetically associate……続きを見る

Pictures of Southern Life, Social , Political, and Military WRITTEN FOR THE LONDON TIMES BY William Howard Russell. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Published by J A M E S G. G R E G O R Y, (SUCCESSOR TO W. A……続きを見る

From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age of thirteen. His surviving handwriting consists of six signatures on legal documents. His will ma……続きを見る

During his recent sojourn in the United States, the did not conceive the intention of writing a book on the subject. All he contemplated was the publication of a few letters in a London Journal on w……続きを見る

'Goodbye Miss Young. Good luck to you and don't forget to remember me to the folks back home.' Major Archibald Butt (1865-1912) The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 is one of the ……続きを見る

Let me intreat the reader not to be alarmed at the hacknied word, which generally augurs that a person is going to be very egotistical and prosy. This, at least, it will be my ambition to avoid. Nor……続きを見る

This little Book is intended as a memorial to The women who came in The Mayflower, and Their comrades who came later in The Ann and The Fortune, who maintained The high standards of home life in ear……続きを見る

Three English versions of Zuñi origin myths have already been published. Cushing published his "Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths" (Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology) in 1891. The ne……続きを見る

It was in early August of 1906 that I left New Haven for a third visit to Japan. Travelling by the way of the Great Lakes through Duluth and St. Paul, after a stay of two weeks in Seattle, we took t……続きを見る

For the first time in ebook format. What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, tha……続きを見る

This classical piece of juvenile fiction charmingly narrates a tale of discovery. It follows Tattine as she figures out the little mysteries of life and comes to grip with realities. This amazing wo……続きを見る

Champavert - Contes immoraux Pétrus Borel, poète français (1809-1859) Ce livre numérique présente «Champavert - Contes immoraux», de Pétrus Borel, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dyn……続きを見る

A book of humorous stories with a distinctive Kiwi flavour, both true and definitely not true, compiled through Radio Pacific, a leading radio talkback station based in Auckland. A book of humorous ……続きを見る

Men and women 150 years ago grappled with information overload by making scrapbooks-the ancestors of Google and blogging. From Abraham Lincoln to Susan B. Anthony, African American janitors to farmw……続きを見る

WALKING OUTDOORS POINTING AT THE RAINBOW THE RAINBOW. It was at this moment Julia looked around to admire the scenery, and beheld a Rainbow. "Look, look!" she said, "mamma, what a beautiful Rainbow!……続きを見る

This book is a record of the personal observations of a private soldier in the Flash Ranging Service of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. It not only relates his experiences while in Fran……続きを見る

As one of the few surviving archaeological sites from the medieval Christian kingdom of Nubia, Qasr Ibrim is critically important in a number of ways. It is the only site in Lower Nubia that remaine……続きを見る

First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a……続きを見る

Struthers is the story of a small town in northeastern Ohio. The town began with the stumbling start of John Struthers as he chased a band of marauding Native Americans through the valley. He later ……続きを見る

A book about the bloody Battle of Northampton, a key turning point in the Wars of the Roses fought in 1460. In 1460 the Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses seemed doomed. The Duke of York was in exile……続きを見る

Between Two Women is a serious, yet humourous account of growing up in Stratford, Ont., in the 1930s and ’40. It tells the story of the relationship between Bruce and the two women who shaped his id……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Encompassing everything from immigration to civil war, emancipation, slavery and migration, Black History in an Hour gives you a neat overview ……続きを見る

"A magnificent stylist . . . a first-rate historian. Familiarity with subject matter resulting from many years of study and narrative talents exceeding those of any other Civil War historian enable ……続きを見る

In writing the following pages it has been my purpose to give a picture of the Troubadours during the twelfth century, the period in which we find them in their prime. Many of the earliest books, pa……続きを見る

This book needs no introduction to the people of the Isthmus, whom it will most interest. I shall therefore attempt only to point out the plan the present work will take in the general history of Ea……続きを見る