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In 'A Masque of Days' by Charles Lamb, readers are taken on a whimsical journey through a collection of short essays and poems that capture the spirit of the holidays. Written in Lamb's unique blend……続きを見る

Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and……続きを見る

     The robberies on the road to Yosemite during the early 1900s were unique for several reasons. Despite the lack of money involved, the number of coaches and passengers robbed……続きを見る

In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of American democracy from the nineteenth century to t……続きを見る

It was Samuel Champlain, a seaman of Brouage, who first secured for France and for Frenchmen a sure foothold in North America, and thus became the herald of Bourbon imperialism. After a youth spent ……続きを見る

Cardigan is a novel by Robert w. Chambers and published in 1912. This book deals with the American Revolutionary War and explores how it affected the great landed families of northern New York. This……続きを見る

THE SECRET GOVERNMENT The Origin, Identity, And Purpose Of MJ-12 By, Milton William Cooper Synopsis An excerpt from the book Mr. Cooper's Speech, MUFON 1989 Symposium Concerning MJ-12 The signs are ……続きを見る

God has been banished from our government, our schools, and even the public square. The goal is to make this a secular, Godless country. America's history has been revised with half-truths, lies, an……続きを見る

Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror is a comprehensive account of the massive earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906. The earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on……続きを見る

"An American Hometown" is the first comprehensive early history of Perkasie, Pennsylvaniaーa town created by the Victorian era that survived losing its cigar industry, fires, the Great Depression, a……続きを見る

We, who live in the Machine Age, can scarcely imagine how our grandparents and parents, who came from a populous country, the home of their parents, and moved with them to the thinly settled state o……続きを見る

R. M. Ballantyne's 'The Pioneers; a Tale of the Western Wilderness' is a riveting adventure novel set in the untamed American West. The book follows a group of courageous pioneers as they navigate t……続きを見る

A Short Sketch of the Evidence for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: Delivered Before a Committee of the House of Commons. To which is Added, Recommendations of the Subject to the Serious Attention ……続きを見る

“The Overcome”, a liturgy of black remembrance modeled on the Jewish Passover. The awesome history of the passage since capture in Africa invites comparison with the Hebrew exodus and even the Holoc……続きを見る

Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and……続きを見る

The author of Magic and Masculinity explores the history and development of magic and witchcraft in Western society. Broomsticks, cauldrons, familiars, and spellsーmagic and witchcraft conjure a viv……続きを見る

The book is a journey among the Mexican people and starts in 1904 with a visit to his brother's coffee plantation in Jalapa, Mexico, with his mother. 続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index. CONTENTS On the Composition of Indian Geographical Names Indian Names [Index] Footnotes 続きを見る

Though Christopher Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, having been preceded, five centuries earlier, by the Norse expedition, led by Leif Ericson, that established th……続きを見る

The Unexploited West is an overview of the Canadian western provinces, written in the early 20th century. The original illustrations and a table of contents are included. 続きを見る

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyse English encounters with the New World in the sixteenth century and their impact on early English understandings of America and changing appro……続きを見る

The Story of My Life Caroline Mackensen Romberg The author was the wife of Julius Romberg, youngest child of the poet Johannes Romberg and the brother of Louise and Caroline. She describes the early……続きを見る

DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South in 1841. Hi……続きを見る

Excerpt: "CONTAINING: Whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public Notice, during his Travels to and from that Nation; wherein the Country, Government, Genius, and Customs of the Inhabitants……続きを見る

Excerpt: "During recent years there has been a very happy tendency to change the nature of geographical teaching from a monotonous memorising of the names of natural features to a subject of living ……続きを見る

Sir,ーThe enclosed ancient manuscript I found some years ago in a grocer’s shop in this town, of whom I obtained it with a view of saving what remained from destruction. I lament extremely that a pa……続きを見る

Sir,ーThe enclosed ancient manuscript I found some years ago in a grocer’s shop in this town, of whom I obtained it with a view of saving what remained from destruction. I lament extremely that a pa……続きを見る

Using examples from Indigenous community oral history projects throughout Canada and the United States, this new edition is informed by best practices to show how oral history can be done in differe……続きを見る

Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and……続きを見る

Ambrose Bierce's 'Ashes of the Beacon' is a haunting collection of short stories that delve into the darker aspects of human nature. Bierce's signature style of writing with a twist of irony and wit……続きを見る