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Chronicles, wars and the rise and fall of empires.

From Herodotus and Thucydides to Gibbon and the eyewitness accounts of the American Civil War, read history from the people who first wrote it down.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Antonio Pigafetta

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men
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Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel": Volume 12, Slice 5
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel": Volume 12, Slice 5

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The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac
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The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

William Hone

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921

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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 8, 1923

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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920

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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Joseph Strutt

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918

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The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918
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The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918

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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.
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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

Frank Cowan

The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac
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The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3): or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

William Hone

Las Fábulas de Esopo, vol. 02
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Las Fábulas de Esopo, vol. 02

George Fyler; tr. Jorge R. Rodríguez Townsend

Las Fábulas de Esopo, vol. 01
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Las Fábulas de Esopo, vol. 01

George Fyler; tr. Jorge R. Rodríguez Townsend

The Art of War
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The Art of War

active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

The Babur-nama in English (Memoirs of Babur)
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The Babur-nama in English (Memoirs of Babur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

Pliny's Natural history. In thirty-seven books
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Pliny's Natural history. In thirty-seven books

the Elder Pliny

Poviest Hrvatska. Dio drugi (Smičiklas)
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Poviest Hrvatska. Dio drugi (Smičiklas)

Tadija Smičiklas

Hrvatska na mučilištu
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Hrvatska na mučilištu

Rudolf Horvat

Povijest Hrvatske I. (R. Horvat)
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Povijest Hrvatske I. (R. Horvat)

Rudolf Horvat

Moje drago serce
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Moje drago serce

Petar Zrinski

Darovnica kralja Petra Krešimira IV. samostanu sv. Krševina u Zadru za otok Maun (1069.)
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Darovnica kralja Petra Krešimira IV. samostanu sv. Krševina u Zadru za otok Maun (1069.)

Petar Krešimir IV.