History books

Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny, born on April 10, 1793, died on January 27, 1843, was a surgeon and doctor aboard the...  Read More >>

Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonisation of North America...  Read More >>

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913)...  Read More >>

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier....  Read More >>

This 19th-century Catholic work provides an in-depth understanding of the Catholic Faith using the authoritative...  Read More >>

John Dee (13 July 1527 - 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist,...  Read More >>

During the nineteenth century, there were repeated efforts in the United States to make a uniform textbook of Christian...  Read More >>

In 180 AD, St. Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyon, France wrote Against Heresies. It is a collected work made up of 5...  Read More >>

This popular 19th-century Bible study book has become a classic for Roman Catholics. It was originally composed...  Read More >>

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston,...  Read More >>

Arabella Burton Buckley (24 October 1840 - 9 February 1929) was a writer and science educator. She championed Darwinian...  Read More >>

这本书的内容取自作者正在写作的《从五四到六四：20 世纪中国专制主义批判》（6 卷本）的第二卷第九章。这一章主题集中，自成系统，为公众之所需，12 万字的篇幅又正好满足一本小册子的容量，所以拎出这一章先行出版。书中详细讨论了第一次国共合作的缘起、合作中的冲突、为什么最后会走向分裂。作者的基本结论是：共产国际和中共的激进阶级革命战略与国民党温和的阶级调和战略不相容，是导致...  Read More >>

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who...  Read More >>

St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was an Italian mystic, who was part of the Dominican order. She was canonized...  Read More >>

Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the...  Read More >>

Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the...  Read More >>

This popular 19th-century Bible study book has become a classic for Roman Catholics. It was originally composed...  Read More >>

The devotion to the Sacred Heart is perhaps the most widely practised of Catholic devotions, where the heart of...  Read More >>

Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 - January 15, 1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator...  Read More >>

Frank Dilnot (1875-1946) was an English author and journalist, born in Hampshire. He was educated privately and...  Read More >>

George Bouchier Worgan (May 1757 - 4 March 1838) was an English naval surgeon who accompanied the First Fleet to...  Read More >>

St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407), was one of the most important Early Church Fathers, who served first as priest...  Read More >>

Ethel Mary Partridge, Ethel Mary Mairet RDI, or Ethel Mary Coomaraswamy (17 February 1872 - 18 November 1952) was...  Read More >>

Frederic Kidder (April 16, 1804 - December 19, 1885) was an American author and antiquarian. He was born in New...  Read More >>

Lucy Ann Delaney, born Lucy Berry (c. 1830 - after 1891), was an African-American author, and activist, a former...  Read More >>