History books

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote...  Read More >>

Maud Diver (born Katherine Helen Maud Marshall; 9 September 1867 - 14 October 1945) was an English author in British...  Read More >>

Domestic Manners of the Americans is a 2-volume 1832 travel book by Frances Milton Trollope, which follows her travels...  Read More >>

Volume II of John Bonner's classic retelling of the history of Rome has lost none of its attention-grabbing interest...  Read More >>

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish...  Read More >>

The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical...  Read More >>

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish...  Read More >>

这本书是历史学家陈飞鹏耗费近30年时间收集、整理、校注的弘一法师书信。是当下出版的最齐的弘一书信集。是研究弘一生平和思想不可或缺的参考书。  Read More >>

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish...  Read More >>

本书是一本文革口述史，搜集了中国广西壮族自治区柳铁地区造反派的负责人、骨干、普通群众、所谓""反革命事件""的参与者，以及文革死难者家属的口述记录。从中可以看到，这些普通的人们是怎样卷入文革，他们的思想，经历和悲惨遭遇，以使后来的人们了解文革群众组织产生的原因，其间的政策，法制等社会状况。...  Read More >>

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian...  Read More >>

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901), was an English novelist, known for her huge output. She was devoted to the Church...  Read More >>

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer...  Read More >>

The opening chapter traces the troubled history of the Balkans up to the assassination of the Austrian Archduke...  Read More >>

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of...  Read More >>

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The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk with over $1 billion in gold and silver-and one...  Read More >>

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10年前，82岁的高耀洁老人只身出走美国。10年来，这位被中国媒体誉为""中国民间防艾第一人""的老人在异国他乡经历了什么？耄耋之年的她，对中国艾滋病领域以及过往人生有什么思考？本书作者林世钰前后采访高耀洁近50次，时间长达3年。她对高耀洁进行了近距离、深刻和细腻的观察，如实记录她在美国十年的真实生活，同时对高耀洁的""抗艾""经历和坎坷人生有所涉及，其中很多内容系首次披露。......  Read More >>

This collection explores monetary institutions linking Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth to nineteenth...  Read More >>

""Prolegómenos al libro ""Carne"" - es un libro dedicado a muchos...  Read More >>

Jacob Gates (9 March 1811 - 14 April 1892) was an early Mormon convert who recorded eyewitness accounts of many...  Read More >>

On the night of November 9, in 1913, the greatest hurricane ever to sweep the Great Lakes roared across the fresh...  Read More >>

Martin Farquhar Tupper (July 1810 in London - November 1889 in Albury, Surrey) was an English writer, and poet,...  Read More >>