History books

Lieutenant General Watkin Tench (6 October 1758 - 7 May 1833) was a British marine officer who is best known for...  Read More >>

The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three anonymous ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. The...  Read More >>

""The History of the Creation with which the Bible commences, is not a mere incidental appendage to God's Revelation,...  Read More >>

The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster is the account of a series of English witch trials...  Read More >>

Stella Benson (6 January 1892 - 7 December 1933) was an English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer. She...  Read More >>

George Dilnot (1883-1951) was a British journalist and novelist, author of crime fiction. For a time he was a professional...  Read More >>

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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