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Since the first brief preface to my manuscript was written twelve years ago, events have happened which seem to indicate that the moment foreseen in it has at last arrived when to the public advantage and without risk of serious indiscretion as far as individuals are concer... Read more...
Keywords: Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt By Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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- English
- 44604 Words
- Ages 10 and up
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First published in 1853, this work recounts an unsuccessful expedition to find the missing Franklin expedition. Following the disappearance of Sir John Franklin and his crew during a mission to find the North-West Passage, the Admiralty organised numerous searches for the m... Read more...
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- 88846 Words
- Ages 6 and up
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Narrating his experiences in Africa, Baker has dwelled upon the wild and untamed beauty of the land. He elaborates the culture of the people, their religion as well as the wild-life and its habitat. The book offers a detailed study of the area with a profound personal touch... Read more...
Keywords: the heart of africa, historic travel book, african history, africa, african religions, african cultures, exploration, wild life, animals of africa
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- English
- 189563 Words
- Ages 0 and up
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Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands, to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the ... Read more...
Keywords: rob roy, sir walter scott, historical thriller, action and adventure, historical adventure, battle and war, scottish hitory, english history, epic history, rob roy macgregor
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- English
- 33883 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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The League and the Charter – John Catling's new novel
Britain 1845: The Anti-Corn Law League, run by business interests guiding the industrial revolution, wants to scrap taxes on wheat imports – making bread cheaper and keeping wages low. The Charter, supported by radical... Read more...
Keywords: revolution, politics, love, nineteenth century
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- English
- 90379 Words
- Ages 12 and up
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As the conception of a deity originated in sex, or in the creative agencies female and male which animate Nature, we may reasonably expect to find, in the history of the development of the two sex-principles and in the notions entertained concerning them throughout past age... Read more...
Keywords: sex in religion, the god idea, of the ancients, gamble, sexualiy and fertility, sex and creativity, genital worship
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- 115293 Words
- Ages 12 and up
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In this work, Proofs of a Conspiracy, Robison laid the groundwork for modern conspiracy theorists by implicating the Bavarian Illuminati as responsible for the excesses of the French Revolution. The Bavarian Illuminati, a rationalist secret society, was founded by Adam Wei... Read more...
Keywords: proofs of a conspiracy, john robison, bavarian illuminati, the illuminati, freemasonry, the french revolution, conspiratorial interpretation of history
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- English
- 7022 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 340
A short summary of alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 and its effects on American society, politics, and media. Written by a high school student.
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- English
- 4119 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 334
Pada bulan November 1972, kerajaan Thailand dan ahli-ahli perniagaan terkemuka melahirkan kebimbangan terhadap laporan kempen anti-Jepun di Thailand dan mereka menyatakan ia pasti akan membawa perubahan dalam penembusan ekonomi Jepun di negara ini (The Straits Times, 17 N... Read more...
Keywords: Ekonomi, Jepun, Sejarah, Thailand
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FORMER SLAVES SHARE THEIR FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF LIFE IN BONDAGE.
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- 17021 Words
- Ages 12 and up
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During the Depression years between 1936 and 1938, the WPA Federal Writers' Project (FWP) sent out-of-work writers in seventeen states to interview ordinary people in order to document their life stories. Initially, only four states involved in the project (Florida, Georgia... Read more...
Keywords: slavery, bondage, south, negro, Master, beatings, plantation, cotton, 1800’s, slave, colored, whuppin, antebellum, KKK, Patrolers, Patrollers
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