North America category: 699 books
For Whom the Dogs Spy
Haiti: From the Duvalier Dictatorships to the Earthquake, Four Presidents, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
“This book is a great piece of history . . . After reading my uncle’s book, I feel just like I was an apple and he was my Big Tree” (Wyclef Jean).
When the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, the former Haitian ambassador to the United States Raymond Joseph rushed back to his beloved country....
by Dorys Crow Grover
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Much as men rushed to the California gold fields, a small group of proud and visionary cattlemen heard of the boundless open and free range land of Central and Southeastern Oregon in the mid-1800s and brought their herds there. Sometimes called “Cattle Kings,” or “Cattle Barons,” they ruled...
Historiografische Werke: Amerika
An Abraham Lincoln, Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika + Der nordamerikanische Bürgerkrieg + Der Bürgerkrieg in den Vereinigten Staaten + Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg
Language: German
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Dieses eBook: "Historiografische Werke: Amerika" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) war ein deutscher Philosoph, Ökonom, Gesellschaftstheoretiker, politischer Journalist, Protagonist der...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
by Bryan F. Le Beau
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Between June 10 and September 22, 1692, nineteen people were hanged for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. One person was pressed to death, and over 150 others were jailed, where still others died. The Story of the Salem Witch Trials is a history of that event. It provides a much needed...
Frank Julian Sprague
Electrical Inventor and Engineer
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Frank Julian Sprague invented a system for distributing electricity to streetcars from overhead wires. Within a year, electric streetcars had begun to replace horsecars, sparking a revolution in urban transportation. Sprague (1857–1934) was an American naval officer turned inventor who worked briefly...
Eyes on Havana
Memoir of an American Spy Betrayed by the CIA
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
An Iowa boy away at college, Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the Vietnam War. Framed by his handlers for an airport bombing, he was later sent to Cuba to subvert the Castro...
Kennedy
A Cultural History of an American Icon
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
During his lifetime, John F. Kennedy created a dazzling image that has been sustained since his assassination in 1963. This book examines how Kennedy succeeded in using his military service in World War II, his literary efforts, his sex appeal, his family and other attributes and achievements to develop...
Hiking through History New England
Exploring the Region's Past by Trail
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this guide contains all the tools you'll need to explore New England's history on your hikes. Each of the 40 featured hikes comes with helpful maps and directions, as well as a carefully researched impression of the trail, and a comprehensive guide to the area's natural and human history.
Ontario Since Confederation
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Ontario Since Confederation contains some of the most recent scholarship in the field of post-Confederation Ontario history. This comprehensive collection, the first of its kind to be published in almost a decade, is intended primarily to introduce students to new areas of debate and new methodologies...
by Jared William Carter
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Every age creates a hero to suit its needs. None quite like Andrew Jackson 'Old Hickory," and the Kentucky Twelve.
The House of Governors - A New Idea in American Politics Aiming to Promote Uniform Legislation on Vital Questions
To Conserve State Rights, to Lessen Centralization, to Secure a Fuller, Freer Voice of the People, and to Make a Stronger Nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
"The House of Governors" is a pamphlet published by William George Jordan in 1907 that deals with the ideas of uniform legislation, state rights, centralisation, and democracy in US politics. It was circulated to each state governor, US President Theodore Roosevelt, and members of his cabinet. The...
by David T Procter
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Stormouth hides many secrets. The first is why is Abigail taunted by the memory of her dead father-in -law the second is who is the mysterious man who hides among the townsfolk, the third is what does the Reverend Bayles keep within his casket.
Abigail Wood is the women who is accidently...
Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 6-Book Bundle
The Ashes of War / A Crucible of Fire / and four more...
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Presenting all six installments of Richard Feltoe’s series on the War of 1812, gathered together in an ebook bundle. Each book in this battlefield-based chronicle combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotations from original official documents and personal letters to bring...