History

First-hand accounts and analyses of civilizations, wars, and world events.

Adrift on an Ice-PanWilfred Thomason Grenfell

★3.5

AdventureBiography

King of the HillJames Blish

★4.0

BiographyHistory

Lincoln LettersAbraham Lincoln

★3.8

BiographyHistorical Fiction

The Report on Unidentified Flying ObjectsEdward J. Ruppelt

★3.8

EducationHistory

SocialismJohn Stuart Mill

★3.6

FictionHistory

Two Years in the Forbidden CityPrincess Der Ling

★3.6

BiographyHistory

The Problem of ChinaBertrand Russell

★4.0

PhilosophyHistory

Blackfeet Indian StoriesGeorge Bird Grinnell

★3.7

FictionHistorical Fiction

The History of Philosophy in IslamT. J. de Boer

★3.6

HistoryPhilosophy

A Short History of RussiaMary Platt Parmele

★3.5

Historical FictionHistory

The Decoration of HousesOgden Codman Edith Wharton

★4.0

HistoryHumor & Satire

The EconomistXenophon

★3.7

Political ScienceEssays

Myths and Legends of ChinaE. T. C. Werner

★3.4

FictionHistory

The Boston cooking-school cook bookFannie Merritt Farmer

★4.2

HistoryReference

Russia in the ShadowsH. G. Wells

★4.1

FictionHistory

Indian Heroes and Great ChieftainsCharles A. Eastman

★3.9

BiographyHistory

Reminiscences of the Civil WarCora Mitchel

★4.3

BiographyHistory

The Path of the LawOliver Wendell Holmes

★4.0

FictionHistory

Europe and the Faith / "Sine auctoritate nulla vita"Hilaire Belloc

★4.2

ReligionHistory

Florence Nightingale, the Angel of the Crimea: A Story for Young PeopleLaura Elizabeth Howe Richards

★3.7

BiographyFiction

The SymposiumXenophon

★4.1

FictionHistory

Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance PeriodP. L. Jacob

★3.6

FictionHistorical Fiction

Society as I Have Found ItWard McAllister

★5.0

BiographyHistory

The Age of ShakespeareAlgernon Charles Swinburne

★3.7

BiographyFiction