History

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

Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workersHarry Alverson Franck

★3.8

History

An account of the slave trade on the coast of AfricaAlexander Falconbridge

★3.8

History

The Arts and Crafts of Ancient EgyptW. M. Flinders Petrie

★3.8

HistoryReference

Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867Sara Yorke Stevenson

★3.8

History

Great Britain at WarJeffery Farnol

★3.8

Historical FictionHistory

Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590Julia Cartwright

★3.7

BiographyHistory

Cardinal WolseyM. Creighton

★3.7

History

Social life at Rome in the Age of CiceroW. Warde Fowler

★3.6

History

RomeW. Warde Fowler

★3.6

History

Mrs. Maybrick's Own Story: My Fifteen Lost YearsFlorence Elizabeth Maybrick

★3.5

BiographyHistory

Religion and Art in Ancient GreeceErnest Arthur Gardner

★3.5

Mythology & FolkloreFiction

The Tragedies of the MediciEdgcumbe Staley

★3.4

History

Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand CairoWilliam Makepeace Thackeray

★3.1

BiographyHistory

Morals of Economic InternationalismJ. A. Hobson

★3.0

History

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson / Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)Thomas Jefferson

★4.5

History

An account of the manners and customs of the modern EgyptiansEdward William Lane

★4.3

HistoryMythology & Folklore

The Philosophy of Giambattista VicoBenedetto Croce

★4.2

HistoryPhilosophy

Shakespeare's First FolioWilliam Shakespeare

★4.1

Children's LiteratureFiction

Visits to Monasteries in the LevantRobert Curzon

★4.0

HistoryTravel & Exploration

Amerigo VespucciFrederick A. Ober

★4.0

BiographyHistory

The Story of Ancient Irish CivilizationP. W. Joyce

★3.9

History

The Development of Embroidery in AmericaCandace Wheeler

★3.8

History

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman EmpireT. R. Glover

★3.8

History

Sea life in Nelson's timeJohn Masefield

★3.7

FictionHistory