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History - Modern (1750+)
Empires rise, revolutions ignite, and the modern world takes shape in these vivid firsthand accounts, manifestos, memoirs, and sweeping histories. From Napoleon’s shadow and Victorian transformation to declarations that changed nations and ideas that challenged the old order, this bookshelf captures the thunder of war, politics, exploration, and social change. Step into an age of upheaval where power is contested, borders shift, and history feels startlingly alive.
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Secret Service Under Pitt
by William J. (William John) Fitz-Patrick
The History of the First West India Regiment
by A. B. (Alfred Burdon) Ellis
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 06 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Discussions
by Robert Green Ingersoll
Stories of the Lifeboat
by Frank Mundell
The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed upon the Indians Therein
by W. E. (Walter Ernest) Hardenburg
Le registre d'écrou de la Bastille de 1782 à 1789 Extrait de la Nouvelle Revue du 1er décembre 1880
by A. (Alfred) Bégis
Free Russia
by William Hepworth Dixon
A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909
by Ithamar M. (Ithamar Martindale) Howell
Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland
by Henry B. (Henry Brewster) Stanton
With our army in Flanders
by Valentine Williams
War Days in Brittany
by Elsie Deming Jarves
Convict Life at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota
by William Casper Heilbron
The German Emperor as Shown in His Public Utterances
by German Emperor William II
Printing Telegraphy... A New Era Begins
by Edward E. Kleinschmidt
Under Sail
by Felix Riesenberg
The Last Boer War
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind
by Frances Martin
The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War
by Victor Lefebure
The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 1 (of 7)
by Arthur Thomas Malkin
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80
by Howard Irving Chapelle
The First Canadians in France The Chronicle of a Military Hospital in the War Zone
by F. McKelvey (Frederick McKelvey) Bell
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode & Mines Nevada and the Great Basin Region; Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras
by Dan De Quille
The Campaign of Königgrätz : A study of the Austro-Prussian conflict in the light of the American Civil War
by Arthur L. (Arthur Lockwood) Wagner
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849
by Various Authors
Angélique de Mackau, Marquise de Bombelles, et la Cour de Madame Élisabeth
by comte Maurice Fleury
The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2)
by Charles Napier
South America and the War
by F. A. (Frederick Alexander) Kirkpatrick
A West Pointer with the Boers personal narrative of Colonel J. Y. F. Blake, commander of the Irish brigade
by John Y. Fillmore Blake
The Centralia Conspiracy
by Ralph Chaplin
A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants
by William Lay, Cyrus M. Hussey
The Adventures of Captain John Patterson With Notices of the Officers, &c. of the 50th, or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821
by John Patterson
The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac
by Charles W. (Charles William) Colby
The Autobiography of a Cornish Smuggler (Captain Harry Carter, of Prussia Cove) 1749-1809
by Harry Carter
Historia del levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España (2 de 5)
by Conde de José María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia Toreno
Picture Posters A Short History of the Illustrated Placard with Many Reproductions of the Most Artistic Examples in all Countries
by Charles Hiatt
A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade
by Charles Reginald Haines
Montrose
by Mowbray Morris
The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co. Also, Facts and General Information Relating to Pneumatic Despatch Tubes
by Birney C. (Birney Clark) Batcheller
The colored inventor : a record of fifty years
by Henry E. (Henry Edwin) Baker
The Story of a Siberian Exile; Followed by a Narrative of Recent Events in Poland
by Rufin Piotrowski
Submarine and Anti-submarine
by Sir Henry John Newbolt
The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3) From original and authentic sources
by Mrs. A. T. Thomson
Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
by Thomas Reid
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848
by Various Authors
Gallipoli Diary
by John Graham Gillam
The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill
The Book of the V.C. A record of the deeds of heroism for which the Victoria Cross has been bestowed, from its institution in 1857 to the present time
by A. L. (Arthur Lincoln) Haydon
L'Illustration, No. 2518, 30 Mai 1891
by Various Authors
The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, April 1884, No. 7
by Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua Institution
Procès-verbaux de l'Assemblée générale de la section des Postes 4 Décembre 1790 - 5 Septembre 1792
by F. (Frédéric) Braesch
The Coming of Coal
by Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère
The Campaign of Waterloo: A Military History Third Edition
by John Codman Ropes
臺灣通史 唐山過海的故事
by Heng Lian
Haarmann. Die Geschichte eines Werwolfs
by Theodor Lessing
Twelve months in Madagascar
by Joseph Mullens
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
by Various Authors
War Gardens: A Pocket Guide for Home Vegetable Growers
by Montague Free
Tragedies of the White Slave
by H. M. Lytle
The southern literary messenger, Vol. I., No. 12, August, 1835
by Various Authors
The Catalpa Expedition
by Zeph. W. (Zephaniah Walter) Pease
The factory
by Jonathan Thayer Lincoln
Sixteen months at the gold diggings
by Daniel B. Woods
Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention
by R. C. (Ralph Coffin) Richards
Souvenirs et correspondance tirés des papiers de Mme Récamier (1/2)
by Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917
by Various Authors
The Graves of the Fallen
by Rudyard Kipling
Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850
by Various Authors
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917
by Various Authors
Up The Slot: Marines in the Central Solomons
by Charles D. Melson
The Adhesive Postage Stamp
by Patrick Chalmers
An Account of the Destruction of the Jesuits in France
by Jean Le Rond d' Alembert
The Tower of London
by William Benham
Heroes of Science: Chemists
by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
The Girl's Own Paper. Vol. XX. No. 1007. April 15, 1899
by Various Authors
The French Army from Within
by Anonymous
The Care of the Dead
by Anonymous
From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy
by John Holladay Latané
Woman in Prison
by Caroline H. Woods
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846
by Various Authors
The New England Country
by Clifton Johnson
Use of the Dead to the Living
by Southwood Smith
The Discipline of War Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent
by John Hasloch Potter
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829
by Various Authors
The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"
by John Hicklin
Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 13
by Various Authors
Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880
by William W. (William Willder) Wheildon
Our Pilots in the Air
by William Perry Brown
Deutsch-Ostafrika: Geographie und Geschichte der Colonie
by Brix Förster
The Issue: The Case for Sinn Fein
by Lector
In Camp with L Company, Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
by George W. Petty