- Listenly
- Browse
- Bookshelves
- History - Modern (1750+)
bookshelf
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.
6162 Audiobooks
The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 4, February 1886
by Various Authors
L'Illustration, No. 1585, 13 Juin 1891
by Various Authors
Il segreto dei fatti palesi seguiti nel 1859
by Niccolò Tommaseo
The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in the Church of St. Peter's, Cranley Gardens, S.W.
by Percy C. Morris
The Shipwrecked Orphans A true narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of John Ireland and William Doyley, who were wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, on an island in the South Seas
by John (Seaman) Ireland
Bible-Burning the substance of a sermon preached in St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, Dec. 10, 1848
by John C. (John Cale) Miller
L'Illustration, No. 3272, 11 Novembre 1905
by Various Authors
Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons, 1864, so far as relates to the Parish of Kensington
by James Broadbridge
L'Illustration, No. 1597, 4 octobre 1873
by Various Authors
Why Colored People in Philadelphia Are Excluded from the Street Cars
by Benjamin P. (Benjamin Peter) Hunt
Report of the Several Works Connected with the Draining, Paving & Lighting the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 1856
by James Broadbridge
Sechs Jahre in Surinam Bilder aus dem militärischen Leben dieser Colonie und Skizzen zur Kenntniss seiner socialen und naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse
by A. (August) Kappler
Amerikanskt: Som emigrant till Amerika
by Ester Blenda Nordström
The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
by Horace Wyndham
The History of the Fabian Society
by Edward R. (Edward Reynolds) Pease
Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52
by William Ross King
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy
by Edward Luther Stevenson
China's Revolution, 1911-1912: A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War
by Edwin John Dingle
Famous Givers and Their Gifts
by Sarah Knowles Bolton
Area Handbook for Bulgaria
by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, Neda A. Walpole
The Modern Ku Klux Klan
by Henry P. (Henry Peck) Fry
Allen's West London Street Directory, 1868
by Samuel Allen
Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment
by John C. Lester, D. L. (Daniel Love) Wilson
La Vie de Madame Élisabeth, soeur de Louis XVI, Volume 2
by A. de (Alcide) Beauchesne
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917
by Various Authors
Women in Modern Industry
by B. L. Hutchins
Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York
by Thomas Mott Osborne
The Struggle for Missouri
by John McElroy
The Crystal Palace : its architectural history and constructive marvels
by Peter Berlyn, Jr. Charles Fowler
War's Brighter Side The Story of The Friend Newspaper Edited by the Correspondents with Lord Roberts's Forces, March-April, 1900
by Julian Ralph
The story of the invention of steel pens : with a description of the manufacturing process by which they are produced
by Henry Bore
The Delta of the Triple Elevens : the history of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces
by William Elmer Bachman
The Victories of Wellington and the British Armies
by W. H. (William Hamilton) Maxwell
Some Problems of the Peace Conference
by Charles Homer Haskins, Robert Howard Lord
Slavery in Pennsylvania A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1910
by Edward Raymond Turner
Hanging in Chains
by Albert Hartshorne
Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841
by George Gardner
The South American Republics, Part 2 of 2
by Thomas Cleland Dawson
Our Schools in War Time—and After
by Arthur D. (Arthur Davis) Dean
The East India Vade-Mecum, Volume 1 (of 2) or, complete guide to gentlemen intended for the civil, military, or naval service of the East India Company.
by Thomas Williamson
Fighting Without a War: An Account of Military Intervention in North Russia
by Ralph Albertson
Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph
by Charlotte Kellogg
The Land of Riddles (Russia of To-day)
by Hugo Ganz
From Crow-Scaring to Westminster: An Autobiography
by Sir George Edwards
A Concise Chronicle of Events of the Great War
by R. P. P. Rowe
Mémoires de Madame la Duchesse de Tourzel, tome premier Gouvernante des enfants de France pendant les années 1789 à 1795
by Duchesse de Louise Elisabeth Tourzel
Le monete di Venezia descritte ed illustrate da Nicolò Papadopoli Aldobrandini, v. 1 Con disegni di C. Kunz
by Nicolò Papadopoli Aldobrandini
Russian Prisons St. Peter and St. Paul; the Schlüsselburg; the Ostrog at Omsk; the story of Siberian exile; Tiumen, Tomsk, Saghalien
by Arthur Griffiths
The Future Belongs to the People
by Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht
Fighting the Boche Underground
by H. D. (Harry Davis) Trounce
S.O.S. Stand to!
by Reginald Grant
Women wanted: The story written in blood red letters on the horizon of the Great World War
by Mabel Potter Daggett
Time and Clocks: A Description of Ancient and Modern Methods of Measuring Time
by Sir Henry H. (Henry Hardinge) Cunynghame
The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. I, No. 3, March 1860)
by Various Authors
A Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook
by David Samwell
Electricity in Locomotion An Account of Its Mechanism, Its Achievements, and Its Prospects
by Adam Gowens Whyte
Doing My Bit For Ireland
by Margaret Skinnider
The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
by Archibald MacMechan
A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country
by George Wood Wingate, Ammon B. Critchfield, National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice
The plurality of the human race
by G. (Georges) Pouchet
Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850
by Various Authors
30,000 locked out : the great strike of the building trades in Chicago
by James C. Beeks
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917
by Various Authors
The Campaign Round Liège
by J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy
La rivoluzione di Milano dell'Aprile 1814
by Leopoldo Armaroli, conte Carlo Verri
Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850
by Various Authors
The Black Watch: A Record in Action
by Joe Cassells
Some Stories of Old Ironsides
by Holloway Halstead Frost
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917
by Various Authors
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914
by Various Authors
From Convent to Conflict; Or, A Nun's Account of the Invasion of Belgium
by Sister Marie Antoine
The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
by Various Authors
Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease
by John Grove
Metropolitan Subway and Elevated Systems Bulletin 49
by General Electric Company
L'Illustration, No. 3647, 18 Janvier 1913
by Various Authors
The Battle of Tsu-shima between the Japanese and Russian fleets, fought on 27th May 1905
by V. I. (Vladimir Ivanovich) Semenov
A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia
by Hamilton W. (Hamilton Wilcox) Pierson
The First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
by Thomas Longueville
The Survey, Volume 30, Number 1, April 5, 1913
by Various Authors
The American Missionary — Volume 39, No. 08, August, 1885
by Various Authors
Treatment of Cholera in the Royal Hospital, Haslar during the months of July and August, 1849, with remarks on the name and origin of the disease.
by John (Inspector of Naval Hospitals) Wilson
The Truth About German Atrocities Founded on the Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages
by Anonymous
L'Illustration, No. 0069, 22 Juin 1844
by Various Authors
Geschichte der Neueren Deutschen Chirurgie
by Ernst Georg Ferdinand Küster
Examination of the Rev. Mr. Harris's scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave trade
by James Ramsay
Counterfeit Money The "green goods" business exposed for the benefit of all who have dishonest inclinations.
by Anonymous
Considerations on the present peace, as far as it is relative to the colonies, and the African trade
by Robert Vaughan, Thomas Carney
The Florist and Horticultural Journal, Vol. II. No. 7, July, 1853 A Monthly Magazine of Horticulture, Agriculture, Botany, Agricultural Chemistry, Entomology, &c.
by Various Authors
L'Illustration, No. 0040, 2 Décembre 1843
by Various Authors
L'Illustration, No. 2502, 7 février 1891
by Various Authors
