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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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Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 3. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 3. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

by Jules Verne

The Art & Practice of Typography A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement

The Art & Practice of Typography A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement

by Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger) Gress

The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.

The Story of the Great War, Volume 7 American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive.

Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia

by Sir Ernest Scott

Bref récit et succincte narration de la navigation faite en MDXXXV et MDXXXVI par le capitaine Jacques Cartier aux îles de Canada, Hochelaga, Saguenay et autres

Bref récit et succincte narration de la navigation faite en MDXXXV et MDXXXVI par le capitaine Jacques Cartier aux îles de Canada, Hochelaga, Saguenay et autres

by Jacques Cartier

I Mille

I Mille

by Giuseppe Garibaldi

Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete

Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete

by Lewis Goldsmith

Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War

Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War

by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson

The Rise of the Democracy

The Rise of the Democracy

by Joseph Clayton

Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome IV.

Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome IV.

by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome III.

Œuvres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Tome III.

by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Chats on Old Lace and Needlework

Chats on Old Lace and Needlework

by Emily Leigh Lowes

Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold

Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold

by Jared Sparks

Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects

Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects

by Anthony Benezet

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Together with Other Documents, Official and Private, Relating to the Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 Together with Other Documents, Official and Private, Relating to the Same Mission, to Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park

by Mungo Park

The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17

The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17

by Ralph Delahaye Paine

Mahatma Gandhi: The Man Who Became One With the Universal Being

Mahatma Gandhi: The Man Who Became One With the Universal Being

by Romain Rolland

At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

by John Hargrave

On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'

On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Sniping in France: With notes on the scientific training of scouts, observers, and snipers

Sniping in France: With notes on the scientific training of scouts, observers, and snipers

by H. (Hesketh) Hesketh-Prichard

The story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry : France, April 1915-November 1918

The story of the 6th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry : France, April 1915-November 1918

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria; Vol. IV

A Popular History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria; Vol. IV

by François Guizot

A School History of the Great War

A School History of the Great War

by Albert E. (Albert Edward) McKinley, Charles A. (Charles Augustin) Coulomb, Armand Jacques Gerson

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

by George Alfred Townsend

Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute

Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute

by Theophilus F. (Theophilus Francis) Rodenbough

The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

by Archibald Hurd, Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford

The Dock and the Scaffold The Manchester Tragedy and the Cruise of the Jacknell

The Dock and the Scaffold The Manchester Tragedy and the Cruise of the Jacknell

by T. D. (Timothy Daniel) Sullivan

Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government

Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government

by F. J. C. (Fossey John Cobb) Hearnshaw

My Disillusionment in Russia

My Disillusionment in Russia

by Emma Goldman

Bulletin de Lille, 1916.07 publié sous le contrôle de l'autorité allemande

Bulletin de Lille, 1916.07 publié sous le contrôle de l'autorité allemande

by Anonymous

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage

Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage

by Sir William Edward Parry

Golden Lads

Golden Lads

by Arthur Gleason, Helen Hayes Gleason

Over the Top With the Third Australian Division

Over the Top With the Third Australian Division

by G. P. (George Percival) Cuttriss

K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.

K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.

by James Melville Beard

Dixmude: The epic of the French marines (October 17-November 10, 1914)

Dixmude: The epic of the French marines (October 17-November 10, 1914)

by Charles Le Goffic

Historia diplomatica do Brazil: O Reconhecimento do Imperio

Historia diplomatica do Brazil: O Reconhecimento do Imperio

by Oliveira Lima

Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822] in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacent

Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822] in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacent

by George Weir

Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch

Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch

by Sir John Adye

Die Entwicklung des gutsherrlich-bäuerlichen Verhältnisses in Galizien (1772-1848)

Die Entwicklung des gutsherrlich-bäuerlichen Verhältnisses in Galizien (1772-1848)

by Ludwig Von Mises

Calumny Refuted by Facts From Liberia With Extracts From the Inaugural Address of the Coloured President Roberts; an Eloquent Speech of Hilary Teage, a Coloured Senator; and Extracts From a Discourse by H. H. Garnett, a Fugitive Slave, on the Past and Present Condition, and Destiny of the Coloured Race. Presented to the Boston Anti-slavery Bazaar, U.S., By the Author of "A Tribute for the Negro."

Calumny Refuted by Facts From Liberia With Extracts From the Inaugural Address of the Coloured President Roberts; an Eloquent Speech of Hilary Teage, a Coloured Senator; and Extracts From a Discourse by H. H. Garnett, a Fugitive Slave, on the Past and Present Condition, and Destiny of the Coloured Race. Presented to the Boston Anti-slavery Bazaar, U.S., By the Author of "A Tribute for the Negro."

by Wilson Armistead

Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

Workhouse Nursing: The story of a successful experiment

by Florence Nightingale, William Rathbone

Du style gothique au dix-neuvième siècle

Du style gothique au dix-neuvième siècle

by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III

by John Lothrop Motley

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 30: 1579-80

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 30: 1579-80

by John Lothrop Motley

Pietari Suuri: Venäjän ensimmäinen keisari

Pietari Suuri: Venäjän ensimmäinen keisari

by K. O. Lindeqvist

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete

by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

by Robert B. Shaw

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

by Karl Marx

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

by David Livingstone

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8) From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901

by Louis Creswicke

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

by Kelly Miller

Great Britain and the American Civil War

Great Britain and the American Civil War

by Ephraim Douglass Adams

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

by Sir Ernest Scott

Now It Can Be Told

Now It Can Be Told

by Philip Gibbs

Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.

Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.

by Philip Vickers Fithian

Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles

Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles

by Andrew Lang

Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.

Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.

by Sir Archibald Alison, Patrick Fraser Tytler

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings

by Jonathan Swift

War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War

War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.

by Julian Stafford Corbett

Akbar, Emperor of India: A Picture of Life and Customs from the Sixteenth Century

Akbar, Emperor of India: A Picture of Life and Customs from the Sixteenth Century

by Richard Garbe

Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers

Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers

by Samuel Smiles

The Modern Regime, Volume 2

The Modern Regime, Volume 2

by Hippolyte Taine

Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery

Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery

What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2

The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2

by William Hickling Prescott

My Four Years in Germany

My Four Years in Germany

by James W. (James Watson) Gerard

High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France

High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France

by James Norman Hall

"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919

"I was there" with the Yanks on the western front, 1917-1919

by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert) Baukhage

Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies

Foch the Man: A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies

by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin

La Cour de Louis XIV

La Cour de Louis XIV

by Imbert de Saint-Amand

Ypres and the Battles of Ypres

Ypres and the Battles of Ypres

Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck

Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck

by John Hubert Greusel

The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days

The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days

by Daniel Knower

Rulers of India: Lord Clive

Rulers of India: Lord Clive

by G. B. (George Bruce) Malleson

Formation of the Union, 1750-1829

Formation of the Union, 1750-1829

by Albert Bushnell Hart

Builders of United Italy

Builders of United Italy

by Rupert Sargent Holland

The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe

The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe

by Booker T. Washington, Robert Ezra Park

Average Americans

Average Americans

by Theodore Roosevelt

Through the Iron Bars: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium

Through the Iron Bars: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium

by Emile Cammaerts

Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the Founding of the Yellowstone National Park

Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the Founding of the Yellowstone National Park

by Geological Survey (U.S.)

De l'origine des espèces

De l'origine des espèces

by Charles Darwin

Germany's Fighting Machine Her Army, her Navy, her Air-ships and Why She Arrayed Them Against the Allied Powers of Europe

Germany's Fighting Machine Her Army, her Navy, her Air-ships and Why She Arrayed Them Against the Allied Powers of Europe

by Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg) Henderson

Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona

Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona

by Sylvester Mowry

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827

by Various Authors

Where Are We Going?

Where Are We Going?

by David Lloyd George

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852

by Various Authors

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827

by Various Authors

Le Conscrit ou Le Retour de Crimée

Le Conscrit ou Le Retour de Crimée

by Ernest Doin

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917

by Various Authors

Oeuvres par Maximilien Robespierre — Miscellaneous

Oeuvres par Maximilien Robespierre — Miscellaneous

by Maximilien Robespierre

Beiträge zur Entdeckung und Erforschung Africa's. Berichte aus den Jahren 1870-1875

Beiträge zur Entdeckung und Erforschung Africa's. Berichte aus den Jahren 1870-1875

by Gerhard Rohlfs

The White Eagle of Poland

The White Eagle of Poland

by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

A Memoir of Transactions That Took Place in St. Domingo, in the Spring of 1799 Affording an Idea of the Present State of that Country, the Real Character of Its Black Governor, Toussaint L'ouverture, and the Safety of our West-India Islands, from Attack or Revolt

A Memoir of Transactions That Took Place in St. Domingo, in the Spring of 1799 Affording an Idea of the Present State of that Country, the Real Character of Its Black Governor, Toussaint L'ouverture, and the Safety of our West-India Islands, from Attack or Revolt

by active 1805 Marcus Rainsford

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 15

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 15

by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4

Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 4

by Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker Van 1772 tot 1780 uitgedacht en vervaardigd door Eise Eisinga

Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker Van 1772 tot 1780 uitgedacht en vervaardigd door Eise Eisinga

by Jan Hendrik van Swinden, W. (Wopke) Eekhoff

Nuoren ylioppilaan kirjeitä 1850-luvulta

Nuoren ylioppilaan kirjeitä 1850-luvulta

by Julius Krohn

Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1613-15

Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1613-15

by John Lothrop Motley