Edward: 7422 books
Reforging the White Republic
Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865--1898
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But why, after the sacrifice made by thousands of Civil War patriots to arrive at this juncture, did the moment slip away, leaving many whites throughout...
The Greatest Thanksgiving Tales
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen, The Master of the Harvest, Three Thanksgivings, Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West, A Wolfville Thanksgiving...
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This Thanksgiving give yourself a nice gift! Presenting the Thanksgiving tales from the acclaimed authors to help you soak into the spirit of this wonderful festival: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) An English...
by Edward Spencer Beesly
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
I HAVE to deal, under strict limitations of space, with a long life, almost the whole of its adult period passed in the exercise of sovereignty—a life which is in effect the history of England during forty-five years, abounding at the same time in personal interest, and the subject, both in its...
by Edward Tayler
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2000
This collection of writings by English Renaissance poets and essayists includes poems and essays by Ben Jonson, George Chapman and Samuel Daniel. Excerpts from Francis Bacon, John Milton, William Drummond, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Abraham Cowley.
The book also surveys the origins, range...
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged)
Abridged Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the...
Firestorm
How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
In the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast.” It seemed to be alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it's not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live...
by Edward P. Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Until April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth was one of the most famous actors of his time. And while it would be a performance at a theater that would make him notorious afterward, he wasnt acting. That night, of course, Booth became one of historys most infamous assassins when he who assassinated President...
by Edward Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Of the many famous, courageous leaders of the Napoleonic Wars, and on sea beyond that era, few stand as high in estimation as Horatio Nelson, lauded by his countrymen, respected by his enemies, and despite his lack of understanding of warfare on the waves by the Emperor Napoleon himself. His tale...
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Golden Deer Classics, Washington Irving
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Contents: 1. The Scarlet Letter and "Rappaccini's Daughter", by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Washington Irving 3. "Eleonora", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe 4. "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts...
Joshua Chamberlain
The Solider And The Man
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Joshua Chamberlain became the "hero of Gettysburg" when he and his regiment, the 20th Maine, bravely held Little Round Top against a determined Rebel assault. Chamberlain's reputation as a celebrated soldier continued to grow in the decades that followed the war. Yet, Joshua Chamberlain,...
by Edward James
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered 'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us...
'Injuns!'
Native Americans in the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
The indispensable sage, fierce enemy, silent sidekick: the role of Native Americans in film has been largely confined to identities defined by the “white” perspective. Many studies have analyzed these simplistic stereotypes of Native American cultures in film, but few have looked beyond the Hollywood...
by Edward Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Diem’s alliance with Washington has long been seen as a Cold War relationship gone bad, undone by either American arrogance or Diem’s stubbornness. Edward Miller argues that this misalliance was more than just a joint effort to contain communism. It was also a means for each side to shrewdly pursue its plans for nation building in South Vietnam.
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire
From the First Century CE to the Third
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale...