Ce petit livre pourrait aussi bien être intitulé : Introduction à l'histoire de France ; c'est à la France qu'il aboutit. Et le patriotisme n'est pour rien en cela. Dans sa profonde solitude, loin de toute influence d'école, de secte ou de parti, l'auteur arrivait, et par la logique et par ... more »

Jeder kennt Graf von Stauffenberg. Er war der letzte Attentäter zur Beseitigung des Diktators Hitler. Die Geschichte der Attentate begann aber viel früher. Die Namen dieser aufrechten Männer sind vielfach unbekannt oder zu Unrecht in Vergessenheit geraten. Dieses neue eBook aus der Reihe ,,Große Kriminalf ... more »

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand ... more »

Je vais parler de Paris, non de ses édifices, De ses temples, de ses monumens, de ses curiosités, etc assez d'autres ont écrit là-dessus. Je parlerai des moeurs publiques et particulieres, des idées régnantes, de la situation actuelle des esprits, de tout ce qui m'a frappé dans cet amas bizarre de coutumes ... more »

The Messages and Papers of William McKinley. Includes his speeches, memorandums, press conferences, executive orders, and more during his years in office. Indexed for easy navigation This ebooks is included in the Ultimate Handheld US History Library CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT OVER 55,000 WORKS!   ... more »

Here is the story of the heroism, skill, and daring of the young men of World War II who were the pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners flying over Germany in crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s, fighting to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and ... more »

Je vais tracer rapidement l'histoire de la révolution française, qui commence en Europe l'ère des sociétés nouvelles, comme la révolution d'Angleterre a commencé l'ère des gouvernements nouveaux. Cette révolution n'a pas seulement modifié le pouvoir politique, elle a changé toute l'existence intérieure ... more »

The Messages and Papers of James Monroe. Includes his speeches, memorandums, press conferences, executive orders, and more during his years in office. Indexed for easy navigation This ebooks is included in the Ultimate Handheld US History Library CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT OVER 55,000 WORKS!  Simply ... more »

In the American colonies of the 1770s, people were fed up with British laws. Local farmers and tradesmen secretly formed a militia. In 1775, when the British marched into Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Americans were ready. From that first battle to the final showdown at Yorktown, the Americans ... more »

From the jungles of Vietnam to the unforgiving deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, one breed of soldier has achieved legendary status in the arena of combat -- the sniper. Their only mission: wait, watch, and when the target is in sight, put the... Crosshairs on the Kill Zone From the authors of the classic ... more »

Hodding Carter writes, The unsung hero of human history was, of course, the Brain of Drains, the Hub of Tubs, the Power of Showers, the Brewer of Sewers...the humble plumber.... The Irish may have saved civilization, once, but plumbers have done so countless times. When we consider the amenities that ... more »

"I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking." So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle , bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery in scientific history. But the theory ... more »