Dieses Werk ist das Ergebnis einer mehr als zehnjährigen Sammeltätigkeit. Jedes band bietet ungefähr 50 Sagen, die in Orts- und geschichtliche Sagen aufgeteilt werden. Ein Klassiker der deutschen Literatur, der auf über 600 Seiten (die 6 Bände insgesamt) den Leserinnen und Lesern die Möglichkeit bietet ... more »

These speeches touch the pulse of a nation like no other documents in history. Compiled herein are the stepping stones of Liberty as delivered by each President of the United States of America. In this volume: Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding. more »

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In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. The narrative begins nearly two million years ago with the invention of hand-axes and explores how some of ... more »

On December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo--and not a trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew. What happened on board the ghost ship Mary Celeste ... more »

History of the American Nation by William J. Jackman - 9 Volumes This ebooks is included in the Ultimate Handheld US History Library CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT OVER 55,000 WORKS!  Simply the largest ebook library of American history ever published for your handheld device. For less than $0 ... more »

On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis Straits in the most important naval battle of the ancient world. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by the enemy, the Greeks triumphed through a combination of strategy and deception. More than two millennia ... more »

The great general and conqueror of Europe, Napoleon may not have written any books, but he was a prolific writer. A century and a half after his death, Napoleon remains the greatest military genius of the modern world yet unlike Machiavelli or Sun Tzu, his name has not crowned any single literary work ... more »

In an all-too-familiar situation, African Americans ( Afro-Americans or Negroes at the time of this writing) were falsely accused of crimes resulting in their death, this time by lynching. As you read this e-book, perhaps you will gain a deeper understanding of the struggle that African-American have ... more »

From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of the mysterious world of the geisha. Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional ... more »

The world remembers Edison, Ford, and the Wright Brothers. But what about Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, an innovation that did as much as any other to shape the twentieth century? That question lies at the heart of The Boy Genius and the Mogul , Daniel Stashower's captivating chronicle ... more »

The war in the skies above Vietnam still stands as the longest our nation has ever fought. For fourteen years American pilots dropped bombs on the Southeast Asian countryside -- eventually more than eight million tons of them. In doing so, they lost over 8,588 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. They ... more »