Wikipedia Tour: The Grand Tour
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Explore history, literature, and art with our Grand Wikipedia Tour. It's your personal journey towards cultural enlightenment--five minutes at a time.
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Be inspired by the history and art behind some of women’s most cherished fashion accessories. A little bit of fashion heaven, one shoe, bag, or tiara at a time.
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Few women, indeed few people, have had a greater hand in shaping their culture than the 18th century aristocrat Germaine de Staël. And few have done so in more spectacular fashion. For twenty years t ...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1
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Over the course of one pivotal year in history, the colossal Roman Empire crumbled into ruin. Or so the story goes. But the fall of Rome in 480 A.D. may not have occurred in the single dramatic moment ...
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One of the most important set of documents at the heart of our nation's birth, The Federalist Papers were first published in early American newspapers between 1787 and 1788. Here the thoughts and hope ...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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From his family origins and youth to his professional and intellectual life as a printer, publisher, diplomat, and brilliant inventor, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is an astounding work that chal ...
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Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln
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From his humble beginnings in a log cabin to his brave leadership and tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln rose to legendary status in American history. With a weary nation in the midst of turmoil an ...
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Wikipedia Tour: Greek Mythology
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Take a tour of Mount Olympus with the Wikipedia Tour of Greek Mythology. The stories, legends, and gods from Ancient Greece will come alive as you read about them. Learn about Aphrodite and Zeus, Tart ...
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Wikipedia Tour: Wonders of the World
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The seven ancient wonders meet medieval, modern, and natural marvels for this incredible tour of some of the world’s most amazing sights. Although many of the original ancient wonders have disappear ...
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Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant
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Civil War hero and former President Ulysses S. Grant penned this autobiography in 1885, at the end of his life. In his Memoirs, he describes various life events, but devotes the most attention to his ...
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Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History
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For many years invisible to the eyes of historians, the experience of women through the ages comes to life in Famous Women Throughout History. The daring and sometimes controversial women included in ...
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Before he became one of America's best-loved authors, Mark Twain lived out his own adventures as a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. The waterway that would run through the heart of some of ...
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VOLUME I. BOOK 1.I. DEATH OF LOUIS XV. CHAPTER 1.1.I. LOUIS THE WELL-BELOVED. President Henault, remarking on royal Surnames of Honour how difficult it often is to ascertain not only why, but even whe ...
Wikipedia Tour: World Capitals
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Journey to a different international capital city each day without ever leaving your seat with the World Capitals tour. From Nairobi to Caracas, Vienna to Kuala Lumpur, you’ll learn about fifty sel ...
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Wikipedia Tour: The Presidents of the United States
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Here we have the lives of the distinguished men who have led the United States from its beginning to today. An inspiring compilation of Wikipedia's articles about the people who have held the nation's ...
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
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[December, 1904.] Is my son in wishes . . . . . . . . . The relationship, between reader and writer, of son and father, may have existed in Queen Elizabeth's time, but is much too close to be tru ...
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The World War And What Was Behind It
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[Illustration: The Peace Palace at the Hague] The call from Europe.--Friend against friend.--Why?--Death and devastation.--No private quarrel.--Ordered by government.--What makes government?--The infl ...
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From the chaotic and bloody front lines of battle to a prisoner of war camp, from the rank and file of the Prussian army to the leadership of a military academy, Carl von Clasewitz experienced the man ...
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