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Best Free History Books of 2024

Language of Flowers Book Reviews
Kate Greenaway
Charming reproduction of rare volume by famed 19thcentury illustrator includes abundantly illustrated list of over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents tulip = fame; blue v...
Jim Crow and Segregation Book Reviews
Library of Congress
This Library of Congress Student Discovery Set is here to put history into your hands. It brings together historical artifacts and oneofakind documents from the collections of the ...
Sound Military Decision Book Reviews
Naval War College (U.S.)
"The Green Book" is one of the more famous and significant planning manuals issued by the Naval War College to prepare students for command problems.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Book Reviews
Titus Livius
Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. The work covers the time from the stories ...
Fallujah Book Reviews
Donald P. Wright, Ph. D.
Today the Army Press commemorates the second Battle of Fallujah, fought during this week in November 2004. Then, a combined Marine Corps, Army, and Iraqi Army offensive succeeded i...
The Handsomest Man in the Country Book Reviews
Nancy Radke
Mally Buchanan always said she would marry The Handsomest Man in the Country. Almost eighteen, the war over and her family gone, Mally heads west to find her uncle and aunt. They a...
History and Prophecy of the Middle East Book Reviews
Stephen Flurry & Philadelphia Church of God
The next time you read about peace in the Middle East, consider the facts: For over 4,000 years, the Middle East has been fraught with cultural, political and religious violence. M...
A Short History of the Confederate States of America Book Reviews
Jefferson Davis
A Short History of the Confederate States of America is a memoir written by Jefferson Davis, completed shortly before his death in 1889. Davis wrote most of this book while staying...
A History of China Book Reviews
Wolfram Eberhard
A book on the history of China covering the following periods: Prehistoric China, Shang Dynasty, Chou Dynasty, the dissolution of the feudal system, Ch'in Dynasty, Han Dynasty...
The Power of Propaganda Book Reviews
Alex Corry
A look at how propaganda assisted in securing and maintaining NAZI power over the German people, through pervasive infiltration of all aspects of German life. A Year 11 assignment.
The Problem of China Book Reviews
Bertrand Russell
This book is A must read for anyone looking to understand a historical perspective and how Mr. Russell's China compares to today's rising Dragon.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Book Reviews
Charles Rollin
Demetrius Phalereus in the government of that republick. His prudent administration. Eutne nes quits Nora. Various expeditions of Antigonusy Seleucus, Ptolemy, and other generals, ...
VINTAGE IRAN Book Reviews
RKOT
Discover everyday life across Iran in the 1960s and 1970s before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in exclusive vintage photographs.
A History of Germany in the Middle Ages Book Reviews
Ernest F. Henderson
"The fortunes and misfortunes of a Charlemagne and Henry IV., of a Barbarossa, a Henry VI. and an Emperor Frederick II... The rise and fall of the mediæval German Empire is in...
The Radium Girls Book Reviews
Kate Moore
Read the EXCLUSIVE extended excerpt of The Radium Girls … For fans of Hidden Figures , Rise of the Rocket Girls , and The Girls of Atomic City comes the incredible true story of th...
The History of America Book Reviews
History Nerds
The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modernday America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we ca...
Holocaust Memories Book Reviews
Grace Academy's Anne Frank Class
We are the 6th Grade Anne Frank Class at Grace Academy in Hartford, Connecticut. Here at Grace Academy, each class is named after an inspiring women in history. We are proud of the...
Sun Tzu, el arte de la guerra Book Reviews
Secretaría de Cultura
A pesar de haber sido escrito hace 1540 años aproximadamente, hoy en dia la filosofia del Arte de la guerra ha ido más alla de los límites estrictamente militares, aplicandose a lo...
Norse Mythology Book Reviews
Stephan Weaver
Norse Mythology is not only a relic of history but a fascinating record that exhibits humanities unending stream of creativity. This eBook delves into the past and emerges with a l...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Book Reviews
Edward Gibbon
The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has obtained und...
American History in 50 Events Book Reviews
Henry Freeman
American History in 50 Events Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is?  Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture?  Are y...
South Book Reviews
Ernest Shackleton
An Apple Books Classic edition. “Huge blocks of ice, weighing many tons, were lifted into the air and tossed aside as other masses rose beneath them. We were helpless intruders in ...
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Book Reviews
Leonardo da Vinci
A collection of papers written in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci , in his characteristic lefthanded mirrorwriting (reading from right to left), including diagrams, drawings and brief...
The Art of War Book Reviews
Sun Tzu
An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BChundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters ex...
Slavery Book Reviews
K. P. Walker
Slavery has a long and sordid history that will not be related in this short free book, but an overview will be given to provide a brief background for a look at the situation exta...
Ghost Stories and Hauntings Book Reviews
Bud Steed
Ghosts are everywhere it seems. This free book provides nine chapters on various hauntings and ghosts stories written by paranormal investigator and researcher Bud Steed. Stories s...
The Plight of the Working Class Book Reviews
Frederick Engels
Frederick Engels (1820–1895) was twentytwo years old when he left Germany in the autumn of 1842 to settle in England. He came from a wealthy family of cotton manufacturers, which h...
Leviathan Book Reviews
Thomas Hobbes
I have tried to follow as closely as possible the original, and to give the flavour of the text that Hobbes himself proof read, but the following differences were unavoidable. Hobb...
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Book Reviews
Meriwether Lewis
The Lewis and Clark expedition, which lasted from 1803 to 1806, was a U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pac...
Tacitus on Germany Book Reviews
Cornelius Tacitus
The whole of Germany is thus bounded; separated from Gaul, from Rhoetia and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube; from Sarmatia and Dacia by mutual fear, or by high mountains: ...
The United States of America Founding Documents Book Reviews
Eric Muss-Barnes
Containing the complete and unabridged text of the original documents which founded the United States of America. 1776: Declaration of Independence Sent to leaders around the world...
I Wish It Were Fiction Book Reviews
Aaron Starkman
The writer of this memoir, Aaron Starkman, was barely 20 years old when he was driven into the Nazi Hitler hell. He decided to keep a diary, where he made notes of everything that ...
The History of China in 50 Events Book Reviews
Henry Freeman
As one of the oldest civilizations in the world, China has a vast, rich history. In order to assist with the study of Chinese history, this book has been broken down into a series ...
The Greatest Vietnam War Stories EVER Book Reviews
Phillip W. Meyer, Paul P. Meyer & Gloria Grant
Continue where Volume 1 left off as Private Meyer's adventures continue going to Europe, getting married, and then finds out he's off to serve into another war, this time...
155 Life Lessons Book Reviews
Nino A. Kader
Lessons on life that last through the ages... 1000 years ago in northern Persia a King is nearing death. He calls for his son, the heir apparent to the throne, to tell him some wor...
Gettysburg Address Book Reviews
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the bestknown in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the af...
The Color Line Book Reviews
W.E.B. Dubois
With the publication of The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois emerged as a leading black intellectual of the new twentieth century. The book was a collection of fourtee...
Palestine- A Century of Settler Colonialism Book Reviews
Saf Johar
This text is a summary of events that have occurred in Palestine over the last century and aims to provide key context behind the struggles that the Palestinians are facing today. ...
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Book Reviews
Jefferson Davis
This book is written by Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. In this book he wrote straightforward about the history of the Con...
Auschwitz and the Death Camps Book Reviews
Joshua Farrell
This book is all about Adolf HItler and his worst creation, Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a brutal hell hole for Jews, Communists, Homosexuals, Gypsies and Jehovah’s Witnesses. He rose ...
The Metatronic Bible Book Reviews
Church Fathers
This is the combination of the early books of the Bible which are still canon with the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church.
The Temple Book Reviews
Alfred Edersheim
Alfred Edersheim (1825 – 1889) was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar known especially for the books "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" (1883)...
The History of the Peloponnesian War Book Reviews
Thucydides
The history book recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.
The Constitution Book Reviews
Library of Congress
This Library of Congress Student Discovery Set is here to put history into your hands. It brings together historical artifacts and oneofakind documents from the collections of the ...
The History of Britain in 50 Events Book Reviews
Stephan Weaver
This book provides an easy to understand overview of British History in 50 Events. Inside you will learn about… The Foundation of London The Great Viking Invasion The Battle of ...
The Myths of Mexico and Peru Book Reviews
Lewis Spence
The Myths of Mexico and Peru is a fascinating book that explores the rich mythological traditions of these two South American countries. Written by Lewis Spence, an expert on the f...
The Mysteries of Free Masonry Book Reviews
William Morgan
This book represents a great historical artifact of the antimasonic movement of the 19th Century. The book also talks about the process of becoming a Mason is a lifelong journey of...
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II Book Reviews
Charles Wentworth Upham
The first volume of this work contains what seems to me necessary to prepare the reader for the second, in which the incidents and circumstances connected with the witchcraft prose...
The Federalist Book Reviews
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay
The new charter of government agreed upon in Philadelphia in 1787 faced the daunting challenge of approval by conventions in each of the states. Immediately there arose one of the ...
Egyptian Mythology A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals Book Reviews
Matt Clayton
From what we know of history, Egypt, along with Sumer, were the foundations of civilization. The Fertile Crescent, which stretched from the Nile Valley to the twin rivers in Mesopo...
The Glory of African Kings and Queens Book Reviews
Pusch Commey
The Glory of African Kings and Queens is adapted from Volume 1 of 100 Great African Kings and Queens ( First Edition). This amazing journey through the sands of time opens a rich A...

Best Paid History Books of 2024

Language of Flowers Book Reviews
Kate Greenaway
Charming reproduction of rare volume by famed 19thcentury illustrator includes abundantly illustrated list of over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents tulip = fame; blue v...
Jim Crow and Segregation Book Reviews
Library of Congress
This Library of Congress Student Discovery Set is here to put history into your hands. It brings together historical artifacts and oneofakind documents from the collections of the ...
Sound Military Decision Book Reviews
Naval War College (U.S.)
"The Green Book" is one of the more famous and significant planning manuals issued by the Naval War College to prepare students for command problems.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Book Reviews
Titus Livius
Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. The work covers the time from the stories ...
Fallujah Book Reviews
Donald P. Wright, Ph. D.
Today the Army Press commemorates the second Battle of Fallujah, fought during this week in November 2004. Then, a combined Marine Corps, Army, and Iraqi Army offensive succeeded i...
The Handsomest Man in the Country Book Reviews
Nancy Radke
Mally Buchanan always said she would marry The Handsomest Man in the Country. Almost eighteen, the war over and her family gone, Mally heads west to find her uncle and aunt. They a...
History and Prophecy of the Middle East Book Reviews
Stephen Flurry & Philadelphia Church of God
The next time you read about peace in the Middle East, consider the facts: For over 4,000 years, the Middle East has been fraught with cultural, political and religious violence. M...
A Short History of the Confederate States of America Book Reviews
Jefferson Davis
A Short History of the Confederate States of America is a memoir written by Jefferson Davis, completed shortly before his death in 1889. Davis wrote most of this book while staying...
A History of China Book Reviews
Wolfram Eberhard
A book on the history of China covering the following periods: Prehistoric China, Shang Dynasty, Chou Dynasty, the dissolution of the feudal system, Ch'in Dynasty, Han Dynasty...
The Power of Propaganda Book Reviews
Alex Corry
A look at how propaganda assisted in securing and maintaining NAZI power over the German people, through pervasive infiltration of all aspects of German life. A Year 11 assignment.
The Problem of China Book Reviews
Bertrand Russell
This book is A must read for anyone looking to understand a historical perspective and how Mr. Russell's China compares to today's rising Dragon.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Book Reviews
Charles Rollin
Demetrius Phalereus in the government of that republick. His prudent administration. Eutne nes quits Nora. Various expeditions of Antigonusy Seleucus, Ptolemy, and other generals, ...
VINTAGE IRAN Book Reviews
RKOT
Discover everyday life across Iran in the 1960s and 1970s before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in exclusive vintage photographs.
A History of Germany in the Middle Ages Book Reviews
Ernest F. Henderson
"The fortunes and misfortunes of a Charlemagne and Henry IV., of a Barbarossa, a Henry VI. and an Emperor Frederick II... The rise and fall of the mediæval German Empire is in...
The Radium Girls Book Reviews
Kate Moore
Read the EXCLUSIVE extended excerpt of The Radium Girls … For fans of Hidden Figures , Rise of the Rocket Girls , and The Girls of Atomic City comes the incredible true story of th...
The History of America Book Reviews
History Nerds
The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modernday America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we ca...
Holocaust Memories Book Reviews
Grace Academy's Anne Frank Class
We are the 6th Grade Anne Frank Class at Grace Academy in Hartford, Connecticut. Here at Grace Academy, each class is named after an inspiring women in history. We are proud of the...
Sun Tzu, el arte de la guerra Book Reviews
Secretaría de Cultura
A pesar de haber sido escrito hace 1540 años aproximadamente, hoy en dia la filosofia del Arte de la guerra ha ido más alla de los límites estrictamente militares, aplicandose a lo...
Norse Mythology Book Reviews
Stephan Weaver
Norse Mythology is not only a relic of history but a fascinating record that exhibits humanities unending stream of creativity. This eBook delves into the past and emerges with a l...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Book Reviews
Edward Gibbon
The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has obtained und...
American History in 50 Events Book Reviews
Henry Freeman
American History in 50 Events Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is?  Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture?  Are y...
South Book Reviews
Ernest Shackleton
An Apple Books Classic edition. “Huge blocks of ice, weighing many tons, were lifted into the air and tossed aside as other masses rose beneath them. We were helpless intruders in ...
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Book Reviews
Leonardo da Vinci
A collection of papers written in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci , in his characteristic lefthanded mirrorwriting (reading from right to left), including diagrams, drawings and brief...
The Art of War Book Reviews
Sun Tzu
An Apple Books Classic edition. It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BChundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters ex...
Slavery Book Reviews
K. P. Walker
Slavery has a long and sordid history that will not be related in this short free book, but an overview will be given to provide a brief background for a look at the situation exta...
Ghost Stories and Hauntings Book Reviews
Bud Steed
Ghosts are everywhere it seems. This free book provides nine chapters on various hauntings and ghosts stories written by paranormal investigator and researcher Bud Steed. Stories s...
The Plight of the Working Class Book Reviews
Frederick Engels
Frederick Engels (1820–1895) was twentytwo years old when he left Germany in the autumn of 1842 to settle in England. He came from a wealthy family of cotton manufacturers, which h...
Leviathan Book Reviews
Thomas Hobbes
I have tried to follow as closely as possible the original, and to give the flavour of the text that Hobbes himself proof read, but the following differences were unavoidable. Hobb...
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Book Reviews
Meriwether Lewis
The Lewis and Clark expedition, which lasted from 1803 to 1806, was a U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pac...
Tacitus on Germany Book Reviews
Cornelius Tacitus
The whole of Germany is thus bounded; separated from Gaul, from Rhoetia and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine and Danube; from Sarmatia and Dacia by mutual fear, or by high mountains: ...
The United States of America Founding Documents Book Reviews
Eric Muss-Barnes
Containing the complete and unabridged text of the original documents which founded the United States of America. 1776: Declaration of Independence Sent to leaders around the world...
I Wish It Were Fiction Book Reviews
Aaron Starkman
The writer of this memoir, Aaron Starkman, was barely 20 years old when he was driven into the Nazi Hitler hell. He decided to keep a diary, where he made notes of everything that ...
The History of China in 50 Events Book Reviews
Henry Freeman
As one of the oldest civilizations in the world, China has a vast, rich history. In order to assist with the study of Chinese history, this book has been broken down into a series ...
The Greatest Vietnam War Stories EVER Book Reviews
Phillip W. Meyer, Paul P. Meyer & Gloria Grant
Continue where Volume 1 left off as Private Meyer's adventures continue going to Europe, getting married, and then finds out he's off to serve into another war, this time...
155 Life Lessons Book Reviews
Nino A. Kader
Lessons on life that last through the ages... 1000 years ago in northern Persia a King is nearing death. He calls for his son, the heir apparent to the throne, to tell him some wor...
Gettysburg Address Book Reviews
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the bestknown in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the af...
The Color Line Book Reviews
W.E.B. Dubois
With the publication of The Souls of Black Folk in 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois emerged as a leading black intellectual of the new twentieth century. The book was a collection of fourtee...
Palestine- A Century of Settler Colonialism Book Reviews
Saf Johar
This text is a summary of events that have occurred in Palestine over the last century and aims to provide key context behind the struggles that the Palestinians are facing today. ...
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Book Reviews
Jefferson Davis
This book is written by Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. In this book he wrote straightforward about the history of the Con...
Auschwitz and the Death Camps Book Reviews
Joshua Farrell
This book is all about Adolf HItler and his worst creation, Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a brutal hell hole for Jews, Communists, Homosexuals, Gypsies and Jehovah’s Witnesses. He rose ...
The Metatronic Bible Book Reviews
Church Fathers
This is the combination of the early books of the Bible which are still canon with the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church.
The Temple Book Reviews
Alfred Edersheim
Alfred Edersheim (1825 – 1889) was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar known especially for the books "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" (1883)...
The History of the Peloponnesian War Book Reviews
Thucydides
The history book recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.
The Constitution Book Reviews
Library of Congress
This Library of Congress Student Discovery Set is here to put history into your hands. It brings together historical artifacts and oneofakind documents from the collections of the ...
The History of Britain in 50 Events Book Reviews
Stephan Weaver
This book provides an easy to understand overview of British History in 50 Events. Inside you will learn about… The Foundation of London The Great Viking Invasion The Battle of ...
The Myths of Mexico and Peru Book Reviews
Lewis Spence
The Myths of Mexico and Peru is a fascinating book that explores the rich mythological traditions of these two South American countries. Written by Lewis Spence, an expert on the f...
The Mysteries of Free Masonry Book Reviews
William Morgan
This book represents a great historical artifact of the antimasonic movement of the 19th Century. The book also talks about the process of becoming a Mason is a lifelong journey of...
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II Book Reviews
Charles Wentworth Upham
The first volume of this work contains what seems to me necessary to prepare the reader for the second, in which the incidents and circumstances connected with the witchcraft prose...
The Federalist Book Reviews
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay
The new charter of government agreed upon in Philadelphia in 1787 faced the daunting challenge of approval by conventions in each of the states. Immediately there arose one of the ...
Egyptian Mythology A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals Book Reviews
Matt Clayton
From what we know of history, Egypt, along with Sumer, were the foundations of civilization. The Fertile Crescent, which stretched from the Nile Valley to the twin rivers in Mesopo...
The Glory of African Kings and Queens Book Reviews
Pusch Commey
The Glory of African Kings and Queens is adapted from Volume 1 of 100 Great African Kings and Queens ( First Edition). This amazing journey through the sands of time opens a rich A...

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