Discover the remarkable life of Louisa May Alcott… Louisa May Alcott was everything a woman in the nineteenth century shouldn’t be—uninterested in marriage, financially independent, and a tomboy. Even as a young child, Louisa May was exposed to the leading radical minds of her time, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, both […]
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Discover the remarkable history of the Inca Empire… In the space of less than one hundred years, the Inca people expanded from being a small kingdom in the highlands of Peru to becoming one of the largest and most powerful empires in the Americas. At the height of its power, the Inca Empire stretched for
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Discover the remarkable history of the Mahdist War… The Mahdist War took place at the end of the nineteenth century between Sudanese rebels and their Egyptian colonizers. A religious leader claiming to be the Islamic Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, raised an army and led a movement to guide not only Sudanese Muslims, but Muslims worldwide. He
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Discover the remarkable history of the Spanish Flu… The 1918 outbreak of the H1N1 strain of influenza, popularly known as the Spanish flu, killed more people worldwide than World War I, which ended the same year. It infected nearly one-third of the world’s population and killed ten percent of those it struck. In its wake,
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Discover the remarkable life of Thomas Aquinas… Thomas Aquinas is known as a great theologian, and his treatises and theories are studied by clergy all over the world. He is celebrated for his words of wisdom as well as the alleged miracles that he performed while he was still alive. Yet as large as his
Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning we get a commission if you purchase through our links at no extra cost to you. This helps us provide you with free eBooks. Read the full disclosure here. After the shock and devastation of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Americans were
