The Life of General GaribaldiTranslated by Theodore Dwight Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 - 1882) was an Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the...

Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The...

Carrie Amelia Nation (forename sometimes spelled Carry; November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911) was an American woman who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which...

This is a translation of a text from 1861, unreleased outside Spain, written by an alleged eyewitness to the events of the Risorgimento, as they happen. After an introduction on...

Long, Long Ago is a collection of Woollcott’s writings in the style of While Rome Burns. It is a bird’s eye view of the people, the institutions, the facts and fancies...

Is there a best way to learn about success principles than to look into how successful people think and what they  value most in their lifes?We all want to learn the secrets...

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world,...

Henry Austin Dobson (18 January 1840 – 2 September 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist. He was born at Plymouth, the eldest son of George...

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (Schönhausen, April 1, 1815 - Friedrichsruh, July 30, 1898) was a German politician, nicknamed the "Chancellor of...

Stephen Tyrone Colbert originally studied to be a dramatic actor, but the experiences with for Improvisation Theater soon become a bigger interest. Even today, improvisation...