Eugene: 1115 books
The Fall of the Ottomans
The Great War in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
The thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East
An Economist Best Book of the Year
By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. In The...
Stickball and Egg Creams
A Bronx Boy's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Although the streets of the Bronx in New York were not paved with gold, the 1940s and 1950s were the golden years for author Eugene Racond. In this personal memoir, he shares his experiences and what it was like growing up in that era in this special borough.
Now in his mid-seventies, Racond...
by Alden Eugene Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The remote and insular culture of Newfoundland, an island off the coast of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean, is the centerpiece of this classic novel from Alden Eugene Bartlett. It focuses specifically on the daily lives of the hard-working fishermen of the island and the unique community they formed.
The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle
A Journey into Madness & Mayhem
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
In the spring of 1905, members of an exclusive club of crime enthusiasts known as Our Society were taken on a guided excursion through Whitechapel, one of London’s most notorious districts, by Dr. Frederick Gordon Brown, the chief police surgeon for the City of London. But this was no ordinary sightseeing...
by Eugene Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
In power for forty-four years and counting, Fidel Castro has done everything possible to define Cuba to the world and to itself -- yet not even he has been able to control the thoughts and dreams of his people. Those thoughts and dreams are the basis for what may become a post-Castro Cuba. To more...
by Eugene Fitch Ware
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2019
Eugene F. Ware, a soldier of Iowa, a lawyer and public man of Kansas, and an author of both that state and Missouri.
His parents moved to Burlington, Iowas, in his childhood and he was educated in the public schools of that place. As a Lt. and Captain he served as aide de-camp to Generals Grenville...
Fatal Self-Deception
Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this...
Cold War Monks
Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The groundbreaking account of U.S. clandestine efforts to use Southeast Asian Buddhism to advance Washington’s anticommunist goals during the Cold War
How did the U.S. government make use of a “Buddhist policy” in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that...
The Greatest Thanksgiving Tales
How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen, The Master of the Harvest, Three Thanksgivings, Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West, A Wolfville Thanksgiving...
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This Thanksgiving give yourself a nice gift! Presenting the Thanksgiving tales from the acclaimed authors to help you soak into the spirit of this wonderful festival: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry) The Purple Dress (O. Henry) An English...
by Eugene G. Stackhouse, Germantown Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
When the first shots of the Civil War were fired, nearly one-third of Germantown's sons and daughters answered the call to duty. Generals and soldiers, doctors and nurses all fought to preserve the Union. Many were lost, but some returned home to carry on the memory of their fallen comrades through the...
by Theodore Child, Eugene Melchior, Vicomte de Vogue
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Several short studies of Russia during the 1890's. The Social Fabric of Russia describes life at the Court of St Petersberg as well as life in the country. The Palaces of Petersberg explores the art and Architecture of the Capital. Art at the Kremlin exhibits the art and architecture of the Palace...
by Eugene Weiser
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Entire libraries could be written on the Pennsylvania Railroad ranging from its history to the different businesses it owned, far too much to cover here which is a mere brief history of the railroad. The Pennsy was an institution to the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania. For over 100...
The Sweetness of Life
Southern Planters at Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930–2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their families...
A History of Presque Isle
As Told Through Conversation with the Park’S Legendary Hermit, Joe Root
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Presque Isle State Park, a peninsula extending seven miles into Lake Erie, attracts four million visitors each year. Since the late 1800s, the park has been an ecological and recreational paradise where visitors can enjoy solitude, reflection, and the wonders of nature. At times strong storms are...