Revolutionary category: 2684 books
Fart Proudly
Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
A mention of flatulence might conjure up images of bratty high school boys or lowbrow comics. But one of the most eloquent—and least expected—commentators on the subject is Benjamin Franklin. The writings in Fart Proudly reveal the rogue who lived peaceably within the philosopher and statesman....
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Complete Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Read about the fascinating life of Benjamin Franklin, prolific philosopher, inventor, and Founding Father of the United States, in this beautifully illustrated version of his autobiography.
American icon Benjamin Franklin is known for many things: he published the famous Poor Richard's Almanack,...
Boston in the American Revolution
A Town Versus an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Discover the people and places of colonial Boston during the tumultuous years of rebellion—illustrations included.
In 1764, a small town in the British colony of Massachusetts ignited a bold rebellion. When Great Britain levied the Sugar Act on its American colonies, Parliament was not prepared...
by Sid Moody
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
This is the 5th episode of 1776: The World Turned Upside Down, a 12-episode serial by Serial Box in partnership with The Associated Press.
They were farmers and accountants, high-school dropouts and part-time soldiers, successful merchants and failed corset makers. Yet together they stood together...
by John Quincy Adams
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
For the 250th anniversary of John Quincy Adams's birth, a landmark new selected edition of an American masterpiece: the incomparable self-portrait of a man and his times from the Revolution to the coming of the Civil War.
The diary of John Quincy Adams is one of the most extraordinary works...
by Javier Olivera Ravasi
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Solapa de tapa
El P. Dr. Javier Olivera Ravasi, nació en San Juan, Argentina, el 12 de Septiembre de 1977. Egresó (1994) del Colegio La Salle de Florida (Bs.As.) y se graduó como abogado en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).
En el año 2002 ingresó al...
The World That Never Was
A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists, and Secret Agents
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A thrilling history of the rise of anarchism, told through the stories of a number of prominent revolutionaries and the agents of the secret police who pursued them.
In the late nineteenth century, nations the world over were mired in economic recession and beset by social unrest, their leaders...
The Great 20th-Century Event that Changed the World:Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the Russian Revolution of November 7-8, 1917.
SHORT STORY # 28. Nonfiction series #1 -- # 60.
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
The greatest event of the 20th century was the Russian revolution of November 6-7, 1917.
The architect of the Russian Revolution was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, he changed the world into 2
systems: capitalism and socialism.
Lenin’s socialism and the Russian Revolution’s many decrees...
Fatal Sunday
George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington. Without...
by Donald T. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2006
The early days of 1781 cast a cold shadow over the downtrodden American Continental army. Mutiny the recent disastroud losses in South Carolina at Camden and Charleston and Benedict Arnold's betrayal called General George Washington's leadership into question. Faced with the possibility of...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
On February 11, 1780, a British army led by General Sir Henry Clinton came ashore on Johns Island, South Carolina. By the end of March, the British had laid siege to Charleston, the most important city south of Philadelphia. By the middle of May, they had taken the city and the American army defending...
The Philadelphia Campaign
Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
This is the first in a monumental two-volume set on the pivotal 1777 campaign of the American Revolution.
• An in-depth examination of the military engagements that resulted in the British capture of Philadelphia.
• The compelling account of the fight for the Continental capital, based on surviving...
The Philadelphia Campaign
Germantown and the Roads to Valley Forge
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2007
Based on soldiers' and civilians' vivid accounts--many uncovered for the first time from private collections--the story of the compelling fight for independence reaches its most desperate moments. This second in a two-volume set follows the saga from Cornwallis's triumphal march of his British and...
by Richard Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
During the American Revolution the colonial troops endured bitter winter weather with inadequte military provisions, wore tattered clothing and suffered from a scarcity of food. There spirit ws severely challengedThe driving force to overcome those challenges was their belief in General George Washington....