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Journey into the heart of the Civil War with Union officer Benjamin F Hasson as he recounts his daring escape from captivity in the Confederacy. Captured and set to be transported to the notorious Andersonville prison, Hasson’s resourcefulness led...
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The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, "The Transformation") is a novella by Franz Kafka. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a giant "monstrous vermin".
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted man. His memoirs tell in detail his experiences during that time...the bitter cold, hunger, loss of life, long...
A collection of three translated diaries written during the latter part of the Heian Period (11th century A.D.). The original authors, Sugawara no Takasue no musume, Murasaki Shikibu, and Izumi Shikibu, were all women of the Japanese court; the latter two known also for their novels and poetry, respectively.
