The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
A collection of poems and ballads by Duncan Campbell Scott.
The political effects of the last war were evident in a reduced Liberal party under Laurier, the emergence of a union government threatening to dissolve immediately the war was ended, and governments, dominated by farmers in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba. The Liberal party was weakened by the split which occurred with Union government, and the Conservative party was compelled to meet the attacks of malcontents on all sides.—opening paragraph
Recounts the story of Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of King Charles I and brilliant soldier of the English Civil War, called the “Devil Prince,” and who fell victim to an impossible love.
Written in 1943, this contemporary history of Yugoslavia includes as background an historical review of the unhappy nationalistic groups which composed the state. It is a record of incredible disaster, of political chicanery and poltroonery, of collaboration, liquidation, starvation, persecution, mass murder, war and civil war, as well as a story of rebellion by Tito and his Partisans against shrewd and ruthless Fascist tyranny.
A simple-minded young man and his pet raven are swept up in the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780.
The Massacre of Glencoe took place in Glen Coe in the Argyll region of the Scottish Highlands on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government forces, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William II/III and his wife Mary II. —Wikipedia
This enchanting adventure tells the story of Donald, a boy spending his summer holidays in the Canadian countryside. John Buchan knew that some Indians were said to have the power of projecting happenings of long ago onto a piece of calm water. In this tale he chooses Negog, the Native American Indian, as Donald’s companion and guide. Negog conjures up a strange mist from a magic fire and brings to life visions from the past. Through these boyish adventures peopled with Vikings, gold prospectors, Indians and Eskimos, Donald learns more about history than school has taught him.—Goodreads
Six essays written in 1916 on women in Canada: Women’s Organisations; The Business Woman; The College Woman; The Country Woman; The Woman at Home; and Women and the War.
The bride is a carefree, popular sixteen-year-old; the groom is a high school football star. Their hasty, necessary marriage horrifies everyone—July and Bo Jo, most of all. Uncertain of their love, cut off from friends, their lives seem ruined. Then, just as happiness at last seems possible, they suffer a shattering tragedy—a tragedy that becomes the final test of their marriage.—Back Cover
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