The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Practical Advice for Living in the Real World

John Hawkins’s book 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know is filled with lessons that newly minted adults need in order to…

A General History of the Science and Practice of Music in Five Volimes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1776. Hansebooks is editor of the literature…

From the eruption of Pompeii in 79 CE to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011, this dramatic collection recounts the story of history’s most incredible natural and human-made disasters…

Sir John Hawkins was a naval commander and privateer during the Elizabethan era in the 16th century, who explored swathes of the New World amid danger and treachery.

This is a facsimile of the original 1776 edition, not the Victorian reprint. This is volume 2 of 5. See other ISBN entries for the other 4 volumes.