History — Other is the shelf for the works that resist easy categorization: county histories, antiquarian surveys, genealogical studies, histories of trades and crafts, and the miscellaneous record of how human communities have understood their own pasts. These are the books that serious collectors and researchers prize precisely because they fall outside the mainstream — and all are available as free EPUB downloads.
You’ll find histories of specific towns and regions, chronicles of particular institutions, surveys of folk customs, and the odd but indispensable reference works that Victorian scholarship produced in abundance. The shelf rewards browsing and lateral thinking, offering unexpected connections between subjects that more conventional categories keep apart.
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African / Written By HimselfOlaudah Equiano
- The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) / Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- Rizal's own story of his lifeJosé Rizal
- Celebrated Crimes (Complete)Alexandre Dumas
- Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, CompleteLyndon Orr
- In the forbidden landArnold Henry Savage Landor
- 灵历集光Shangjie Song
- The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) / or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols.Mrs. Jameson
- Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents. Band 2.Alexander von Humboldt
- A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography / Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
- The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)Emperor of Hindustan Babur
- Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine PatriotAustin Craig
- Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. BiographicalWilliam H. Atherton
- Lord Milner's Work in South Africa / From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902W. Basil Worsfold
- The Canadian Portrait Gallery – Volume 3 (of 4)John Charles Dent
- Anzeiger für Kunde der deutschen Vorzeit (Jg. 26, 1879) / Neue FolgeVarious
- Cornish Characters and Strange EventsS. Baring-Gould
- The loyalists of America and their timesEgerton Ryerson
- The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of PiracySir Henry Keppel
- Principles of Political Economy, Vol. 1Wilhelm Roscher
- Nederlandsche VolkskundeJos. Schrijnen
- The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636 / Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
- The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2R. V. Russell
- Historia de la literatura y del arte dramático en España, tomo IIAdolf Friedrich von Schack
- Southern ArabiaJ. Theodore Bent
- Acadia / or, A Month with the Blue NosesFrederic S. Cozzens
- The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765J. E. Heeres
- The Story of the HeavensRobert S. Ball
- A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, ArchitectureClara Erskine Clement Waters
- Christmas: Its Origin and Associations / Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen CenturiesW. F. Dawson
- The History of Tasmania , Volume IIJohn West
- The Care of BooksJohn Willis Clark
- Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy / A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.Anonymous
- Folklore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme
- The Philippine Islands / A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish RuleF.R.G.S. John Foreman
- Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African SlaverTheodore Canot
- Mexico and Its Religion / With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places VisitedRobert Anderson Wilson
- India and the IndiansEdward Fenton Elwin
- Abrégé de l'Histoire Générale des Voyages (Tome 2)Jean-François de La Harpe
- The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 / 1637-38 / Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
- An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of EnglandEdward Potts Cheyney
- An Explorer's Adventures in TibetArnold Henry Savage Landor
- The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) / A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IVCharles Greville
- History of circumcision from the earliest times to the presentP. C. Remondino
- The Tapestry BookHelen Churchill Candee
- Old Mackinaw; Or, The Fortress of the Lakes and its SurroundingsW. P. Strickland
- An African AdventureIsaac Frederick Marcosson
- Belgium: From the Roman Invasion to the Present DayEmile Cammaerts
- Three Thousand Years of Mental HealingGeorge Barton Cutten
- Chats on Household CuriosFred. W. Burgess
- Portugal e Brazil: emigração e colonisaçãoD. A. Gomes Pércheiro
- Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their TimesElbridge S. Brooks
- The Red True Story Book
- Archæological Essays, Vol. 1James Young Simpson
- Historical EssaysJames Ford Rhodes
- Progress and History
- The Story of RussiaR. Van Bergen
- The Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams
- India: What can it teach us? / A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of CambridgeF. Max Müller
- The New NationFrederic L. Paxson
- India's Problem, Krishna or ChristJohn P. Jones
- History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890Alexander Sutherland
- The True Story Book
- Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 / A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
- South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 8) / From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899Louis Creswicke
- Two Years with the Natives in the Western PacificFelix Speiser
- The Hindu-Arabic NumeralsDavid Eugene Smith
- Wilmot and TilleyJames Hannay
- Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World. / To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and disguise of dress.Anonymous
- Il Comento alla Divina Commedia, e gli altri scritti intorno a Dante, vol. 1Giovanni Boccaccio
- Evolution in Modern Thought
- UsuryCalvin Elliott
- Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea / Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasureCharles H. L. Johnston
- With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and BackEdward P. Lowry
- Myths and Marvels of AstronomyRichard A. Proctor
- A Book About LawyersJohn Cordy Jeaffreson
- La transformación de las razas en AméricaAgustín Alvarez
- On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryThomas Carlyle
- The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886Various
- A Complete Guide to HeraldryArthur Charles Fox-Davies
- The Indian QuestionFrancis Amasa Walker
- Modern PersiaMooshie G. Daniel
- The Story of a Dark Plot; Or, Tyranny on the FrontierA.L.O.C.
- The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1Henry Baerlein
- The War in South Africa, Its Cause and ConductArthur Conan Doyle
- Policing the plainsR. G. MacBeth
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsCharles Mackay
- All about coffeeWilliam H. Ukers
- 中國小說史略Xun Lu
- The Life of Gordon, Volume IIDemetrius Charles Boulger
- The decline of the West, Volume 1Oswald Spengler
- NationalismusRabindranath Tagore
- The symbolism of FreemasonryAlbert Gallatin Mackey
- Japanese Girls and Women / Revised and Enlarged EditionAlice Mabel Bacon
- Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, August 1847Various
- Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring PartyMartin Robison Delany
- A Boswell of Baghdad; With DiversionsE. V. Lucas
- A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2)Johann Beckmann
- Farthest North, Vol. II / Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896Fridtjof Nansen
- L'isthme de Panama / Examen historique et géographique des différentes directions suivant lesquelles on pourrait le percer et des moyens à y employer; suivi d'un aperçu sur l'isthme de Suez.Michel Chevalier