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Free eBooks for Online Education

Due to the COVID-19 situation, most schools are closed, and teachers are either being forced to either truncate the semester or start teaching online. In ord...

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Free 90-Day Trial of From Sea to Shining Sea

Beginning today, March 30th, Catholic Textbook Project is happy to offer a free 90-day trial of the first of our history textbooks, From Sea to Shining Sea, ...

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Death Comes for an Emperor: April 1, 1922

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a small airplane from Swi...

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Mar 20
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Assassination of a Tsar: March 23, 1801

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was night. All was quiet in the Michailov Palace in St. Petersburg...

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Mar 13
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At Last, Napoleon Gets an Heir: March 20, 1811

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. There was another obstacle to Napoleon’s imperial dream—should he die...

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Mar 9
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The Prussian King Bows to the Dead: March 21, 1848

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In the years following the end of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the...

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Feb 28
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Re-Inauguration of Progressivism: March 4, 1933

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. The election of 1932 was one of the most pivotal in the history of the ...

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Feb 21
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Bismarck Gets Tough and Sparks Catholic Resistance: February 26, 1876

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was perhaps the final insult for Bismarck. In May 1872, he had cho...

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Feb 14
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Rebellion in the California Missions: February 21-22, 1824

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Indian neophytes at the missions could sense the changes brought about ...

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Feb 7
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A "Foul, Corrupt Bargain": February 9, 1825

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Unlike the election of 1820, where Monroe ran basically unopposed, in 1...

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Feb 3
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The Duke's Treachery: February 2-5, 1831

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Francesco IV, the duke of Modena, was unhappy. The realm he ruled was...

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Jan 24
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Triumph of the Führer: January 30, 1933

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Despite its name, the National Socialist Party was anything but socia...

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Jan 23
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The Church's Response to Marxism

Please enjoy the video recording of our webinar from January 23, 2020.

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Jan 17
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The Pope Escapes Napoleon: January 23, 1814

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Napoleon’s victories and his defeat at Leipzig came as distant rumors...

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Jan 10
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Death of the First Romantic: January 12, 1829

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Friedrich von Schlegel was a man his friends greatly admired. Indeed,...

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Jan 3
4 min

Bloody Sunday: January 9, 1905

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Thus, despite the appearances of prosperity and peace, Europe still s...

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Dec 27, 2019
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The Destruction of the California Missions Begins: January 6, 1831

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. When Governor Echeandía ignored Monterey and set up his government at S...

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Dec 19, 2019
3 min

The Baptism of Europe: Christmas Day, 496

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. In 481, Clodevech, the 16-year-old chief of one of the Frankish...

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Dec 13, 2019
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A Socialist Napoleon's Scheme Succeeds: December 20, 1848

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In commenting on France’s June rebellion, the Duke of Wellington muse...

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Dec 6, 2019
6 min

Miracle of an Aztec Queen: December 12, 1531

This text comes from our fifth-grade book, From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of America. Though, by 1531, Cortés and the new Audience were in power, all was...

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Free eBooks for Online Education

Free 90-Day Trial of From Sea to Shining Sea

Death Comes for an Emperor: April 1, 1922

Assassination of a Tsar: March 23, 1801

At Last, Napoleon Gets an Heir: March 20, 1811

The Prussian King Bows to the Dead: March 21, 1848

Re-Inauguration of Progressivism: March 4, 1933

Bismarck Gets Tough and Sparks Catholic Resistance: February 26, 1876

Rebellion in the California Missions: February 21-22, 1824

A "Foul, Corrupt Bargain": February 9, 1825

The Duke's Treachery: February 2-5, 1831

Triumph of the Führer: January 30, 1933

The Church's Response to Marxism

The Pope Escapes Napoleon: January 23, 1814

Death of the First Romantic: January 12, 1829

Bloody Sunday: January 9, 1905

The Destruction of the California Missions Begins: January 6, 1831

The Baptism of Europe: Christmas Day, 496

A Socialist Napoleon's Scheme Succeeds: December 20, 1848

Miracle of an Aztec Queen: December 12, 1531

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