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mrmikel · 09-19-2008, 07:42 AM

You might cruise around the Canadian Dept. of National Defense Military Heritage website:
http://www.cmhg.forces.gc.ca/cmh/en/default.asp
It has a lot of history and if you are located in the US, it is very interesting the see the Canadian perspective to the same events happening in the US. In the beginning they are intertwined. The Canadian site has a different perspective in showing how much in early Canadian History and early US history both Canada and the US were merely pawns of the powers in Europe.
Also see:
http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/collecti...me_e.asp?cat=7
with many pdfs on Canadian history, peacemaking, etc.

NASA also has a number of publications online as well at:
http://history.nasa.gov/series95.html

Many are downloadable PDF. I made a reader book out of the series on the Apollo program.

The New Zealand Etext Center
http://www.nzetc.org/
has many publications online including ones which would normally be in copyright. I would have posted them except the terms of use don't allow any but personal use. Again a different perspective especially during WWII.

The Royal Air Force (UK) also has a series of short pdfs with RAF history at:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/shorth...alairforce.cfm

The US Library of Congress has Country Studies for about 100 countries overseas including history at:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
These are extremely detailed, and are written well.

You might also check out this web site if you are in the US:
http://www.overdrive.com/products/dlr/
This company provides audio book and video download service to libraries across the US. You have to be a patron of a library that uses the service to access it. Their collections include current fiction and non-fiction as well as history and autobiography. This site lists participating libraries. Other libraries in the US use other services which you can find by logging onto your local library's website. Even the Narnia series which is very much in copyright is downloadable for short term use through this service.

And finally check out archive.org for the old time radio listings. Archive has many books, too many of which are still in copyright, but in the US at least, the old time radio mp3s are by and large not in copyright. Included are news broadcasts during World War 2 as well as ordinary programs which can give some of the flavor of what it was like to live then as many people who lived then are now very old and have passed on.
Also available are dramatic presentations on the Lux Radio Theater and others.

09-19-2008, 07:42 AM	#8
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Another thought or two You might cruise around the Canadian Dept. of National Defense Military Heritage website: http://www.cmhg.forces.gc.ca/cmh/en/default.asp It has a lot of history and if you are located in the US, it is very interesting the see the Canadian perspective to the same events happening in the US. In the beginning they are intertwined. The Canadian site has a different perspective in showing how much in early Canadian History and early US history both Canada and the US were merely pawns of the powers in Europe. Also see: http://www.forces.gc.ca/dhh/collecti...me_e.asp?cat=7 with many pdfs on Canadian history, peacemaking, etc. NASA also has a number of publications online as well at: http://history.nasa.gov/series95.html Many are downloadable PDF. I made a reader book out of the series on the Apollo program. The New Zealand Etext Center http://www.nzetc.org/ has many publications online including ones which would normally be in copyright. I would have posted them except the terms of use don't allow any but personal use. Again a different perspective especially during WWII. The Royal Air Force (UK) also has a series of short pdfs with RAF history at: http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/shorth...alairforce.cfm The US Library of Congress has Country Studies for about 100 countries overseas including history at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html These are extremely detailed, and are written well. You might also check out this web site if you are in the US: http://www.overdrive.com/products/dlr/ This company provides audio book and video download service to libraries across the US. You have to be a patron of a library that uses the service to access it. Their collections include current fiction and non-fiction as well as history and autobiography. This site lists participating libraries. Other libraries in the US use other services which you can find by logging onto your local library's website. Even the Narnia series which is very much in copyright is downloadable for short term use through this service. And finally check out archive.org for the old time radio listings. Archive has many books, too many of which are still in copyright, but in the US at least, the old time radio mp3s are by and large not in copyright. Included are news broadcasts during World War 2 as well as ordinary programs which can give some of the flavor of what it was like to live then as many people who lived then are now very old and have passed on. Also available are dramatic presentations on the Lux Radio Theater and others.