At the American Rhetoric website visitors can find access to over 5000 speeches throughout American history, top 100 speeches, speeches on rhetorical literacy, speeches relating to 9-11, and others. Also available are links to many mp3s and videos of famous speeches, a rhetoric quiz, exercises, and other resources for those studying rhetoric.
At this site from the BBC, visitors will find information about a wide array of historical sujects. Topics that are covered include ancient history, British history, historic figues, world wars, and more.
"On our website you'll find more than 36,000 quotations from over 6,000 famous people, such as Benjamin Disraeli, Oscar Wilde, Marilyn Monroe, and others."
"Since planning began in 1985, the Perseus Digital Library Project has explored what happens when libraries move online. Two decades later, as new forms of publication emerge and millions of books become digital, this question is more pressing than ever. Perseus is a practical experiment in which we explore possibilities and challenges of digital collections in a networked world. For the mission of Perseus and its current research, see here. Perseus maintains a web site that showcases collections and services developed as a part of our research efforts over the years.
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"Queen Victoria's Journals is the product of a unique partnership between ProQuest, the Royal Archives and the Bodleian Libraries. It reproduces as high-resolution, colour images every page of the surviving volumes of Queen Victoria's journals, from her first diary entry in 1832 to shortly before her death in 1901, along with separate photographs of the many illustrations and inserts within the pages."
Small Demons is a comprehensive interactive database that hightlights many of the details from hundreds of stories. At Small Demons you'll be able to browse the real life people, places, and things referenced in your favorite books.
