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The Golden Woman: A Story of the Montana Hills
Ridgwell Cullum
A cursed orphan flees to the Montana hills, only to find that the tragedy following her might be built on human greed rather than fate.
The greedy book
Frank Schloesser
A celebration of the table that turns dining into an art, this collection of essays explores the history, literature, and eccentricities of human appetite.
The Harbours of England
John Ruskin
A humble wooden boat resting in the sand holds all the miracle of human navigation, a simple form carved by necessity to weather the ocean's expanse.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing
Quiet lives collide with poverty, pride, and compromised dreams in a collection that reveals how the minor struggles of ordinary people shape their entire existence.
The Icknield Way
Edward Thomas
A weary traveller traces the spine of England's oldest road, measuring every footstep against centuries of buried history and the indifferent beauty of the changing countryside.
The Jingle Book
Carolyn Wells
A whimsical world of absurdity, clever rhymes, and playful mischief unfolds through a vibrant collection of rhythmic nursery verse and lighthearted storytelling.
The King of the Mountains
Edmond About
A young German botanist is captured by a ruthless Greek bandit who runs his ransom ring like a joint-stock company.
The Later Renaissance
David Hannay
A shared intellectual impulse swept across Europe in the late sixteenth century, transforming national traditions through a collective wrestling with classical models and native genius.
The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby"
William Bemrose
A dedicated account of a brilliant artist whose masterly handling of light and shadow earned him a lasting place in the story of British painting.
The Mysterious Basket
Anonymous
A stolen infant finds a home in an old violincello, setting off a winding tale of swapped identity, musical passion, and unexpected reunion.
The Navy of the American Revolution
Charles Oscar Paullin
Behind the daring sea battles of the American Revolution lay a chaotic, improvised bureaucratic machine struggling to build, equip, and direct a navy from scratch.
The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain: Nineteenth Century Europe
J. A. (John Adam) Cramb
An ambitious historical argument presents British imperialism not as a mere grab for territory, but as a spiritual destiny rooted in freedom and individual conscience.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 2
R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
A satirical correspondent sends absurd dispatches from the front lines and Washington, sending up military bungling, press censorship, political hypocrisy, and literary melodrama.
The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge
Charles Kingsley
A youthfully energetic, boyish race of Germanic tribesmen collides with the decay of an exhausted Roman empire, transforming a continent through brute force, moral vigor, and spiritual discipline.
The Story of General Gordon
Jean Lang
A life measured not by titles or self-preservation, but by total devotion to duty, single-minded faith, and absolute fearlessness in the face of impossible odds.
The tale of Buster Bumblebee
Arthur Scott Bailey
A lazy, handsome drone navigates the gentle perils and absurd misunderstandings of meadow life, blissfully unaware of his own comic uselessness.
The Valuation of Public Service Corporation Property: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Henry Earle Riggs
An authoritative early twentieth-century survey of public service valuation, framing infrastructure assessment as a crucial balance between corporate solvency and public accountability.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
James Rodway
Centuries of conquest, piracy, and human exploitation transform the Caribbean basin from a quiet archipelago into the bloody crossroads of global empire.
The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted
Katharine Ellis Barrett
A summer of ambition turns into a year of deepening ties as four young women navigate small-town projects, international travel, and the shared joys of early adulthood.
The Wishing Well
Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
High school sleuth Penny Parker stumbles into a web of small-town deceit when an abandoned historic estate suddenly regains its mysterious, impoverished owner.
The world's navies in the Boxer rebellion (China 1900)
Charles Cabry Dix
A firsthand account of the Boxer Rebellion, offering a detailed look at the international naval forces that intervened in China during this tumultuous period.
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Truth [Vérité]
Émile Zola
A child is found murdered in a small French village, and the suspicion cast upon a Jewish schoolmaster tears the town apart, exposing the dark machinery of bigotry, institutional corruption, and the long struggle for the soul of a secular nation.
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six
Juliet Corson
Practical frugality meets culinary discipline in this classic guide, which proves that nutritious, flavorful meals can be served on the thinnest of household budgets.
Uncle Sam, Detective
William Atherton DuPuy
A sleek, early-twentieth-century federal agent matching wits with clever swindlers, gun-toting moonshiners, and global smugglers reveals the unglamorous, methodical reality of true American criminal investigation.
Under the Redwoods
Bret Harte
Rough-hewn mining camps, coastal solitudes, and urban shadows frame a striking gallery of California originals, where sudden shifts of fate constantly test the limits of human resilience, affection, and pride.
Vandover and the Brute
Frank Norris
A young artist's soul slowly dissolves as he trades his talent and moral compass for the fleeting pleasures of San Francisco’s gilded nightlife.
Wanted: A Husband. A Novel
Samuel Hopkins Adams
A plain, forgotten woman uses sheer grit, a fictional British fiancé, and a physical makeover to transform her life, finding unexpected love in the process.
Washington Irving
Charles Dudley Warner
A boy touched on the head by his presidential namesake grows into the first American writer to charm Europe without sacrificing his quiet national pride.
What's Mine's Mine
George MacDonald
A young Highlander and an English heiress must bridge the chasm between ancestral duty, spiritual awakenings, and the harsh realities of Victorian land clearance in the Scottish mountains.
With Moore at Corunna
G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
An Irish officer’s quick wits save a regimental wing at sea and launch him into the heart of the Peninsular War.
A Bird of Passage, and Other Stories
Beatrice Harraden
A transient encounter with an enigmatic outsider can awaken quiet lives to new possibilities, but it rarely leaves everything unbroken when it passes.
A Book of the Cevennes
S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
High above the rivers of southern France, a rugged wilderness of limestone and granite preserves the memory of fiery ancient volcanoes, bloody religious wars, and the stubborn peasants who carved their lives from its rocky soil.
A Man of Means
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
A modest bank balance can secure a comfortable life, but an unexpected fortune brings only chaotic entanglements, absurdity, and the constant, desperate desire to be poor again.
A Persian Pearl, and Other Essays
Clarence Darrow
To look directly into the eyes of human flaw, fate, and mortality without turning to rigid dogma is the first step toward genuine compassion.
All along the River: A Novel
M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
A young wife’s fatal misstep during her husband’s prolonged absence in Burmah leads to a harrowing legacy of secret guilt, broken health, and devastating remorse.
Beltane the Smith
Jeffery Farnol
A gentle giant bred to forge iron finds himself thrust into a bloody struggle to reclaim his birthright and deliver a oppressed duchy from tyranny.
Captivity
Leonora Eyles
A young Scottish woman marries a weak-willed medical student, enduring his alcoholism across two continents before discovering that self-sacrifice alone cannot save another soul.
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg: Campaigns of the Civil War - VI
Abner Doubleday
A veteran commander pulls back the curtain on the pivotal battles of the Civil War, revealing how miscommunications, stubbornness, and raw human courage reshaped a fractured nation.
Colin Clink, Volume 2 (of 3)
Charles Hooton
An illegitimate son seeking his way, a ruthless country doctor hiding a secret, and the dark underbelly of nineteenth-century England frame this forgotten Victorian tale of greed and vengeance.
Cornish Feasts and Folk-lore
M. A. (Margaret Ann) Courtney
A rich local record gathers the seasonal gatherings, ancient superstitions, and lived practices of a county steeped in regional memory.
Dawn
Adams, H. A., Mrs.
Bound by standard social conventions, restless souls search for spiritual harmony, authentic love, and personal purpose across a landscape of broken marriages and traditional expectations.
Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon
Frederick V. Holman
A formidable fur trader turns benefactor, extending mercy to American pioneers only to face bitter political betrayal in his final years.
Elissa
H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
Two lovers across culture and creed are swept into a deadly storm of jealousy, war, and religious fervor during the sudden, violent downfall of an ancient African empire.
Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind
Frances Martin
Lost sight as a young child, a bishop’s daughter transforms her private isolation into a public movement, establishing workshops and self-sustaining trades that rescue the British blind from enforced begging and institutional neglect.
English Secularism: A Confession of Belief
George Jacob Holyoake
A clear-eyed, nineteenth-century defense of reason, public morality, and the quiet dignity of human life on earth.
Error's chains
Frank S. (Frank Stockton) Dobbins
An ambitious nineteenth-century study of global spiritual traditions, this encyclopedic text cataloging human devotion traces mankind’s universal impulse to worship across extinct pantheons and living world faiths.
French enterprise in Africa
Hourst
Navigating the treacherous Niger River, a French expedition replaces armed force with diplomatic cunning to pioneer a peaceful path through the Sudan.
Frijoles: A Hidden Valley in the New World
J. W. (Jerome William) Hendron
A deep, shaded gorge carved from volcanic rock holds centuries of human memory, from ancient agricultural life to modern preservation efforts.