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The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]: A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. To which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels
John Phin
Delusion, deceit, and the unyielding bounds of physical law collide when human ambition outpaces mathematical reality.
The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus
Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
A practical guide turns raw domestic materials into a complete laboratory, demonstrating how physical law reveals itself through small, deliberate acts of hands-on manipulation.
The Tangled Skein
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
A tale of intrigue, romance, and betrayal set in the court of Queen Mary I of England.
The Texan: A Story of the Cattle Country
James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
A quick-witted Texas cowpuncher navigates the high-stakes politics and rough country of the Montana badlands, risking everything for an Eastern woman and her city-bred companion.
The Way of an Indian
Frederic Remington
A boy's search for power becomes a man's defense of a dying world.
Things to be Remembered in Daily Life: With Personal Experiences and Recollections
John Timbs
An expansive, thoughtful compilation of observations and gathered wisdom offers a steadying guide through the shifting seasons of human existence.
True Tales of Mountain Adventures: For Non-Climbers Young and Old
Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs.
Where men and mountain meet, character is tested without the distraction of audience or competition.
Tutt and Mr. Tutt
Arthur Cheney Train
In a bustling early-twentieth-century New York, a tall, cigar-smoking courtroom veteran and his cunning partner wield every legal trick and human sympathy to save ordinary people from an unfeeling, hypocritical justice system.
What I know of farming:: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science
Horace Greeley
Deep agricultural progress requires moving beyond shallow, traditional surface skimming to invest in deep tillage, systematic soil nutrition, and long-term land stewardship.
What Sami Sings with the Birds
Johanna Spyri
The quiet joy of an mountain childhood meets the cold reality of loss in this Swiss classic, where an orphaned boy discovers that hope, faith, and simple goodness are impossible to break.
Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
Ella Cheever Thayer
A young telegraph operator finds her secluded workroom transformed into a stage for flirtation, identity confusion, and unpredictable nineteenth-century romance when a distant key taps back.
'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts
Spokeshave
In blank verse and political satire, a newly appointed administration arrives in Manila to implement self-governance, only to stumble over party patronage, local intrigue, and their own immense vanity.
A Draught of the Blue, together with An Essence of the Dusk
F. W. (Francis William) Bain
A fatal encounter in a wild forest transforms a marriage-hating king into an obsessed lover, binding his soul across lifetimes in a cycle of desire, separation, and tragic illusion.
A Hero of Ticonderoga
Rowland Evans Robinson
Against the silent wilderness of eighteenth-century Vermont, a boy learns the woodcraft of survival just as political feuds and the sparks of the American Revolution break across his home.
All Men are Ghosts
L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks
A strange journey through human perception, where the lines between the living, the dead, and the imagined dissolve entirely.
Allegheny Episodes: Folk Lore and Legends Collected in Northern and Western Pennsylvania
Henry W. (Henry Wharton) Shoemaker
Ancient ridges, timber-choked valleys, and ghost-haunted rivers converge in a collection where wilderness lore and local memory preserve the forgotten heart of Pennsylvania.
Arrows of Freethought
G. W. (George William) Foote
A blistering late-Victorian critique of established religion that cuts through the hypocrisy, superstition, and social tyranny of orthodoxy to champion reason, human dignity, and freedom of thought.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02: Jewish Heroes and Prophets
John Lord
From ancient sands to European ports, a visionary line of spiritual pioneers confronts polytheism, social decay, and tyrannical rulers, forging an enduring ethical monotheism through sacrifice, law, and steadfast faith against the tide of worldliness.
Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
George Washington Cable
A quiet soul shapes his own destiny and transforms a whole parish through sheer devotion to learning, duty, and love.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887: Volume 1, Number 8
Unknown
This late nineteenth-century periodical delivers an aggressive, highly opinionated critique of traditional philosophy alongside an earnest defense of fringe biological and psychic sciences.
Captives among the Indians
Mary White Rowlandson
Driven into the wilderness by raid and warfare, four English and French captives undergo extreme isolation, physical torment, and forced assimilation before seeking their ultimate return.
Eccentricities of genius
James B. (James Burton) Pond
Behind the curtain of North America's nineteenth-century lecture halls, a single impresario manages the triumphs, tantrums, and logistical chaos of the era's greatest cultural icons.
From Farm House to the White House: The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services
William Makepeace Thayer
An early lesson in self-restraint and moral duty shapes a young Virginian into the steady, unyielding leader who secures a new republic.
'Gloria Victis!' A Romance
Ossip Schubin
An aristocratic family's desperate slide into bankruptcy triggers a fatal clash with a ruthless financier, unearthing a devastating secret that shatters a young nobleman's world.
Her Majesty's Minister
William Le Queux
When European rivalries threaten to plunge Great Britain into war with France, a dedicated British diplomat in Paris must untangle a deadly net of international espionage, stolen state secrets, and romantic betrayal.
In the Days of My Youth: A Novel
Amelia B. Edwards
A young Englishman's journey through romantic delusions and financial ruin in nineteenth-century Paris yields an authentic portrait of youthful folly and spiritual growth.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
A young Englishman in revolutionary France risks his life to rescue a condemned aristocratic family from the guillotine.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Robert Browning
Robert Browning
A master map to an extraordinary poetic landscape, this detailed structural directory charts every verse, dramatic monologue, and biographical study composing the digital legacy of a Victorian master.
Jacob Faithful
Frederick Marryat
Born on a Thames barge and orphaned by a sudden tragedy, a river boy must navigate class, crime, and naval press-gangs as he carves out his place in early nineteenth-century London.
Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life
Vernon Lee
A branch of budding bay tied to a Rome tramcar transforms a drab journey into a moment of pure significance, showing how beauty elevates daily existence.
Liber Amoris, Or, The New Pygmalion
William Hazlitt
Obsessive affection metastasizes into ruin when a middle-aged scholar mistake the polite gestures of his landlady's daughter for reciprocal devotion, driving him into a spiral of humiliation, frantic self-delusion, and bitter betrayal.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1: With His Letters and Journals
Thomas Moore
A youth marked by fiery pride, physical infirmity, and sudden aristocratic status transforms into an restless traveller whose letters and verse capture the spirit of an entire age.
Martin Luther
Carl E. Koppenhaver
A fearful world ruled by superstition and the threat of divine wrath gives way to a life of quiet academic study, sudden spiritual terror, and an unshakeable conviction born in a monk's cell.
Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 1: The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author
Benjamin Rush
In early post-revolutionary Philadelphia, a prominent physician turns a rigorous, observant eye onto the physical and social afflictions of a developing nation.
Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children
Flora J. (Flora Juliette) Cooke
A child learns that the world around them speaks if they only learn to listen.
Old French Romances, Done into English
William Morris
Bound by vows of sworn fellowship, cosmic destinies, and unforgiving trial, medieval figures navigate a perilous landscape where human devotion faces the absolute limits of mortal endurance.
Over Here
Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest
A country's spirit reveals itself not on the distant battlefield, but in the quiet homes, empty bedrooms, and backyards left behind by those who went to fight.
Patriarchal Palestine
A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
A ancient land of merchants and conquerors comes alive through deciphered cuneiform and monument inscriptions.
Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3): Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists
Henry Downes Miles
A brutal, meticulous, and vivid chronicle of the Golden Age of the Prize Ring, where courage, blood, and cold hard cash collide inside the ropes.
Rob Roy
Walter Scott
A young Englishman is dragged from commercial comfort into the stormy world of Highland intrigue, where trade, treason, and outlawry collide.
Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Two wilderness travellers push into the untamed Ozark highlands of 1818, tracking the forgotten paths of Spanish explorers through rugged cliffs, hidden caverns, and uncharted river valleys.
Six Cups of Coffee: Prepared for the Public Palate by the Best Authorities on Coffee Making
Marion Harland
A rich brewed cup offers profound solace, but achieving it requires attention to specific rules of temperature, material, and methodology.
Snake and Sword: A Novel
Percival Christopher Wren
A cursed family legacy, an agonizing phobia of serpents, and a disgraced young soldier’s desperate fight for honor across the rugged landscapes of Victorian India.
Some Christian Convictions: A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking
Henry Sloane Coffin
An earnest invitation to reconcile ancient religious convictions with modern scientific and historical thought without sacrificing personal faith or spiritual vital force.
Specimens of Greek Tragedy
Sophocles
A god bound to a cliff, a king undone by a riddle, a sister choosing divine law over human decree—these verse extracts capture the sharpest agonies of classical Greek drama.
St. Peter's Umbrella: A Novel
Kálmán Mikszáth
A single, forgotten piece of red silk transforms a dusty Hungarian village into a place of miracles while a young lawyer hunts down a lost fortune, only to find something far more valuable.
Tales of Laughter: A third fairy book
Unknown
Folk traditions across the globe have long used humor as a gentle cudgel against foolishness, vanity, and greed. This classic anthology gathers world folklore to show how ordinary folk, clever animals, and tricksters outwit the overbearing, the selfish, and the absurd.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
Various
This Civil War–era periodical captures a nation in midstream through travelogues, social critiques, scientific treatises, and eyewitness accounts of a changing social order.