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Wild flowers of the north-eastern states
Ellen Miller
A field guide that looks beyond rigid science to capture the living personality, color, and posture of native flora.
Z. Marcas
Honoré de Balzac
Behind a door in a Paris lodging house lives a forgotten political genius, whose immense intellect is crushed by the self-serving mediocrity of the state.
A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story
Bruce Weston Munro
This story follows a perpetually awkward, well-meaning boy whose clumsy mistakes paradoxically lead to moments of heroism and resolution. It captures the frantic, self-important, and often absurd inner world of youth during the late nineteenth century.
A memoir of Sir John Drummond Hay, P.C., K.C.B., G.C.M.G., sometime minister at the court of Morocco
Louisa Annette Edla Drummond-Hay Brooks
A veteran British diplomat navigates four decades of intricate Moorish politics, tribal warfare, and court intrigue while mastering the art of firm, respectful persuasion in nineteenth-century Morocco.
An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea
Winston Churchill
A nation built on lofty ideals confronts its own history of imperialistic overreach and internal economic inequality as it rallies to fight for global democracy.
At the Time Appointed
A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Barbour
A silver strike, a father’s lost legacy, and a love bound by duty collide in the shadow of the Colorado peaks.
Banzai! by Parabellum
Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
A sudden Japanese surprise attack catches the United States entirely unawares, plunging the nation into an existential struggle for survival across both land and sea.
Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New
Bill Nye
A wide-ranging collection of nineteenth-century lampoons pokes relentless fun at literary debates, local politics, high society, and the absurd trials of frontier life.
Bismarck
Moritz Busch
Behind the stately facade of nineteenth-century European diplomacy lies a world of petty dining-table grievances, calculated press leaks, and quiet ruthlessness. This detailed chronicle exposes the raw mechanics of power as wielded by the architect of unified Germany.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887: Volume 1, Number 4
Unknown
A nineteenth-century periodical blends cutting-edge cerebral anatomy with spirit mediumship, mapping the human brain while accurately predicting the devastation of the American Civil War.
Calderon the Courtier, a Tale
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
High ambition, deep vengeance, and political betrayal collide in seventeenth-century Madrid as a shadowy favorite attempts to navigate court corruption while rescuing the hidden daughter he once believed lost to betrayal.
Castles in the Air
Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
An incorrigible rogue recounts his Parisian adventures as a self-styled secret agent, dodging convicts, duping clients, and stumbling into unexpected domestic bliss.
Charles Dickens' Children Stories
Charles Dickens
Childhood holds the ultimate measure of mercy, where small, vulnerable hands routinely carry the heavy weight of an unfeeling adult world.
Congo life and folklore
John H. Weeks
A small brass rod serves as currency to measure the heart of a changing continent, where ancient folk tales share the evening fire with the rising shadows of foreign rule.
Desserts and Salads
Gesine Lemcke
A rigorous nineteenth-century culinary manual turns sweet and savory preparation into a disciplined science, offering precise blueprints for everything from delicate creams to structured salads.
Drake, Nelson and Napoleon
Runciman, Walter Runciman, Baron
Three legendary commanders shape the modern world through sea power, ambition, and the harsh realities of global naval warfare.
Dream Days
Kenneth Grahame
The boundaries of childhood are guarded by rules and adult authority, yet every corner of an overgrown garden or forgotten outhouse holds the raw materials for a glorious, self-governed empire.
Eli and Sibyl Jones, Their Life and Work
Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones
This biography traces the lifelong partnership of two devout Quakers whose commitment to missionary service and social reform carried them from the quiet landscapes of New England to the far corners of the globe.
Elias: An Epic of the Ages
Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney
A grand sweep across premortal councils, ancient Americas, and nineteenth-century frontiers framing a new religious restoration as the culmination of human history.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke
Henry Burton
A sacred history unfolds through human lives, revealing how divine purpose intersects with everyday work, quiet homes, and deep spiritual longing.
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
Edith Wharton
Before the machinery of a modern world war fully locks into place, a civilian eye catches a quiet country under apple trees, unaware that every road is about to lead toward the front.
Fighting with French: A Tale of the New Army
Herbert Strang
A reluctant volunteer and his factory-worker comrades enlist in Kitchener's New Army, mastering trench warfare while untangling a dangerous network of German spies in wartime France.
Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines
John Stuart Thomson
A cheerful Western traveler visits the Philippine archipelago and discovers a lush tropical landscape alongside a warm, welcoming community of children and adults.
Filippo Lippi
Paul G. (Paul George) Konody
A life of worldly scandal and brilliant artistic breakthrough unfolds in the career of a monk who helped shape the Italian Renaissance.
First Love, and Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life
Unknown
A sharp look at human vanity and the unpredictable turns of devotion, where dignity is repeatedly weighed against desire across five vivid portrayals of nineteenth-century Iberian life.
Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Ralston B. Lattimore
An engineering marvel built for permanent coastal defense is rendered obsolete in a single day when revolutionary rifled artillery shatters its masonry walls, altering military strategy forever.
Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm
Mabel C. Hawley
Four young siblings turn everyday farm life into a series of cheerful, chaotic adventures under their aunt's permissive care.
Franz Schubert
Thomas Tapper
<Image alt="Portrait illustration of young Franz Schubert wearing glasses" caption="Franz Schubert (1797-1828)" src="imageagenttag7006240793905325391"/ A short life filled with modest surroundings, rich friendships, and an endlessly pouring fountain of song.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), American (1)
Charles Morris
A vivid tapestry of courage, risk, and human drama, this historical collection brings the defining moments of early America to life through action and character.
Hollow Tree Nights and Days
Albert Bigelow Paine
Gentle woodland satire and cozy storytelling come together in a world where whimsical forest creatures trade absurd tall tales and stumble into human inventions.
I'd Like to Do It Again
Owen Davis
Behind the red velvet curtains of the early American stage lies a craft built on grit, instinct, and thousands of tireless rewrites. A seasoned playwright looks back at decades of theatrical evolution with endless affection and sharp, practical clarity.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510
William Henry Holmes
A meticulously cataloged record of Indigenous material culture reveals the craft, daily lives, and burial traditions of the American South and Midwest.
In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia
C. J. (Charles James) Wills
Life inside a mid-nineteenth-century empire unfolds through the keen, pragmatic eyes of an English medical officer traveling from Constantinople to Teheran, Ispahan, and Shiraz over fifteen event-filled years.
Java
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
A vivid journey through late nineteenth-century Java exposes the vibrant landscapes, imperial tensions, and ancient ruins of an island poised between colonial rule and indigenous tradition.
Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches
Douglas Dewar
A keen, affectionate eye turns away from big-game hunting to illuminate the vibrant, noisy world of India's everyday birds and small creatures.
Legends of Longdendale
Thomas Middleton
These tales of the Longdendale valley capture the echoes of ancient stones, forgotten skirmishes, and the enduring shadows of the Cheshire countryside.
Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 1 (of 2)
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
A fierce, larger-than-life actor carries the rough, democratic spirit of young America onto the world's standard theatrical stages, transforming personal vanity and tempestuous emotion into a monumental artistic legacy.
Limbo, and Other Essays
Vernon Lee
Nature softens human hands; old houses hold the weight of ordinary lives; and true devotion often requires stepping aside for a colder, grander order.
Lovers' Saint Ruth's, and Three Other Tales
Louise Imogen Guiney
Four distinct studies of love, fate, and quiet human sacrifice reveal how nobility and sorrow intertwine across centuries of hidden struggle.
Making a Rock Garden
H. S. (Henry Sherman) Adams
A rock garden is not a careless pile of stones, but an intentional translation of nature’s wild contours into the intimacy of the domestic home.
Mammals of the San Gabriel Mountains of California
Terry A. Vaughan
A rigorous field study maps how topography, microclimates, and plant communities dictate the distribution and survival of seventy-two mammalian species across steep, ecologically diverse mountain slopes.
Marie Tarnowska
Annie Vivanti
A woman’s confession from a prison cell reveals the descent of a high-born Russian countess into a web of manipulation, obsession, and murder. This psychological chronicle explores the fine line between tragic impulse and cold-blooded crime.
Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography
Mark Twain
A wildly irreverent double-parody of family genealogy and medieval melodrama, this short comedic work skewers romantic literature and aristocratic pretensions with deadpan absurdist flair.
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone
A fierce Scottish factory girl leaves her home to spend forty years reshaping the violent borderlands of Nigeria through radical empathy, stubborn courage, and total self-sacrifice.
Mistress Wilding
Rafael Sabatini
A courtly insult, a coerced wedding, and a doomed rebellion collide in 1685 Somerset as a woman forced into marriage discovers her enigmatic husband's quiet nobility amidst civil war.
Modern Musical Drift
W. J. (William James) Henderson
The modern concert hall demands an intellectual reckoning, where classical traditions collide with the fierce, complex currents of unbridled twentieth-century innovation.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
Finley Peter Dunne
An Irish-American saloonkeeper dispenses sharp, dialect-rich commentary on imperialism, high finance, and social absurdities to his long-suffering regular, transforming turn-of-the-century headlines into enduring comic wisdom.
My friend the murderer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Driven by a sense of deep injustice for his exile, an unrepentant killer recount his futile quest to escape the relentless consequences of turning Queen's evidence.