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My Crochet Sampler
Miss (F.) Lambert
These intricate patterns offer a window into the methodical, patient elegance of mid-nineteenth-century domestic craft, where every loop served a deliberate purpose.
Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries
John Cotton Dana
Every circulating book must survive hundreds of hands, and its cover is a working shield rather than a decoration. Proper binding protects both the physical object and the financial life of the public library.
Notes on Diseases of Cattle: Cause, Symptoms and Treatment
Charles James Korinek
Healthy cattle are the backbone of a successful farm, yet illness remains a constant threat to the herd. This manual provides a systematic guide to identifying, preventing, and treating the most common bovine afflictions.
On an Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and Connemara
Samuel G. (Samuel Gamble) Bayne
This personal account of a journey through the Irish countryside offers a vivid, old-fashioned window into a landscape defined by its rugged beauty, ancient history, and the resilient spirit of its people. It serves as both a travelogue and a nostalgic meditation on a land the author calls his birthplace.
Oxford Mountaineering Essays
Unknown
This collection captures the intellectual and physical thrill of early twentieth-century mountaineering, mapping the intersection of high alpine sport and the classical humanities. It explores the mountains as sites of both profound struggle and aesthetic revelation.
"Persons Unknown"
Virginia Tracy
An atmospheric, theatrical mystery following a young man drawn into a web of murder and deception surrounding a captivating, enigmatic actress.
"Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir
Frederic George Kitton
The hand that breathed life into iconic Victorian characters remains largely invisible, yet its mark on literature is indelible. This portrait traces the career of a prolific artist whose sketches defined the visual world of Dickens.
Pipe and Pouch: The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry
Unknown
This collection serves as a poetic sanctuary for the smoker, gathering verses that celebrate the pipe and cigar as quiet companions through the joys and sorrows of human life. It is an anthology of comfort, reflection, and defiant camaraderie.
Ralph Sinclair's Atonement
Antony Sargent
An Englishman's web of financial disgrace and flight to Canada gives way to an earnest journey toward redemption, domestic love, and a fresh start on the prairie frontier.
Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843, vol. 1 of 2
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
An aging English writer retraces her youth across Europe, finding solace in mountain passes, lake waters, and the quiet dignity of a changing continent.
Rifles and Riflemen at the Battle of Kings Mountain
United States. National Park Service
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a pivotal, accidental clash that turned the tide of the American Revolution in the South. This account explores how backwoods marksmen overcame a British force through superior skill and resolve.
Rocket Summer
Ray Bradbury
The world reaches for the stars, but humanity’s obsession with progress outpaces its capacity for wisdom. When the dream of space flight arrives, it brings a terrifying price that threatens to consume the earth itself.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
Various
This collection of technical reports and dispatch-style dispatches captures the boundless optimism of late-Victorian industrial science. It serves as a vivid time capsule of a world rapidly being rewired by electricity, steam, and engineering ambition.
Some Noble Sisters
Edmund Lee
Devoted sisters nourish, protect, and inspire history's celebrated figures, proving that quiet loyalty can shape the world as profoundly as public genius.
Stones of the Temple
Walter Field
A meditative guide to the hidden meanings of church architecture, this work reveals how every stone, window, and archway serves as a silent language of Christian faith.
Stories of California
Ella M. (Ella May) Sexton
A primer on the natural wonders and human history of the Golden State, this collection invites young readers to explore the legacy of the missions, the chaos of the gold rush, and the land’s enduring spirit.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
The American frontier was not merely a place of geography, but a testing ground for the nerves, where a single misstep meant the difference between survival and obscurity.
The Affectionate Shepherd
Richard Barnfield
A shepherd’s desperate, unrequited pursuit of a beautiful youth becomes a meditation on the nature of love, the vanity of worldly status, and the enduring power of virtue. This collection preserves a lyrical, pastoral vision of Elizabethan life.
The ascendancy of France, 1598-1715
Henry Offley Wakeman
In seventeenth-century Europe, the ideal of a unified Christian commonwealth disintegrates into raw statecraft, where dynamic monarchs and calculating ministers treat whole provinces like counters on a diplomat's table.
The Astonishing History of Troy Town
Arthur Quiller-Couch
A man seeking solitude in a sleepy Cornish port finds his quiet life upended when an influx of ambitious outsiders, a pair of devoted brothers, and a secret cache of explosives collide in his tranquil town.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
Various
This issue of a venerable American literary magazine captures the fractured, urgent spirit of the United States in the final weeks of the Civil War. It offers a window into the intellectual and cultural preoccupations of 1865.
The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill: A Sequel to 'The Bob's Hill Braves'
Charles Pierce Burton
A spirited group of boys discovers that the true test of their scouting skills lies not in the safety of the woods, but in the sudden, unpredictable emergencies of the real world.
The Candy Country
Louisa May Alcott
A headstrong girl is whisked away to a surreal land made entirely of sweets, only to discover that indulgence has its own bitter price. This playful, cautionary tale serves as a vibrant companion to the author’s more famous domestic narratives.
The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance
Antonio de Trueba
The warrior's blade brings no lasting triumph unless it is tempered by mercy, honor, and an unyielding commitment to justice.
The Cricket of Abel, Hirst, and Shrewsbury
Unknown
Analytical observation replaces blind imitation when dedicated athletes capture split-second movement on camera to master their craft.
The cult of the chafing dish
Frank Schloesser
A small metal pan over a spirit flame can turn leftover scraps into culinary triumphs while quietly asserting a bachelor’s independence.
The dawn in Russia
Henry Woodd Nevinson
A eye-witness account records the violent birth of modern Russian resistance through the blood, smoke, and fragile hopes of 1905.
The fire in the flint
Walter White
A young Black doctor returns to his segregated hometown believing professional excellence and political neutrality will protect him, only to learn that white supremacy tolerates no independent success.
The Good Comrade
Una L. Silberrad
A young woman navigates the stifling pretenses of her genteel family by seeking independence in the quiet, rigorous world of Dutch bulb-growing. Her journey toward honesty and self-reliance challenges the rigid social boundaries of her time.
The Government of God
John Taylor
A provocative theological treatise from the mid-19th century, this work presents a bracing argument that earthly governments are fundamentally broken and that a literal, divine kingdom must soon replace them.
The great Pike's Peak rush
Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
Two teenagers brave the perilous, dust-choked 1859 trail to the Rockies, chasing a fortune that proves as elusive and shimmering as the mountain air itself.
The Grey Brethren, and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse
Michael Fairless
A collection of quiet, observant fragments, this work illuminates the intersection of everyday suffering and the eternal, finding grace in both the humblest creatures and the mystery of the divine.
The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story: Being an account of the mysterious manifestations that have taken place in the presence of Esther Cox, the young girl who is possessed of devils, and has become known throughout the entire dominion as the great Amherst mystery
Walter Hubbell
The "Great Amherst Mystery" follows the harrowing, inexplicable experiences of a young woman plagued by invisible forces. It offers a firsthand, detailed account of supernatural disturbances that confounded observers in 1870s Nova Scotia.
The Heart of Princess Osra
Anthony Hope
A spirited princess moves through a series of romantic escapades, discovering that the heart is a kingdom unto itself, governed by laws far more unpredictable than those of her brother’s royal court.
The Helpers
Francis Lynde
A young man loses his way in the high stakes of late-nineteenth-century Colorado, only to find that grace arrives through the unasked-for kindness of others.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 16
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A deluded knight wanders the Spanish countryside, convinced he lives in an age of giants and sorcerers, while his skeptical squire attempts to navigate the uncomfortable reality of their shared journey. This enduring classic balances profound tragedy with sharp, earthy humor, mapping the fragile boundary between…
The Honorable Percival
Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
An insufferably arrogant British aristocrat finds his meticulously ordered world dismantled by an irrepressible American girl during a long, transformative voyage across the Pacific.
The Hosts of the Air
Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The shadow of the Great War looms large, but for one young man, the conflict is merely the backdrop for a daring, personal quest to rescue the woman he loves from the heart of enemy territory.
The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3
Mateo Alemán
A young man of questionable parentage traverses the landscape of Spain, turning to a life of deception and petty crime as he navigates a world that rewards cunning over virtue.
The Man Who Could Not Lose
Richard Harding Davis
The man who can do no wrong finds his extraordinary luck tested by the high-stakes world of horse racing and the unpredictable whims of public fame.
The March to Magdala
G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
A seasoned correspondent’s boots-on-the-ground account of the 1868 British expedition to rescue captives from the mountain fortress of King Theodore.
The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve it
R. W. Beers
This 1887 analysis examines the cultural and political tensions between the United States government and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, seeking a peaceful resolution to what the author calls a national puzzle.
The Motor Boys Over the Rockies
Clarence Young
Three courageous young friends take to the skies in their airship to settle a score with a rival and rescue a group of long-lost captives hidden deep in the Rocky Mountains.
The New York Stock Exchange in the Crisis of 1914
Henry George Stebbins Noble
When the outbreak of World War I threatened a global financial collapse, the New York Stock Exchange took the unprecedented step of shutting its doors for months to save the American economy from ruin.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1
R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
A satirical correspondent observes the absurdities of the American Civil War through the lens of a bumbling, self-important military unit known as the Mackerel Brigade.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
Mary Hastings Bradley
A naive American tourist is lured into a trap in Cairo, where she must outwit a dangerous, obsessed nobleman to survive the solitude of a sequestered palace. This suspenseful adventure follows her desperate race for freedom and the young engineer who risks everything to find her.
The Path of Duty, and Other Stories
Harriet S. (Harriet Sophia) Caswell
This collection of tales explores the quiet moral architecture of 19th-century life, where personal integrity, the weight of family expectation, and the pursuit of duty serve as the primary engines of human character.
The Ring of Amethyst
Alice Wellington Rollins
A quiet, domestic devotion transforms standard lyric conventions into a deep personal sanctuary.