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Gypsy Flight: A Mystery Story for Girls
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A stolen bag on a transcontinental flight plunges an air stewardess and her friends into an industrial espionage plot threatening a peaceful town.
Hilda: A Story of Calcutta
Sara Jeannette Duncan
In the vibrant, shifting atmosphere of late nineteenth-century Calcutta, an ambitious actress, a devoted street-preacher, and a high-society maiden navigate a web of spiritual longing, social expectation, and conflicting romantic desires.
Hira Singh
Talbot Mundy
An Indian cavalry unit marches across two continents, outwitting two empires to fight their way back home.
His big opportunity
Amy Le Feuvre
Driven by a restless longing to do something heroic, a delicate, impetuous boy discovers that the truest courage lies in patience, self-sacrifice, and quiet acts of faith.
History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2): From 1850 to 1910
T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe
A comprehensive history of chemistry's evolution from 1850 to 1910, detailing key discoveries, figures, and theories that shaped the field.
History of the Late Polish Revolution and the Events of the Campaign
Joseph Hordynski
An exiled Polish officer gives a direct eyewitness account of the 1830 November Uprising against Russian rule, dissecting how initial victories were derailed by timid leadership.
History of the Transformer
Friedrich Uppenborn
Before electric illumination could power entire cities, inventors had to solve a fundamental puzzle: how to transmit energy across vast distances without losing power or burning out individual lamps.
Holinshed's Chronicles, vol. 1 of 6, slice 7 of 9. England, early history
Raphael Holinshed
An ambitious chronicle traces the fragmentation and unification of early England, where pious kings, warring factions, and invading Danes fight for the island's future.
Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus
W. H. (William Henry) Hart
A record of condemned words reveals the boundary lines where English authority once crushed dangerous ideas, punished print, and enforced conformity.
It Pays to Smile
Nina Wilcox Putnam
A Boston chaperon of flawless lineage discovers that life outside Beacon Hill is a wild, hilarious game of high-stakes art, Western nerve, and unpredictable romance.
John Marvel, Assistant
Thomas Nelson Page
An arrogant young lawyer loses his fortune and position, only to find his life transformed among the urban poor by an idealist, a courageous minister, and the woman he loves.
Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker
James Henry Rochelle
Driven by duty across changing flags, an American naval officer journeys from midshipman drills to Confederate ironclad battles, ultimately charting the unknown, turbulent reaches of the upper Amazon.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
Various
An autumn day on a Virginia tobacco farm, a stroll through a Belgian schoolyard in the ghost-footsteps of Charlotte Brontë, and a high-stakes romance on a river ferry open a window into the varied reading life of late Victorian America.
Lord of a Thousand Suns
Poul Anderson
A million-year-old warlord's ghost reawakens inside a young officer's mind, turning one human skull into a battlefield for the fate of empires.
Madam: A Novel
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A mother's devotion and a family's buried secrets collide when a tyrant's bitter legacy forces a young woman to choose between her inheritance and the truth.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5
Various
Behind the polished facades of international diplomacy, political campaigns, and quiet personal lives lies a relentless struggle for authority, identity, and moral compromise.
Memories (volume 2 of 2)
Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
Diplomatic missions across the world reveal how power shifts, empires pivot, and historical figures behave when unobserved by their publics.
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill
Frances Boyd Calhoun
A small-town boy arrives at his stern aunt's door, bringing southern plantation habits, colorful profanity, and an unquenchable instinct for mischief that upends her quiet world.
Modern Painting
George Moore
The line separating vibrant artistic truth from cold academic routine is thin, easily crossed, and fiercely defended.
Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices
Unknown
Mastering the service rifle requires a precise understanding of physics, rigorous discipline, and a shared language that transforms individual marksmen into a cohesive unit.
My Disillusionment in Russia
Emma Goldman
A firsthand account of the Russian Revolution's promise and betrayal, by an American anarchist who lived through it.
Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting: Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917
Unknown
A dedicated band of early twentieth-century orchardists, scientists, and tree enthusiasts gather in Connecticut to turn native and imported nut trees into a sustainable, highly productive American industry.
O. Henry memorial award prize stories of 1923
Unknown
Across the expanse of early twentieth-century America, ordinary men and women reach for connection, dignity, and escape from the quiet desperation of their daily lives.
Old times
John Ashton
A meticulous assembly of newspaper extracts captures late-eighteenth-century English life through its everyday gossip, street crimes, political anxieties, and fleeting fashions.
Our Little Finnish Cousin
Clara Vostrovsky Winlow
Two children walk through the quiet pine forests and frozen waterways of Finland, discovering how their nation's ancient songs, deep snows, and daily routines shape a resilient way of life.
Outwitting the Hun: My Escape from a German Prison Camp
Pat O'Brien
Falling from the sky into enemy territory is only the beginning of a extraordinary, desperate journey toward home.
Philippian Studies: Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule
A captive apostle in Rome transforms a thank-you note to a tiny Macedonian church into an unshakeable manual for spiritual resilience, personal unity, and quiet joy.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05
Various
Post-war anxiety and the lingering weight of global conflict meet the sharp edge of British irony in this single week of satirical observations.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and seer
Amos Bronson Alcott
A quiet intimacy suffuses this homage, capturing the delicate line where deep personal affection touches philosophical reverence.
Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
A energetic scout leader leads his troop off the beaten path, where stray exotic beasts, mysterious circus sideshows, and forest fires turn a simple trek home into an unpredictable adventure.
Salvage in Space
Jack Williamson
Alone in the deep silence of the meteor belt, a weary space miner nets a drifting, pitch-black derelict rocket-flier and unwittingly climbs aboard a vessel haunted by invisible death.
Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals
Florence Nightingale
Statisticians often collect volumes of data without ever asking what the numbers are meant to save; this treatise insists that counting the sick is useless unless it halts their dying.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
Various
Mechanical innovation, physical bravery, raw industrial output, and rigorous scientific measurement converge in a single snapshot of late nineteenth-century technical ambition.
Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914
Unknown
Across nearly two centuries of parliamentary debate, British statesmen argue over the duties of an imperial power, balancing national interest against international law.
Selections from Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes and USDA Favorites
Ruth Van Deman
This 50th-anniversary volume bridges broadcast history and practical home cooking, preserving early federal radio recipes alongside modern, laboratory-tested updates.
Six Girls and the Tea Room
Marion Ames Taggart
When a family’s financial survival depends on grit, affection, and enterprise, opening a shop on a fashionable Manhattan street turns a winter of uncertainty into an overwhelming flood of grace.
Slavery Ordained of God
F. A. (Frederick Augustus) Ross
A Southern minister builds an aggressive scriptural defense of American slavery, insisting God ordained human inequality to preserve social order and keep the Union intact.
Specimens of British Trench Orders
Army War College (U.S.)
Behind the cold mechanics of military administration lies a raw, meticulous portrait of human survival in the mud of the Western Front.
The Airship Boys' Ocean Flyer
H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
Three young aeronauts race across the Atlantic to deliver news matrices, proving that human ingenuity can conquer high-altitude flight.
The Armourer's Prentices
Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
A forest upbringing breaks against sixteenth-century London, where two orphaned brothers must forge new lives through sword-steel, printing presses, and courtly danger.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
Various
A rich panorama of mid-nineteenth-century thought, this issue gathers fiction, cultural commentary, poetic lament, and technical analysis into a single vibrant conversation.
The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Bitter cold, human malice, and a harsh frontier test a fledgling Canadian settlement to its absolute limits. Only resilience and cross-cultural camaraderie can save the community from total collapse.
The Captain's Toll-Gate
Frank R. Stockton
A spirited young woman takes refuge at her uncle's tollhouse, where her refusal to be managed sets off a flurry of suitors and misunderstandings.
The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies
Thomas Taylor
The early Christian history of Cornwall is often clouded by romantic myth, but rigorous historical study reveals a distinct monastic tradition deeply connected to Celtic Britain and Armorica.
The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham, "Skellat" Bellman of Glasgow, Vol. 2 of 2
Dougal Graham
Rough, earthy, and relentlessly funny, these 18th-century Scottish chapbooks expose the bawdy, unvarnished realities of peasant life, parish discipline, and rural folklore through high-spirited dialogue and sharp vernacular wit.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
M. Louise (Maria Louise) Greene
M. Louise Greene details Connecticut’s long, steady transition from an uncompromising Puritan church-state to full religious tolerance, tracing how reasonable government, economic shifts, and stubborn dissenters slowly dismantled compulsory church support and political privilege.
The evolution of the oil industry
Victor Ross
A sweeping study of petroleum's rise reveals how a crude subterranean liquid reshaped international trade, global warfare, and daily human life.
The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin: Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven
William John Ferrar
Out of the sea mists of eleventh-century Guernsey comes a forgotten tale of Norman iron, pirate fortresses, and a young man's leap into the medieval world.