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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.
The Fortunes of Philippa: A School Story
Angela Brazil
A young girl leaves a sun-drenched South American estate for a strict English boarding school, discovering that fitting in requires both resilience and heart.
The Freebooters: A Story of the Texan War
Gustave Aimard
Out in the unforgiving borderlands, loyalty is pledged in blood, secret identities conceal desperate motives, and the battle for Texas turns every wilderness path into a potential death trap.
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
Margaret Burnham
High above Long Island Sound, a quick-witted teenager and her brother race their home-built monoplane against saboteurs, financial ruin, and the elements.
The Greater Power
Harold Bindloss
A fallen gentleman finds his true purpose in the Canadian wilderness, where clearing a river canyon reveals the bond between honest toil and enduring love.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 27
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Delusion and harsh reality collide on the dusty roads of Spain when a high-minded knight-errant and his earthy squire attempt to right the world's wrongs.
The Importance of the Proof-reader: A Paper read before the Club of Odd Volumes, in Boston, by John Wilson
John Wilson
A practical printer makes the case that behind every great work of literature stands a vigilant reader correcting bad handwriting, untangling faulty grammar, and preserving the author's true meaning from ruin.
The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans: History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce
Thomas Ewing Dabney
A high-stakes engineering feat transforms a city's swampy backyards into a deep-water arterial link, proving that human determination can conquer ancient subsoil and economic stagnation.
The Iron Trevet
Eugène Sue
A grueling, sweeping portrait of XIVth-century France, where the desperate blood of the Jacquerie peasant revolt collides with the shifting political ideals of Paris.
The Last of the Vikings
John (Novelist) Bowling
Trapped between the iron fist of William the Conqueror and their own fractured loyalties, the last free Saxons and Northmen of England make a final, blood-drenched stand for survival.
The Library Assistant's Manual
Theodore Wesley Koch
A handbook designed for early twentieth-century library workers outlines the principles, history, and daily mechanics required to transform a collection of books into a vibrant civic institution.
The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
William Dean Howells
Writing fiction or verse for money carries an inherent moral contradiction, turning a noble inner calling into a commercial transaction.
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth
Carolyn Wells
A shot rang out in a quiet office suite, and a wealthy bank president vanished into thin air.
The Motor Boys on the Pacific
Clarence Young
A wrecked motor boat, a train derailment, and an ocean duel over a floating, abandoned vessel set three American high schoolers on a high-speed chase down the California coast to recover a stolen fortune.
The Mysteries of Paris, illustrated with etchings, Vol. 3
Eugène Sue
Parisian misery and aristocratic privilege collide when a noble prince moves in secret through the city's dark underbelly to right systemic wrongs.
The Old Yellow Book: Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book
Unknown
A bloody seventeenth-century Roman murder trial steps off the dusty page as a tangle of self-serving testimonies, desperate legal briefs, and tragic human misery.
The Path of a Star
Sara Jeannette Duncan
A dramatic study of ambition, spiritual fervor, and mismatched devotions set against the humid social landscape of late nineteenth-century Calcutta.
The Path of Life
Stijn Streuvels
A young boy sits in a sunlit loft, watching a ribbon of white sand cut through the fields toward an unknown horizon.
The Pearl Box: Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor
Anonymous
Through dozens of brief vignettes, moral lessons, and reflective poems, a pastor gathers timeless scenes of childhood choices, quiet acts of charity, and the delicate beauty of everyday life.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
Centuries of diplomatic friction, high-seas piracy, and imperial negotiation lay the foundation for England's expanding presence across foreign waters and distant courts.
The rhyme and reason of country life
Unknown
A quiet joy permeates this collection of verse and prose, where centuries of writers gather to record the rhythms, subtle beauties, and enduring solace of the natural world.
The Romance of a Plain Man
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
A boy from a Richmond tenement resolves to win wealth and the hand of a highborn woman, only to discover how easily money corrupts the love it was meant to secure.
The Rosie World
Parker Fillmore
A small girl in a working-class neighborhood fights her way through family squabbles, poor shoes, and street politics with sharp eyes and an indomitable spirit.
The Shadow Witch
Gertrude Crownfield
A gentle hearthside realm of magic unfolds where love turns shadow into light.
The Sin That Was His
Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
A fugitive in a priest’s cassock discovers that pretending to be a holy man is far easier than escaping the demands of the human heart.
The Story of the Munsters at Etreux, Festubert, Rue du Bois and Hulloch
Jessie Louisa Moore Rickard
Four bloody engagements on the Western Front transform an eager Irish battalion into a decimated, enduring force, bound together by fierce devotion, shared faith, and tragic sacrifice.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
Joseph Hergesheimer
In the thick woods of eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, the first dark-featured rebel of the Penny family turns his back on his father's iron furnace, setting in motion a multi-generational legacy bound to the fiery rise of American industry.
The Use of a Box of Colours, in a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour
Willson, Harry, active 19th century
A clear, practical guide transforms the mystery of watercolor painting into accessible principles of balance, light, and tone for the aspiring artist.
The Village Convict: First published in the "Century Magazine"
Heman White Chaplin
A young man returns from prison to his coastal New England village, where quiet perseverance slowly rewrites his place among a wary community.
The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century
Catherine Marten
A careful synthesis of Seventeenth-century New England records restores a detailed picture of Wampanoag life, mapping the delicate balance of seasonal migrations, intricate trade, and fragile political alliances before war reshaped their world.
The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec
Kirk Munroe
A young Toltec noble escapes the Aztec sacrificial stone to guide Spanish steel against his people’s ancient oppressors.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 09: Cuyler to Van Dyke
Unknown
A series of powerful voices wrestles with the weight of existence, offering a steady anchor for the human spirit across changing times.
Tragedies of sex
Frank Wedekind
A youth’s raw, suppressed vitality clashes with a cold, unyielding society, unleashing a chain reaction of tragedy and ruin.
Weeds
Edith Summers Kelley
A poignant tale of rural life in Kentucky, where the struggles of farm families are as persistent as the weeds in their fields.
Whittier-land: A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected
Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas) Pickard
A quiet New England landscape comes alive through the memory of its most devoted poet, bridging the distance between rural heritage and literary legacy.
Why we are at war
Woodrow Wilson
A nation shifts from reluctant neutrality to total war, tracing the solemn intellectual and political journey of a president forced to abandon his hopes for international arbitration.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes
Unknown
To step inside these official papers is to observe the immense, tedious machinery of nineteenth-century American governance at work, where high constitutional battles collide with itemized ledger entries.
A History of Greek Art: With an Introductory Chapter on Art in Egypt and Mesopotamia
F. B. (Frank Bigelow) Tarbell
A marble block holds the ideal human form, waiting only for an eye trained enough to see it and a hand steady enough to carve it away.
A Little Garrison: A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
Fritz Oswald Bilse
A gripping tale of honor, scandal, and redemption within the ranks of the German army, revealing the complexities of military life and human nature.
An Address to Men of Science: Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth
Richard Carlile
A call to arms for scientists to challenge superstition and religious dogma, advocating for a rational and enlightened society.
An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)
Corbyn Morris
A rigorous mid-eighteenth-century attempt to categorize the mechanics of comedy shows how distinct rhetorical devices shape human laughter and literary craft.
An introduction to the theory of value
William Smart
Price reflects human desire bounded by scarcity, not the inherent work required to bring a commodity to market.
Ancient history from the monuments: Greek cities & islands of Asia Minor
W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright) Vaux
Ancient archaeological remains across Asia Minor illuminate how classical Greek colonies, local Anatolian kingdoms, and early Christian communities shaped the Mediterranean world.
Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls
Aunt Fanny
Childhood unfolds as a series of small, domestic dramas where giant fears, sudden mishaps, and moral choices shape the everyday world of little boys and girls.
Base-ball
John Montgomery Ward
Underneath the modern pageantry of America’s summer pastime lies a rigorous craft built on physical discipline, strategic mind games, and evolving administrative order.
Ben Pepper
Margaret Sidney
A quiet twelve-year-old boy shoulders the heavy emotional and practical burdens of his extended household, quietly steadying every crisis while everyone else gets the credit.