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The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice
John Henry Goldfrap
A wide-eyed Catskill farm boy marvels at a colorful recruitment poster in a country store, setting off a rapid chain of events that carries two mountain youths straight onto the steel decks of a giant American battleship.
The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)
George Tyrrell
Hungry for certainty, human thought repeatedly swings between dry intellectual systems and vital spiritual experience. The essays collected here explore how ancient faith adapts to modern knowledge, arguing that religion thrives by answering the soul's deepest practical and emotional needs.
The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park
G. F. (Grenville F.) Allen
Where low river valleys give way to high alpine ridges, dense evergreen foliage yields to weather-beaten spires and sprawling mountain meadows shaped by snow, fire, and climate.
The Girl from Alsace: A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade
Burton Egbert Stevenson
An inadvertent partnership forged on the eve of war plunges two strangers into a desperate trek across hostile territory.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 02
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A delusional country gentleman takes up a lance, mounts a worn-out hack, and sets out across the Spanish countryside to right the world's wrongs.
The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit
Richard Harris
Litigation turns a dispute over a pig into a vortex of legal fees that consumes a farmer's entire life.
The Jack-Knife Man
Ellis Parker Butler
A gentle Iowa craftsman transformed by an orphaned boy learns that a quiet life, a sharp pocketknife, and an unexpectedly fierce heart are enough to build a real family.
The Land of Fire: A Tale of Adventure
Mayne Reid
Stranded along the frozen coasts of Tierra del Fuego, a lost American crew must rely on an old sailor's wilderness lore to survive hostile weather and native encounters.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
Georgiana Fullerton
Physical life yields entirely to the spirit in these lives of Christian ascetics, where bodily torment and ecstasy meet in quiet Rome.
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The Little Treasure of Prayers: Being a Translation of the Epitome from the German Larger "Treasure of Prayers" ["Gebets-Schatz"] of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Anonymous
An enduring collection of nineteenth-century Lutheran devotions, this volume guides believers through the quiet rhythms of daily work, sudden crises, and the final passage of life.
The Long Dim Trail
Forrestine C. (Forrestine Cooper) Hooker
A weary young mother on an isolated Arizona homestead faces the terror of an Indian raid while her volatile husband leaves her to bear the brunt of frontier life.
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The 'Look About You' Nature Study Books, Book 3 [of 7]
Thomas W. Hoare
Curious children uncover the quiet wonders of nature alongside their knowledgeable uncle, learning to observe the wild world in their own backyard with patience, scientific precision, and deep respect.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth
Robert Williams Wood
When a mysterious dictator of human destiny weaponizes the earth's axis to force an end to global warfare, humanity faces a terrifying choice between perpetual peace and planetary annihilation.
The maternal management of children, in health and disease
Thomas Bull
A mother’s steady, vigilant care is framed as the ultimate defense against childhood illness in this authoritative nineteenth-century guide to domestic hygiene and pediatric care.
The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Charles C. Nott
A forgotten delegate leaves behind a draft of the Constitution that disappears into history, only to reappear decades later and ignite an intense debate over who truly shaped the American republic.
The Recitation
George Herbert Betts
A thoughtful teacher provides clear, practical guidance on how to make the classroom period an inspiring, purposeful environment for learning.
The Rival Campers Afloat
Ruel Perley Smith
Two rival groups of Maine teenage boys spend a lively summer racing sailboats, settling small-town squabbles, and uncovering a dark mystery aboard a sunken yacht.
The romance of the animal world
Edmund Selous
A small wasp flies into a shaded veranda carrying glistening spheres of mud, building an intricate architecture designed for a dark and violent purpose.
The Rubicon
E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
A cynical young woman marries for social position, only to find that her callous indifference to life wrecks the happiness of everyone around her.
The Soul of Nicholas Snyders
Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
A bitter Dutch miser buys a young man’s generous soul, only to discover that the burden of loving someone else is far more agonizing than his original greed.
The Spell of the Rockies
Enos A. Mills
A firsthand journey through the rugged wilderness of the American West reveals a world of untamed beauty, where high alpine storms, vast forests, and quiet animal societies shape the grand landscape.
The Walking Delegate
Leroy Scott
A corrupt labor boss uses his union as a personal gold mine until a principled steelworker decides to risk his livelihood, his marriage, and his reputation to bring him down.
Theological Essays and Other Papers
Thomas De Quincey
A fierce intellect dissects 19th-century church schisms, ancient wardrobes, world-conquerors, and Alexander Pope's malicious satires with devastating precision.
Through British Guiana to the summit of Roraima
Clementi, Cecil, Mrs.
Unbroken rainforests give way to sunlit tablelands and sheer vertical cliffs as a journey into South America’s hidden interior reveals the ancient, mist-shrouded summit of Roraima.
Tomlinsoniana
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
A rogue's guide to human nature reveals that the quickest way to govern men is to master the hidden mechanics of their hypocrisy.
Tried for Her Life: A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave"
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
A falsely accused heroine escapes a death sentence, survives a harrowing wilderness flood, and endures years of exile before a dying confession clears her name.
True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons
Cleveland Moffett
A methodical detective agency relentlessly pursues 1870s bank robbers, train wreckers, and express thieves across North America, unraveling elaborate criminal conspiracies through forensic patience, undercover infiltration, and psychology.
Turandot, Princess of China: A Chinoiserie in Three Acts
Carlo Gozzi
Cruel beauty meets stubborn devotion under the shadow of the Peking scaffold.
'Twixt Earth and Stars: Poems
Radclyffe Hall
A collection of 20th-century lyric poetry explores the ecstatic peaks and quiet, desolate aftershocks of romance, tracing how passionate devotion surrenders to distance, pride, and the inevitable decay of time.
Vergil: A Biography
Tenney Frank
A rigorous reconstruction traces how a reserved provincial youth transformed into imperial Rome's defining epic poet through personal turmoil, philosophical study, and political upheaval.
Webster—Man's Man
Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
A practical man of action steps off the desert into high society and finds himself swept into a tropical revolution.
Your pay envelope
John Richard Meader
An earnest critique of early twentieth-century American radicalism argues that sweeping promises of industrial transformation ignore the complicated realities of human nature and practical economic accounting.
Zarlah the Martian
R. Norman (Robert Norman) Grisewood
A human soul crosses the void of space via telepathic light-waves, falling in love with a Martian maiden before a deadly race toward the planet's magnetic pole.
A Biography of Edmund Spenser
John W. (John Wesley) Hales
A visionary poet navigates the sparkling heights of the Elizabethan court and the bleak realities of Irish exile, crafting immortal verse while chasing a security that forever eludes him.
A catalogue of technical and scientific books published by Constable & Company Ltd
Constable (Firm)
This 1921 reference guide serves as a comprehensive index to the specialized technical and scientific literature that fueled early twentieth-century industrial and engineering progress.
A Hind Let Loose
Alexander Shields
An uncompromising defence of the radical Covenanters, this 1687 text justifies armed resistance, the rejection of Royal Supremacy, and total separation from Scotland’s oppressive late-Stuart monarchy.
A Life of St. John for the Young
George Ludington Weed
A youth raised along the shore of Galilee encounters a transformative teacher, following him from quiet waters through national turmoil to the ultimate peak of spiritual vision.
A Plucky Girl
L. T. Meade
A fierce refusal to slip into quiet, respectable poverty drives a spirited young woman and her mother to open a commercial boardinghouse, but their desperate venture soon entangles them in crushing debts and hazardous social compromises.
A Prisoner in Turkey
John Still
A capture at the height of battle opens a three-year ordeal through the harsh interior of Anatolia, where survival hinges on dark humor, quiet solidarity, and sheer endurance.
A sketch of the life of the late Henry Cooper, barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk circuit
William Cooper
A brilliant courtroom orator rises from obscurity to challenge British authority, only for his sudden death to ignite a bitter struggle over how his legacy will be remembered.
A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A quiet stroll down a bustling street leads into an improbable hall where legend, literature, and history sit side by side.
Absurdities of immaterialism
Orson Pratt
A fierce nineteenth-century theological attack turns natural philosophy into a weapon, insisting that any God who is real must occupy space, exert force, and possess physical substance.
Aeroplanes
James Slough Zerbe
Wings do not fly by imitating nature, but by mastering mass, speed, and the relentless counterforce of the air.
Alexandria and Her Schools: Four Lectures Delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh
Charles Kingsley
A sharp examination of ancient intellect, this historical assessment traces how Alexandria transformed classical philosophy into rigid commentary, ultimate mysticism, and eventual decay.
Among the Burmans: A Record of Fifteen Years of Work and its Fruitage
Henry Park Cochrane
A vivid portrait of daily missionary labor in turn-of-the-century Burma, detailing the physical trials, cultural friction, and spiritual persistent effort required to navigate a society in transition.
Among the River Pirates: A Skippy Dare Mystery Story
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Desperate times on the Hudson River force a young boy to navigate a dark world of poverty, frame-ups, and river piracy to save his innocent father.
And Five Were Foolish
Dornford Yates
A collection of witty, romantic tales from the early 20th century, exploring love, marriage, and the complexities of human relationships.
Apparitions
Joseph Taylor
Shadows in dark hallways often turn out to be nothing more than hanging coats or wandering livestock when examined closely.