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'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 Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa
Richard Darlington
A rare, violent funnel cloud tears through late nineteenth-century rural Pennsylvania, uprooting trees, shattering homes, and leaving an indelible path of localized destruction in its wake.
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 Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
Fred C. (Frederick Carruthers) Cornell
In the scorched expanse of South-West Africa, phantom rivers, buried diamonds, and human desperation drive men into the heart of an unforgiving wilderness.
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 Splendid Hazard
Harold MacGrath
An obsession with a lost empire lures an ambitious dreamer across continents, transforming a breezy treasure hunt into a quiet reckoning with human pride.
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.
Arizona nights
Stewart Edward White
The desert is a vast, indifferent stage where the line between civilization and savagery is as thin as a rawhide rope. Here, men define themselves through endurance, loneliness, and the brutal clarity of the open range.
Australia, The Dairy Country
Australia. Department of External Affairs
Land is cheap, grass grows year-round, and international ships wait at the dock; the only missing piece in Australia's imperial dairy vision is you.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1899: Illustrated by Color Photography
Various
An April 1899 issue of a popular nature periodical weaves scientific essays, naturalists' field journals, whimsical bird dialogues, and quiet lyric poetry into a tapestry of early spring.
Celtic Tales, Told to the Children
Louey Chisholm
A woman transformed into a swan spends centuries battered by wintry seas, singing songs so sweet they bring peace to all who hear her.
Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 09 (of 20)
Charles Sumner
A lawmaker's moral clarity meets the constitutional friction of a nation at war with itself, revealing how legislative precision can be wielded as an instrument of human liberation.
Ciphers for the little folks
Dorothy Crain
A secret message hides inside every picture, clock, and line of verse, waiting for a sharp eye to bring it to light.
Civil Government of Virginia: A Text-book for Schools Based Upon the Constitution of 1902 and Conforming to the Laws Enacted in Accordance Therewith
William Fayette Fox
A systematic examination of institutional authority reveals how civic duty, constitutional framework, and public administration construct the foundation of state governance.
Countess Kate
Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
When a poor parson's orphan niece suddenly inherits a historic peerage, her wildest dreams of wealth crumble against the stiff, unyielding walls of aristocratic Victorian propriety.
Courtship and Marriage, and the Gentle Art of Home-Making
Annie S. Swan
A practical Victorian guidebook maps the path to domestic harmony, offering grounded advice on choosing a partner, managing a household, and navigating the social pressures of late nineteenth-century family life.
Dancers in the Dark
Dorothy Speare
The young women of the Jazz Age navigate a dizzying world of dance halls, broken hearts, and the pursuit of artistic identity. This is a story of how the rhythm of the city reshapes the lives of those caught in its beat.
David Harum: A Story of American Life
Edward Noyes Westcott
A young man of fallen fortunes accepts a banking post in rural New York, where an eccentric, sharp-witted horse trader becomes his mentor and ally.
Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States,: 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887
Various
A handful of 1880s politicians and female activists face off in the Senate to debate whether American women deserve the right to vote.
Doctor Luke of the Labrador
Norman Duncan
A motherless boy grows up on the wild, fog-choked coast of Labrador, where sea-borne tragedy and religious dread give way to healing when a mysterious doctor arrives.
Down the Mother Lode
Vivia Hemphill
A rough-hewn window into the Sierra foothills, where gold fever yields to human grit, absurd humor, and the quiet dignity of a vanishing frontier.
Dr. Lavendar's People
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Beneath the quiet, elm-shaded streets of a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania village, human hearts wrestle with the quiet, overwhelming complexities of conscience, unspoken love, and the painful necessity of forgiveness.
Early Quaker education in Pennsylvania
Thomas Woody
This scholarly inquiry documents the earnest, decentralized effort of early Pennsylvania Quakers to build a network of schools rooted in moral discipline, religious conviction, and practical utility.
Ewing's Lady
Harry Leon Wilson
A young Western painter travels east to sell his art, only to find himself entangled in an old family secret that reshapes his future.
Exploits and adventures of a soldier ashore and afloat
William Llewellyn Adams
The life of an American soldier at the turn of the twentieth century was a curious mix of rigid military discipline and the romantic freedom of a global wanderer.
Fables for the Frivolous
Guy Wetmore Carryl
Clever beasts and foolish men clash in rhyme, only to discover that the punchline always cuts deeper than the lesson.
First impressions of the New World on two travellers from the Old, in the autumn of 1858
Isabella Strange Trotter
A British family's autumn journey across mid-nineteenth-century North America unfolds through warm, sharp-eyed letters that capture a rapidly modernizing continent with generous curiosity and quiet wit.
Five Little Plays
Alfred Sutro
Five short plays set in early twentieth-century England strip away social polish to reveal the quiet desperation, hidden betrayals, and sharp bargaining driving human relationships.
Four Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an Expedition From San Francisco to the Gold Districts
Henry Vizetelly
Desperation, greed, and lawlessness collide in the Sierra foothills as a band of gold-seekers discovers that unearthing California’s wild treasure is far easier than surviving it.
Frivolous Cupid
Anthony Hope
A collection of sketches and short stories, this volume explores the tangled, often absurd, and always unpredictable nature of romance. Through a series of vignettes, the prose examines how vanity, social expectation, and genuine affection collide in the lives of both ordinary English society and legendary figures.…
Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940
Ray Bradbury
Beneath every sprawling universe lies a scrap of paper where a young dreamer first dared to write it down.
Graining and Marbling: A Series of Practical Treatises on Material, Tools and Appliances Used
F. (Frederick) Maire
A masterful guide to a forgotten craft, this manual transforms humble paint and basic brushes into convincing facsimiles of rich hardwoods and rare stones.