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The Hermit Of ——— Street: 1898
Anna Katharine Green
This mystery of 1898 captures the unsettling intersection of domestic comfort and hidden, high-stakes malice. Through the eyes of an ingenue, a dark secret is slowly unspooled, revealing how a young woman’s romantic fascination with a brooding, mysterious neighbor leads her into a trap of her own making.
The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island
Cyril Burleigh
A group of prep school students on an educational yacht tour finds themselves marooned in a hidden, uncharted bay, only to discover their island sanctuary is being used as a staging ground for dangerous smugglers.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 36
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A deluded knight-errant and his pragmatic squire wander toward Barcelona, encountering the harsh realities of the open road and the unexpected complexity of human character.
The History of the Life and Death of Sultan Solyman the Magnificent, Emperor of the Turks, and of His son Mustapha
Unknown
A father’s jealousy, stoked by a scheming stepmother, turns the might of an empire against its own most promising heir.
The house with the silver door
Eva March Tappan
In the dark or deep in the forest, kindness and plain courage always light the path home.
The Husbands of Edith
George Barr McCutcheon
The quiet charm of a European holiday takes an unexpected turn when a man agrees to pose as his best friend, only to find himself entangled in a web of impersonation and romance.
The Infant's Skull
Eugène Sue
A stark look at the dawn of the Capetian dynasty in France, this narrative strips away the pageantry of medieval royalty to expose the crushing cycle of serfdom and the desperation born of apocalyptic panic.
The Iron Star
John Preston True
HOOK A fallen meteorite acts as a silent witness to the evolution of human civilization, traveling from the dawn of the Stone Age to the technological marvels of the nineteenth century.
The Key to Yesterday
Charles Neville Buck
A celebrated artist, haunted by a forgotten past and a hidden identity, must traverse a dangerous international web to reclaim the woman he loves and the memory of who he truly is.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Two brothers orphaned and bound by a solemn promise seek a new life in the West, only to find themselves cast into the heart of the Great Sioux War. Their survival depends on shifting from the roles of tenderfoot travelers to masters of a hidden, untamed wilderness.
The London Medical Gazette
Various
A volatile mix of clinical instruction, bitter professional feuds, and emergency medicine reveals the frantic world of nineteenth-century British healthcare.
The moving picture boys on the war front
Victor Appleton
Young cameramen find themselves at the center of espionage and combat while filming the front lines of the Great War. This adventure blends the technical novelty of early cinema with the high-stakes tension of international intrigue.
The nature of man
Elie Metchnikoff
A organism designed for youth and survival finds itself betrayed by its own internal machinery as time goes on.
The Open Secret of Ireland
Tom Kettle
A deep-seated historical entanglement defines the relationship between England and Ireland, where justice and freedom are the only pathways to genuine peace. This book explores the endurance of the Irish national idea against centuries of systemic misgovernment.
The Other Side of Evolution: Its Effects and Fallacy
Alexander Patterson
Science and theology clash in an early twentieth-century crusade to dismantle Darwinian theory, presenting a rigorous, lay-accessible broadside against scientific consensus to preserve traditional Christian faith.
The Phantom Death, etc
William Clark Russell
<Image alt="A classic 19th-century sailing ship riding high waves under dark storm clouds" caption="Tales of high-seas mystery and peril" src="imageagenttag1"/ --- Tales of mysterious deaths, hidden gold, and desperate stowaways unfold across the expanse of the ocean.
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1
Stephen David Durrant
A detailed scientific monograph maps the distinct mammalian populations burrowing across an arid American state.
The Popham Colony
William Frederick Poole
A fierce dispute over forgotten soil reveals how easily local pride can twist historical evidence.
The Story of a Tinder-box
Charles Meymott Tidy
A simple spark from a piece of flint and steel once held the power to light the world; this exploration reveals how that humble flame ignited the course of human ingenuity.
The story of Don Miff
Virginius Dabney
Across the fractured landscape of nineteenth-century Virginia, a eccentric narrator weaves a rambling chronicle of music, aristocratic domesticity, and the catastrophic rupture of the Civil War.
The time-raider
Edmond Hamilton
An investigator steps through a rift in time, only to be swept into a prehistoric war for the future of humanity.
The Trail of the Elk
Mikkjel Fønhus
An obsession born in the Norwegian wilderness binds a lonely hunter to a legendary beast, driving both through decades of pursuit toward a final, fateful reckoning.
The Travelling Thirds
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Bound by familial obligation and an unyielding coat, a young Californian woman blazes her own path through the historic landscapes of turn-of-the-century Spain.
The Twins: A Domestic Novel
Martin Farquhar Tupper
This domestic tale explores the heavy toll of family secrets and the sharp moral divide between two brothers, set against the backdrop of a quiet English watering place. It is a cautionary, earnest work that weighs the consequences of hidden truths and the redemptive power of faith.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
Lysander Spooner
A rigorous legal argument asserting that the United States Constitution never granted authority for human bondage, but rather established a framework that inherently protects the liberty of every person.
The universe wreckers
Edmond Hamilton
When the sun begins to accelerate its spin, threatening to break apart and destroy the solar system, four Earthmen set out across the void to disarm the cosmic ray responsible.
The Wandering Jew
Eugène Sue
HOOK A sprawling, multi-generational conspiracy pits the shadowy influence of the Jesuit order against a scattered family desperate to claim a life-altering inheritance by a specific February deadline.
The White Shield
Bertram Mitford
An aged veteran recounts the harrowing rise of a legendary African kingdom, where survival hinges on iron discipline, shifting loyalties, and the mystical protection of a sacred, snow-white shield.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)
Unknown
These pages capture the idiosyncratic spirit of a bygone era, weaving together the absurd, the sentimental, and the vernacular voices that once defined the American literary landscape.
The Yankee and the Teuton in Wisconsin
Joseph Schafer
The Wisconsin frontier was a collision of cultures, where the restless optimism of the Yankee settler met the measured, methodical habits of the German immigrant to reshape the American Midwest.
The Young Mechanic: Containing directions for the use of all kinds of tools, and for the construction of steam engines and mechanical models, including the art of turning in wood and metal
James Lukin
A practical, step-by-step guide to woodworking, lathe turning, and model engineering, offering clear instructions for beginners to master classic shop tools and construct their own working steam engines.
Turkish Memories
Sidney Whitman
A foreign correspondent tours the Ottoman Empire during its final decades, observing palace intrigue, frontier conflicts, and ordinary domestic life.
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
The storms of the sea and the storms of the heart collide in this vibrant study of longing, where a shipwrecked girl finds herself caught in a tangled web of love, masquerade, and mistaken identity.
Two sailor lads
Gordon Stables
Bound by a childhood vow of eternal friendship, two brave boys brave shipwreck, mutinous whalers, and cannibal islands on the high seas.
Unvarnished Tales
William Mackay
A grandly titled gentleman sells his father's stolen snuff-box back to him for a cool thousand pounds, only to discover that every domestic threshold conceals its own absurd, desperate blackmail scheme.
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
J. H. (John Henry) Patterson
Under an overcast Mediterranean sky, thousands of Jewish refugees march under the unlikely command of a sharp-tongued British officer, forging an extraordinary transport unit bound for the slaughter of the Dardanelles.
A Country Gentleman and His Family
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A headstrong young squire defies his family for an older widow, while his sister’s quiet romance is shattered at the altar by a devastating secret.
A Day's Tour: A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg
Percy Fitzgerald
A sweltering August day in London sparks a sudden impulse to escape, launching a whirlwind thirty-seven-hour journey through the historic, fortified towns of northern France and Belgium.
A Desperate Voyage
E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
Driven to the brink of ruin by his own misdeeds, a desperate London solicitor flees across the open sea on a stolen yacht, binding his fate to a crew of dangerous outlaws.
A Little Swiss Sojourn
William Dean Howells
Seeking a quiet autumn abroad, a traveler settles on the shores of Lake Geneva, finding that gray skies, sour grapes, and taciturn locals offer a charm all their own.
A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees
John M. (John Moseley) Weeks
A practical nineteenth-century guide reveals how thoughtful hive construction and attentive, humane management can restore prosperity to American apiaries threatened by destructive pests.
A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
A rigorous military manual dismantles outdated British sword regulations to forge a precise, modern system of infantry defense focused on wrist agility, balanced posture, and fore-arm play.
A Reversible Santa Claus
Meredith Nicholson
Stealing a stranger’s car on Christmas Eve seems simple enough for a retired pickpocket, until he realizes there is a laughing toddler in the back seat.
A Voice of Warning
Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt
A bold, literal approach to biblical prophecy presents a striking challenge to nineteenth-century Christian orthodoxy and maps out a dramatic vision of earth's restoration.
An Accidental Honeymoon
Edward Barron
Summer on the Eastern Shore brings together a stranded New York writer and a spirited young woman hiding in plain sight.
An Account of the Customs and Manners of the Micmakis and Maricheets Savage Nations, Now Dependent on the Government of Cape-Breton
Antoine Simon Maillard
A rare mid-eighteenth-century missionary report offers an unvarnished window into North American colonial warfare, native traditions, and the bitter geopolitical struggle between European empires.
An Atheist Manifesto
Joseph Lewis
When humanity casts off the paralyzing fear of a tyrant deity, it exchanges mythical promises of salvation for real, practical progress on earth.
An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
John Taylor
Through an extensive assembly of ancient and modern scriptures, this treatise argues that human salvation relies entirely on a pre-ordained, divine sacrifice that spans all of history and eternity.