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In the Name of a Woman: A Romance
Arthur W. Marchmont
A lone Englishman finds himself thrust into the heart of a lethal Bulgarian political conspiracy, where the only path to survival is to fight for a woman’s crown.
In the Name of the People
Arthur W. Marchmont
A daring Englishman finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of political revolution and forbidden romance while navigating the treacherous streets of Lisbon.
Indian Stories Retold From St. Nicholas
Various
These retold tales offer a window into the customs, legends, and daily lives of North American Indigenous peoples, presented through a collection of short, vivid sketches originally curated for young readers at the turn of the twentieth century.
Introduction to the Study of Palæontological Botany
John Hutton Balfour
This foundational text offers a rigorous, scholarly guide to the plant life of ancient geological eras, bridging the gap between living botany and the fossilized remains of the deep past.
Israel Rank
Roy Horniman
A chillingly detached narrator navigates the rigid hierarchies of Edwardian society by methodically removing those standing between him and a noble inheritance. This dark, satirical confession explores the cold efficiency of a man who views murder as a mere administrative necessity.
Janet Hardy in Hollywood
Ruthe S. Wheeler
Two high school friends trade their quiet Midwestern lives for the high-stakes world of Hollywood, finding that film sets hold as much danger, mystery, and drama as the scripts they once performed on stage.
Jeremy and Hamlet: A Chronicle of Certain Incidents in the Lives of a Boy, a Dog, and a Country Town
Hugh Walpole
A small boy’s world is a vast territory where the mundane—a dog’s favorite window, a schoolyard scuffle, or a stolen moment with a book—takes on the weight of an epic journey. Through the eyes of a child, the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life
Myra Kelly
A young teacher navigates the vibrant, chaotic world of a lower East Side classroom, where immigrant children blend their unique cultural heritage with the challenges of early twentieth-century American life.
Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox
David Cory
The forest is a place of constant peril for a small, clever rabbit, but vigilance and a quick wit are often enough to outsmart the larger predators who lurk in the shadows.
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 2 of 3)
B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A desperate, lonely woman is trapped under the thumb of her miserly, manipulative father, while a conniving clerk plots to seize both her hand and her father’s fortune.
Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the Palmettos
St. George Rathborne
An American operative travels from Dublin to the Caribbean, entangled in a high-stakes rescue mission and a test of heart, where loyalties are as shifting as the tides.
Mrs. Dot: A Farce
W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
A wealthy widow orchestrates a sophisticated game of romantic musical chairs to secure the man she loves, all while navigating the rigid social expectations of the Edwardian elite.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
A resilient woman living in a ramshackle neighborhood proves that even in the deepest poverty, a cheerful spirit can transform a scrap-filled life into something song-worthy.
My Trip Around the World: August, 1895-May, 1896
Eleonora Hunt
The journey of a lifetime begins with a heavy heart and concludes with a patriotic embrace of home, capturing the grandeur and the struggle of late nineteenth-century global travel.
Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall
Clarence Young
This story follows three inseparable friends who trade their restless, high-speed lifestyle for the rigid halls of academia, discovering that collegiate life offers its own set of challenges, rivalries, and triumphs. It remains a quintessential example of early 20th-century boys' fiction, emphasizing the transition…
Normandy
G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
This guide offers an intimate portrait of a storied region, blending historical inquiry with the practical observations of a traveler. It captures the essence of a landscape defined by both its architectural grandeur and its enduring peasant traditions.
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country
T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus
This work examines the economic tension between domestic agricultural protectionism and the benefits of free trade, arguing that the true impact of corn prices on national wealth is often misunderstood.
Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia
St. George Rathborne
HOOK A determined Quaker detective pursues a cold-blooded murderer from the elegant parlors of Fifth Avenue into the rugged, dangerous heart of the Australian outback.
Old Rough the miser
Lily F. Wesselhoeft
A woodland tyrant's greed turns neighbor against neighbor until the smallest forest creatures unite to break a dark prophecy of unending war.
Old-Time Nautical Instruments
John Robinson
Navigators of the past ventured into uncharted oceans equipped only with rudimentary tools, often lacking even the basic sextants or charts considered essential for survival by modern standards.
Oscar in Africa
Harry Castlemon
A young American naturalist travels to the African wilderness to collect museum specimens, facing both the dangers of the veldt and the schemes of unscrupulous opportunists.
Our Fellows
Harry Castlemon
Twin brothers and their group of friends navigate the perils of the wilderness while outwitting a band of dangerous outlaws in this high-stakes frontier adventure.
Our Little Czecho-Slovak Cousin
Clara Vostrovsky Winlow
Set against the backdrop of a nation’s dramatic rebirth, this narrative follows a young boy’s journey from a repressed village to the heart of a newly independent state. It captures the resilient spirit of a people longing for sovereignty.
Outposts of Asia
Morilla Maria Norton
This travelogue captures the shifting landscape of East Asia at the dawn of the twentieth century, blending personal observation with the geopolitical anxieties of a changing world. It serves as both an intimate diary of a journey and a reflection on the rapid modernization of Japan, Korea, and Manchuria.
Pan and Æolus: Poems
Charles Hamilton Musgrove
HOOK This collection of verse grapples with the eternal weight of human mortality, finding in the silence of nature and the turbulence of modern life a search for divine purpose.
Passing By
Maurice Baring
The quiet tragedy of a hidden love unfolds through glimpses of diaries and letters, tracing a path from casual social acquaintance to an irreversible renunciation of the world.
Plutarch's essays and miscellanies, Vol. 5 (of 5)
Plutarch
To slaughter an animal merely to satisfy a pampered appetite is an act of unthinking cruelty. Flesh-eating clogs the mind, dulls the spirit, and brutally strips a feeling creature of its rightful time under the sun.
Poisonous Snakes of Kansas
Robert F. (Robert Francis) Clarke
Knowing the difference between a dangerous serpent and a harmless garden visitor can transform a paralyzing fear of the outdoors into a manageable, informed curiosity. This guide demystifies the slithering inhabitants of the Kansas landscape.
Post mortem: Essays, historical and medical
C. (Charles) MacLaurin
Great figures of history are often framed by the myths they inspire, yet they were first and foremost physical beings governed by the frailties of the human body. This collection of essays examines the intersection of high-stakes historical events and the often-overlooked medical conditions that may have shaped the…
Psyche
Walter S. (Walter Samuel) Cramp
A innocent young family of Greek performers is drawn into the deadly, paranoid inner circles of Imperial Rome. Power, corruption, and fragile virtue collide as the court of Tiberius unravels.
Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment
John G. B. (John Gregory Bishop) Adams
A raw, unvarnished account of four years spent in the shadow of war, this narrative captures the daily existence of the men who marched from Massachusetts to the heart of the Confederacy and back.
Representative British Orations Volume 1 (of 4): With Introductions and Explanatory Notes
Unknown
This collection of historical speeches preserves the pivotal moments when influential voices shaped the trajectory of a nation. It offers an intimate look at the power of rhetoric to define the boundaries between authority and liberty.
San Salvador
Mary Agnes Tincker
Seeking a hidden sanctuary, a young woman discovers a remote, utopian society where the rigors of the world fall away, revealing both the beauty of communal living and the haunting, inescapable nature of human longing.
Sarah Dillard's Ride: A Story of the Carolinas in 1780
James Otis
Two young patriots race against time to warn their neighbors of a looming British surprise attack, risking everything to outwit a treacherous local spy and change the course of the Revolutionary War.
Scheherazade: a London night's entertainment
Florence Warden
An impulsive marriage to an enigmatic heiress pulls a rigid young officer into a web of deceit, public disgrace, and eventual quiet redemption.
Shafting, Pulleys, Belting and Rope Transmission
Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins
This technical manual serves as an essential guide for engineers tasked with the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical power transmission systems in industrial settings.
Sir John Everett Millais
A. L. (Alfred Lys) Baldry
A child prodigy grows into a Victorian titan, revolutionizing British art through the radical Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood before evolving into a master of expressive portraiture and landscape.
Spanish bayonet
Stephen Vincent Benét
A naive young colonial heir journeys into the lush, deceptive depths of British Florida, where romantic illusions shatter against the brutally real machinery of human exploitation and impending revolution.
Sunday sunshine
Unknown
Self-sacrificing sailors, patient grandmothers, and seeking souls find that every life's storm bends toward peace when surrendered to divine love.
Sweet Content
Mrs. Molesworth
The story of a young girl’s awakening to her own vanity, this narrative follows a sheltered child as she learns that the measure of a person lies in grace, not status.
Texas Honey Plants
Charles Emerson Sanborn
The natural world is an intricate map of resources, and for the apiarist, the landscape is defined by the ephemeral bloom of field and forest. This work serves as a foundational guide for those seeking to understand the nectar-bearing pulse of the Texas wilderness.
The Annes
Marion Ames Taggart
A profound struggle between personal desire and moral duty consumes a young woman caught in an impossible tangle of love and obligation.
The Bandolero
Mayne Reid
A soldier in a foreign land finds his heart captured by a mystery, only to discover that love and war in the mountains are as dangerous as they are intoxicating.
The Bath Keepers
Paul de Kock
In the shifting landscape of old Paris, a web of impulsive aristocrats, desperate lovers, and wandering clerks collide in a volatile struggle for reputation and redemption.
The Bear Family at Home, and How the Circus Came to Visit Them
Curtis Dwight Wilbur
A curious young bear finds his way back from the circus to his mountain home, where he and his family create a sanctuary for his former performance companions. This gentle narrative explores the themes of domesticity, storytelling, and the lessons learned when the wild meets the tamed.
The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie
Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917
The Silver Fox Patrol ventures deep into the labyrinthine Louisiana wetlands, braving dangerous terrain and elusive outlaws to help their leader search for his long-lost sister.
The Chickamauga Dam and its environs
Robert Sparks Walker
A vast reservoir transforms the landscape of eastern Tennessee, submerging decades of frontier history to ignite a modernized industrial south.
The commonwealth of cells
H. G. F. (Herbert George Flaxman) Spurrell
A continuous burn of energy keeps living substance intact while constantly changing it, separating organic life from simple non-living chemistry.