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Fires - Book 3: The Hare, and Other Tales
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
A young man saves a terrified runaway girl on the high moors, only to find their shared future hinges on loosening his own desperate grip.
First Steps to Bell Ringing: Being an Introduction to the Healthful and Pleasant Exercise of Bell Ringing in Rounds and Changes upon Church Bells
Samuel B. Goslin
A clear, sensible guide to standard church bell ringing that transforms a potentially dangerous and bewildering belfry ritual into an orderly, accessible discipline.
Fly By Night
Arthur Dekker Savage
Two young pilots, trained from childhood and paired by military command, rocket into the deep black above Earth to accomplish humanity's first lunar flight—and to survive what lies beyond it.
Frank Nelson in the Forecastle
Harry Castlemon
Abducted on the San Francisco docks, a young sportsman must navigate a brutal whaling captain, a mutinous crew, and a deadly hunt on the open ocean to earn his way home.
Frédérique, vol. 1
Paul de Kock
Men, women, and the chaotic space between them cross paths in mid-nineteenth-century Paris, where an idle bachelor navigates middle-class ballrooms, illicit suppers, and the hidden struggles of vulnerable women.
Fromentin
Georges Beaume
A sensitive artist transforms personal heartbreaks and regional horizons into a refined aesthetic vision, bridging the worlds of French literature and Orientalist painting.
Funny Big Socks: Being the Fifth Book of the Series
Sarah L. Barrow
A storm outside a window can bring unexpected stories into a quiet room, carrying readers away on four distinct journeys of imagination.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 2/2: Sketches of a Cruise to the West Indies and the Spanish Main
Ida May Hill Starr
A cruise ship glides through turquoise waters to reveal lush botanical gardens, bustling markets, and black lakes of natural pitch. Beyond the sea-sprayed docks lie mountain railways, Dutch canal-ports, and quiet places of memory.
General Instructions for the Guidance of Post Office Inspectors in the Dominion of Canada
Alexander Campbell
An intricate administrative framework shapes the early Canadian mail system, translating raw wilderness routes into a disciplined instrument of statecraft and civil connection.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the High Sierras
Josephine Chase
A quiet mountain excursion erupts into a high-altitude game of cat and mouse when a group of seasoned young travelers stumbles across train robbers in the California wilderness.
Gun for Hire
Mack Reynolds
A cold-blooded hitman is pulled out of 1960 to assassinate a rising tyrant in a peaceful future, only to realize the new world offers a far better business opportunity.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The weight of a crown hangs upon the breaking of a vow, trapping a noble leader between his loyalty to his people and the cold, encroaching machinery of a rival’s ambition.
Hebrew Heroes: A Tale Founded on Jewish History
A. L. O. E.
Sacrificed to Syrian tyranny, the martyrs of Judea leave behind a shattered remnant of believers who must choose between deadly apostasy and armed resistance, finding in the house of Mattathias the faith to ignite a revolution.
History Repeats
George O. (George Oliver) Smith
An empire built on bribery and trade faces a quiet challenge when a lone operative and his telepathic dog navigate its corrupt alleys to rescue an abducted diplomat's daughter.
Holinshed's Chronicles, vol. 2 of 6, slice 03 of 12: England, 1100-1127, Henry I
Raphael Holinshed
A king’s death brings a scramble for power, where broken oaths and political maneuvering shape the destiny of a nation.
How to plan a library building for library work
Charles C. (Charles Carroll) Soule
A library building must be designed around the daily labor of librarians and readers rather than the aesthetic whims of an ambitious architect.
Intelligence in Plants and Animals: Being a New Edition of the Author's Privately Issued "Soul and Immortality."
Thomas G. (Thomas George) Gentry
A grand survey of natural history seeks to erase the line between human and animal minds, finding spiritual purpose in every living creature.
Introduction to the Dramas of Balzac
J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
This critical introduction offers an essential guide to the five plays written by a master novelist, revealing both his struggle to master a new medium and his eventual success in theatrical satire.
Joan Haste
H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
A dark, sacrificial storm of secret parentage, class barriers, and tragic devotion in Victorian East Anglia.
King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
In a land fractured by church spires, outlawed nobles, and royal ambition, a young king tries to build an empire while his kingdom burns from within.
Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity
Kirsopp Lake
A study of early Christianity reveals a movement constantly reshaping itself, transforming from an apocalyptic Jewish sect into a Greek mystery cult, and finally into a sophisticated system of Roman ethics and Platonic metaphysics.
Lanier of the Cavalry
Charles King
A brave young cavalry officer endures wrongful suspicion and a week under house arrest to protect a friend's foolish secret.
Laperouse
Scott, Ernest, Sir
A legendary French navigator vanishes into the Pacific, leaving behind a mystery that haunts maritime history for generations. This account reconstructs the life and final, ill-fated expedition of an Enlightenment-era explorer.
Locrine
Unknown
A father’s dying bequest splits an ancient kingdom among his sons, unleashing a torrent of foreign invasions, secret subterranean affairs, and bloody dynastic revenge.
Lucinda
Anthony Hope
A woman jilts her steady suitor on the morning of their London wedding, fleeing into a web of continental intrigue, hidden debts, and shifting devotions.
Manners & Cvstoms of ye Englyshe: Drawn from ye Qvick
Richard Doyle
A bumbling Victorian diarist wanders through London’s high society and lower depths, blundering into crowded flower shows, noisy political rants, and chaotic stock meetings.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq
Henry Hunt
A fiery, unapologetic account of a nineteenth-century radical’s struggle against institutional corruption, these memoirs capture a voice that refused to be silenced by magistrates, jailers, or the elite.
Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757
Watts, William, active 1737-1758
A concise account of imperial ambition and political intrigue, this treatise documents the overthrow of Suraja Dowlat and the rapid consolidation of British power in mid-eighteenth-century Bengal.
Misunderstood
Florence Montgomery
A spirited, misunderstood boy yearns for his widowed father’s approval, but his restless energy is constantly mistaken for a heartless, mischievous nature.
Mordred and Hildebrand: A Book of Tragedies
Wilfred Campbell
When legitimate crowns are tainted by sin, power becomes a heavy curse that fractures both great empires and individual human hearts.
Motor Matt on the Wing
Stanley R. Matthews
When a ruthless loan shark tries to rob a dead inventor’s widow of her late husband's experimental biplane, a brilliant teenage mechanic steps into the breach to pilot the untried machine in a high-stakes military trial.
Mount Royal: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3
M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
An unhealed past and a reluctant marriage collide along the rugged Cornish coast when a woman's former lover unexpectedly re-enters her domestic sphere.
Nearly Bedtime: Five Short Stories for the Little Ones
H. Mary Wilson
Gentle home tales capture the quiet, generous impulses of childhood and the small, vital lessons that shape a young heart before sleep.
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume II
John McLean
Rough, brutal, and unvarnished, this nineteenth-century fur trader's narrative exposes the harsh realities of Northern frontier survival and the ruthless corporate politics of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Notwithstanding
Mary Cholmondeley
A desperate young woman on the brink of a Parisian bridge is swept into a secret, ill-fated affair, only to find that the quiet English village where she seeks refuge is bound to the very past she left behind.
Observations on the new constitution, and on the Federal and State conventions, by a Columbian patriot
Mercy Otis Warren
A newly liberated people stands on the precipice of trading a defeated foreign tyrant for an untried domestic despotism.
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems
Isabella Valancy Crawford
Nature—both the untamed, rugged landscape of the Canadian frontier and the internal, elemental forces of human desire—drives this collection of verse. It captures a world where the wilderness is not merely a setting, but a living, breathing participant in the lives of those who inhabit it.
Olympic National Park, Washington
Gunnar O. Fagerlund
A land carved by ancient ocean beds and massive ice sheets reveals a thriving sanctuary where giant evergreens, vibrant subalpine meadows, and diverse wildlife flourish under a protective coastal climate.
Our Gift
Teachers of the School Street Universalist Sunday School. Boston
This collection of moral lessons, poems, and anecdotes serves as a gentle guide for young readers, emphasizing the importance of faith, obedience, and the diligent pursuit of character in daily life.
Our Little Japanese Cousin
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Two Japanese siblings navigate daily domestic life, seasonal festivals, and traditional schooling in a story designed to introduce early twentieth-century American children to Japan.
Plain Facts
G. A. Bauman
A sharp, early-twentieth-century handbook of personal efficiency argues that financial independence and marital harmony are built not on sudden windfalls, but on early thrift, systematic habits, and the humble discipline of daily labor.
Prince Hagen
Upton Sinclair
HOOK A supernatural usurper from the depths of the earth emerges to master the cutthroat world of American high society, wielding nothing but gold and a contempt for human hypocrisy.
Private Peat
Harold Reginald Peat
A Canadian volunteer trades his kit for khaki, braves the mud of Flanders, and brings home a fierce, compassionate eyewitness account of the First World War.
Pulp and Paper Magazine, Vol. XIII, No. 20, October 15, 1916: A Semi-Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Science and Practice of the Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry with an Up-to-date Review of Conditions in the Allied Trades
Various
An industry responds to global wartime pressure with technical innovation, collective organizing, and fierce market negotiation.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914
Various
A mirror held up to a nation on the brink of profound transformation, this volume captures the anxieties, absurdity, and high-spirited levity of early twentieth-century British society.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841
Various
Satirical periodicals thrive on sharp-edged parodies of Victorian high society, ruthless political ribbing, and mock-journalistic absurdities.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891
Various
Through a thick fog of Victorian coal-smoke and parliamentary posturing, a weekly snapshot of 1891 London emerges with sharp-edged affection. The issue captures a confident empire mildly exasperated by its own eccentricities—from local curates stumbling through magic-lantern slides to politicians squabbling over…
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919
Various
This collection captures the wry, exhausted, and oddly hopeful pulse of London in the immediate aftermath of the Great War. It is a snapshot of a nation struggling to balance solemn remembrance with the absurdity of daily life.