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Under the periscope
Mark Herbert Joseph Bennett
The silent, pressurized world of submarine warfare reveals the hidden courage and technical mastery of the men who lived beneath the waves during the Great War.
Unitarianism
W. G. (William George) Tarrant
The architecture of faith often hides in the simplest places, from quiet, barn-like meeting houses to the bustling intellectual centers of New England. This history traces the quiet but persistent evolution of a religious tradition.
Welsh Rarebit Tales
Harle Oren Cummins
HOOK Born of a literary club’s reckless experiment in late-night indulgence, these macabre tales capture the fevered, surreal nightmares of minds rattled by heavy dining and dark, speculative invention.
When Thoughts Will Soar: A romance of the immediate future
Bertha von Suttner
A visionary young woman rejects the constraints of her aristocratic upbringing to advocate for peace and social progress in an era teetering on the edge of global catastrophe.
Winning His Wings: A Story of the R.A.F
Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The life of a young pilot in the Great War is a succession of engine failures, narrow escapes, and the quiet, salt-sprayed duty of the coastal patrol.
With Grenfell on the Labrador
Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo
A life of service finds its truest measure in the rugged, isolated reaches of the Labrador coast, where the physician’s medical skill meets the raw struggle for survival against the northern elements.
Yesterdays
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A soul-bare collection of youthful verse captures the fleeting tragedies of broken vows, lost innocence, and the sudden, quiet turn toward resilience.
A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague: Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations
W. J.
When pestilence stalks the streets, desperation demands practical, accessible remedies for every household, regardless of wealth or status.
A Group of Famous Women: stories of their lives
Edith Horton
Through brief, purposeful profiles of historical figures, this volume demonstrates how womanly determination, intellect, and quiet courage shape the destiny of nations.
A Handy Guide for Beggars: Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity: Being Sundry Explorations, Made While Afoot and Penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. These Adventures Convey and Illustrate the Rules of Beggary for Poets and Some Others
Vachel Lindsay
A wanderer knocks at a stranger’s door in the dark, offering a poem in exchange for supper, a fireplace, and a night out of the rain.
A Passionate Pilgrim
Henry James
The American traveler’s romantic dream of an ancestral England collides with the harsh reality of a dying man’s obsession. This portrait of longing explores the profound, often painful, disconnect between the idealized past and the tangible present.
A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán
Harry De Windt
To cross frozen Caucasian peaks, treacherous Persian deserts, and the lawless wastes of Baluchistan requires equal parts reckless grit and quiet observational humor.
A Secret Inheritance (Volume 3 of 3)
B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A cursed lineage, a dark crime, and the blurred line between sleep and madness threaten to destroy two generations of lovers.
A Soldier's Diary
Ralph Scott
Underneath the polished myths of military glory lies the freezing mud, sleepless exhaustion, and terrifying random violence of the Western Front.
A Ticket to Adventure: A Mystery Story for Girls
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A high-altitude leap into pioneering life becomes a wilderness chase across frozen lakes, hidden gold mines, and high-stakes sled dog races.
A trip to California in 1853
Washington Bailey
The lure of gold pulls a young man from the Midwest toward the Pacific, where the vast, unforgiving landscape threatens to swallow his dreams before they even begin.
Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849: With the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready Including All the Causes which Led to that Awful Tragedy Wherein an Infuriated Mob was Quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its Mournful Termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, with Full and Authentic Particulars
Anonymous
A long-festering theatrical feud between an American star and a British rival explodes into a terrifying night of class warfare, bloodshed, and military force on the streets of New York.
Around the World in Ten Days
Chelsea Curtis Fraser
The impossible machines of yesterday become the mundane facts of tomorrow. In this brisk, turn-of-the-century adventure, four young aviators race to prove that an equatorial flight around the globe is both possible and superior to the northern routes of their peers.
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Atom Mystery [Young Atom Detective]
Charles Ira Coombs
A dream of prospecting for uranium leads two observant teenagers to unmask a spy ring smuggling atomic secrets off the California coast.
Bethlehem: A Nativity Play
Laurence Housman
A quiet hillside filled with watchful shepherds, a star burning bright above the darkness, and a humble stable where earth and heaven meet frame this reverent, verse-driven retelling of the Nativity.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures
Frances Trego Montgomery
An adventurous goat, a dog, and a cat return from the battlefields of Europe to embark on a whimsical, high-spirited journey across America toward their family home.
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Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 5 [May 1902]: Illustrated by Color Photography
Various
A vibrant tapestry of turn-of-the-century natural history, this issue blends formal ornithology, regional nature writing, verse, and folk humor to celebrate the arrival of North American spring.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 375, January-June, 1847
Various
High drama, European statecraft, and the grand sweep of history converge in a single, densely packed volume of Victorian commentary and narrative.
Brave and Bold
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
A spirited, resourceful boy finds his path to success blocked by a cruel rival and a series of professional setbacks, leading him on a desperate, worldwide quest to reclaim his family's lost fortune and honor.
British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854
J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
Self-government, not imperial force, bound mid-nineteenth-century Canada to the British Empire.
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts
Various
This curated June 1922 edition of a regional magazine captures the seasonal transition of Cape Cod, blending practical travel advice with historical reflections and the quiet, industrious lives of its coastal residents.
Challenge
V. (Victoria) Sackville-West
The unyielding pull of ambition and romance leads a young aristocrat into political rebellion, where the costs of power and devotion prove tragically high.
Colony Treatment of the Insane and Other Defectives
P. L. (Patrick Livingston) Murphy
Outdoor manual labor in a structured farming community can restore purpose and vitality to individuals abandoned by traditional asylum care.
Confessions of an Etonian
I. E. M.
A boy’s tearful night journey to Eton begins a reflective life story defined by early independence, religious misgivings, and an unquenchable wanderlust.
Conspiracy on Callisto
Frederik Pohl
Conspiracy on Callisto pits an amnesiac undercover operative against a corrupt colonial governor in a desperate race across space to prevent a bloody moon-wide revolution.
Cymbeline
William Shakespeare
A king’s daughter endures exile, disguise, and false accusations, all while her kingdom teeters on the brink of a Roman invasion. It is a sprawling, magical tale of forgiveness and the endurance of love.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway
Sophie May
HOOK A breezy, imaginative toddler navigates the big, confusing world of adults, seeking heaven in the woods and finding lessons in honesty, all while her family watches with both exasperation and doting affection.
Elizabeth, Betsy, and Bess—schoolmates
Amy Ella Blanchard
Girls in a small early-twentieth-century town navigate the shift from dramatic attic games to schoolroom rivalries, finding that growing up demands courage, quiet loyalty, and a little humor.
Eve's Ransom
George Gissing
In dark industrial towns and bright European streets, two restless souls learn that the highest cost of escaping poverty is the truth they owe to themselves.
Everybody's business
Agnes Giberne
A quiet coastal village faces sudden disaster when a ship breaks apart on the rocks, forcing reluctant neighbors to reckon with their duty to one another.
Fifty soups
Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) Murrey
A master caterer reveals the art of constructing rich, balanced soups through foundational techniques, disciplined stock-making, and precise culinary harmony.
Four Pigeons: Captains All, Book 7
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A cunning poacher turns a disastrous shooting accident into a lucrative insurance racket, exploiting the local landlord's wealthy guests and outmaneuvering his own neighbors at every turn.
From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney
Born free yet dragged into bondage by white greed, a daughter and her mother fight a relentless, seventeen-month legal battle in a St. Louis courtroom for the stolen right to their own lives.
Gentlemen rovers
E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell
Across the wild margins of a growing republic, forgotten adventurers fought unauthorized wars, forged fragile empires, and carved out the borders of a nation that left their graves behind.
Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad
Lilian Garis
A fierce loyalty between a spirited young woman and her father drives a story of sacrifice, small-town misunderstandings, and hidden debts.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 3, September 1841
Various
A vivid slice of mid-nineteenth-century American print culture opens to reveal the sentimental poetry, dramatic naval fiction, dark humor, and sharp literary criticism that entertained the readers of 1841.
Great Uncle Hoot-Toot
Mrs. Molesworth
A headstrong, discontented boy learns that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence when he runs away to "find himself" in the country. This narrative serves as a gentle, moralizing lesson on gratitude, the value of home, and the tempering of youthful pride.
Harper's Round Table, December 8, 1896
Various
A day on the water with a salty old captain turns into an unexpected maritime chase, sweeping young readers straight into the thrilling, varied, and unpredictable world of a late nineteenth-century youth magazine.
Harper's Young People, February 7, 1882: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A frozen, snow-dusted Paris street comes alive when a bold fourteen-year-old American boy accidentally knocks over an organ-grinder’s money cup with a stray snowball.
Heart and Cross
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
A quiet English village becomes the stage for wounded pride and stubborn hearts when a returned Indian officer’s presence forces an independent woman to confront her long-suppressed feelings.
Heart Songs
Jean Blewett
Everyday life on the nineteenth-century Canadian frontier finds quiet grace in verse that values home, faith, and simple affection over lofty ambition.
Homestead Ranch
Elizabeth G. Young
A young Connecticut woman leaves the comforts of the East to build a homestead in Idaho with her brother, facing land jump-offs, cattle thieves, and the raw demands of the frontier.
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Tales of coastal storms, hidden treasures, and hard-earned wisdom emerge from the salt-sprayed parishes of the West Country. These winter stories capture the fragile boundary between desperate human folly and the endurance of the heart.