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Bought and Paid For
Arthur Hornblow
Wealth and ambition collide with self-respect when a self-made titan marries a proud young telephone operator, setting off an ideological duel over whether affection can be bought or commanded.
Boy Scouts in Mexico
G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
When a loyal office assistant is framed for a violent crime, he and his fellow Scouts must race across the border into Mexico to clear his name and expose a dangerous international conspiracy.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition
Johanna Sara Wisthaler
A journey across the Great Lakes culminates in a grand encounter with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. This chronicle captures the awe of a vanishing era at the threshold of the twentieth century.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2
Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir
An empire's edge comes alive through the eyes of a military surveyor charting a wild, contested land.
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 30, February, 1922: America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy
Various
This collection of wit and philosophy captures the irreverent spirit of 1922, blending rustic humor with the restless energy of the post-war era. It serves as a time capsule of a uniquely American brand of satire.
Children of Our Town
Carolyn Wells
The city is a playground for the young, but a minefield for the elderly. This collection of verse observes the frantic, joyful, and often contradictory nature of childhood through the lens of a bustling, turn-of-the-century urban landscape.
Collected poems of Clarence Edwin Flynn, first series
Clarence Edwin Flynn
This collection gathers the rhythmic, earnest verses of a Methodist clergyman and prolific writer, chronicling a world defined by the quiet virtues of duty, religious faith, and the dignity of humble labor.
Common names of a selected list of plants
Kling L. Anderson
Precise communication about the natural world often falters due to the inconsistencies of local language. This guide provides a standard, reliable vocabulary for identifying plants across the Kansas landscape.
Concerning Genealogies: Being Suggestions of Value for All Interested in Family History
Frank Allaben
Tracing one’s lineage offers the same pulse-pounding thrill as a hunt, transforming the quiet research of dusty records into a life-affirming endeavor that grants the past a permanent, historical voice.
Consecrated Womanhood: A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon
Frederic Rowland Marvin
This sermon offers a spirited defense of women’s intellectual and spiritual equality, arguing that the Bible—when read without prejudice—champions their agency, leadership, and public influence throughout history.
Continuous Vaudeville
Will M. (Will Martin) Cressy
The life of a touring performer is a messy, hilarious, and often exhausting collision of small-town hotels, missed trains, and the desperate, unceasing need to get a laugh.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3), Essay 4: The Life of George Eliot
John Morley
This biographical essay examines the intellectual evolution and private life of a towering nineteenth-century novelist, questioning how a studious, secluded existence shaped the moral gravity of her enduring literary contributions.
Daily Lesson Plans in English
Caroline Stearns Griffin
A systematic approach to early-grade instruction, this curriculum offers a structured series of daily prompts and exercises designed to cultivate literacy, observation, and moral awareness in young students. It serves as a practical blueprint for how language arts were integrated into the daily life of a classroom…
Desk and Debit
Oliver Optic
An earnest young clerk navigates the treacherous waters of business and betrayal in this moral tale of integrity, where honesty is tested by both fraudulent ledgers and the currents of Lake Michigan.
Dream World
R. A. Lafferty
The world is not what it seems, and the dream that terrorizes the waking mind may be more authentic than the life lived in the sun. This is a story about the fragility of reality.
Fairview Boys and Their Rivals
Frederick Gordon
A spirited schoolboy named Bob Bouncer navigates the trials of village life, from classroom rivalries and petty thefts to the exhilarating pursuit of local criminals.
Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls
Howard J. (Howard James) Chidley
This collection of brief, morality-based lessons serves as a manual for parents and teachers to guide children toward a character rooted in faith, personal discipline, and civic duty. It transforms abstract Christian values into relatable metaphors for the modern young reader.
From Zone to Zone
Luis Senarens
This brisk, turn-of-the-century adventure chronicles an aerial expedition from the Antarctic to the Arctic, testing the limits of human ingenuity and mechanical marvels in the quest for global discovery.
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
Josephine Chase
The collegiate experience is a tapestry woven from small triumphs, social maneuvers, and the lifelong bonds formed in the quiet corners of campus life. These pages capture a semester where friendship serves as the ultimate moral compass.
Great commanders of modern times and The campaign of 1815
William O'Connor Morris
Great commanders often rise through a unique synthesis of strategic vision and personal will, reshaping the map of Europe through the crucible of total war. These profiles examine the masters who defined modern conflict.
Grey Roses
Henry Harland
The fragile charm of lost, bohemian lives and the bittersweet persistence of memory define these sketches of expatriate longing. They trace the quiet, often melancholy, contours of people seeking grace in a world that rarely offers it.
Harold's Bride: A Tale
A. L. O. E.
A young woman leaves behind the comforts of England to join her husband at a remote mission station in nineteenth-century India, where she finds that faith and courage are tested by more than just heat and dust.
Hernando Cortes
Joachim Heinrich Campe
The story of the conquest of Mexico is a harrowing record of ambition, clashing civilizations, and the catastrophic human cost of imperial expansion. It tracks a small group of Spanish adventurers as they dismantle the Aztec Empire through a combination of tactical daring, strategic exploitation of native…
Herzegovina
George Arbuthnot
This account of a 19th-century military campaign serves as both a travelogue and a focused political analysis of the Ottoman Empire’s turbulent frontier. It captures the rugged landscape and complex sectarian tensions of a region caught between imperial reform and local rebellion.
Histoire du chien de Brisquet / The Story of Brisquet's Dog
Charles Nodier
A humble woodcutter, his devoted family, and a courageous mongrel dog face the perils of a harsh winter in this poignant French folk tale. It is a story of loyalty, sacrifice, and the enduring memory of a life given for those we love.
Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Richard Cannon
This chronicle traces the lineage and endurance of a storied British infantry unit, from its 1689 origins through the grueling mid-19th-century campaigns in India and beyond.
History of the World War, Volume 4 (of 7)
March, Francis A., Jr.
A comprehensive chronicle of the Great War’s middle years, documenting the global scale of the conflict from Canadian trench warfare to the Russian Revolution and the strategic mobilization of the United States.
Hunting Reminiscences
Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir
HOOK A seasoned sportsman reflects on the vanished world of nineteenth-century field sports, recounting the rigorous demands of the hunt and the singular bond between rider, hound, and the wild terrain.
Improved Queen-Rearing
Henry Alley
To raise superior, long-lived queen bees, one must master the art of manipulating nature while respecting the delicate social biology of the hive.
In Queer Street
Fergus Hume
A young man living in a dreary boarding-house finds himself entangled in a murderous inheritance scheme that threatens his life and his future.
In the Heart of the Christmas Pines
Leona Dalrymple
A lonely woman fleeing her past finds unexpected warmth and redemption in a small town nestled among Christmas pines.
Jack of the Pony Express
Frank V. Webster
A young rider fights to clear his father’s name and protect his community’s secrets while braving the treacherous mountain trails of the American West.
Jack Winters' Baseball Team
Mark Overton
Amidst the high-stakes pressure of a championship baseball game, a young captain must protect his team from corruption, mystery, and the weight of their own reputations.
Jet Plane Mystery
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A young pilot and his friend discover a mysterious, high-speed aircraft on a remote Pacific island and transform it into a secret weapon against the enemy.
John Bull's Womankind (Les Filles de John Bull)
Max O'Rell
A witty, lighthearted social observation, this work captures the contrasting domestic habits and cultural eccentricities of the English and the French through a series of conversational, often humorous vignettes.
Kensington Rhymes
Compton MacKenzie
A vivid, child-eye view of a bustling Edwardian home, where the mundane hallways of London are transformed into grand oceans, pirate dens, and stages for wild, imaginative play.
Kitty Alone: A Story of Three Fires (vol. 3 of 3)
S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Caught in a web of insurance fraud and local suspicion, a young woman struggles to clear her name while her ruthless guardian attempts to secure his fortune through fire and deceit. This concluding volume of a Victorian trilogy untangles a dense mystery of missing persons, social posturing, and moral reckoning in a…
Lancashire Idylls (1898)
Marshall Mather
The harsh beauty of the high Lancashire moors finds a mirror in the rigid, uncompromising faith of the local hill sects. This collection of sketches captures the quiet humanity that struggles to bloom within a landscape of industrial toil and severe, judgmental piety.
Last Call for Doomsday!
Edmond Hamilton
HOOK As a rogue asteroid hurtles toward Earth, humanity’s desperate evacuation to Mars is sabotaged from within. One man must navigate a silent, ghost-ridden world to expose the conspiracy before the final collision.
Last Call From Sector 9G
Leigh Brackett
HOOK A disillusioned man finds himself caught in a web of interplanetary conspiracy and ancient, shadow-bound power when a simple job offer turns into a desperate struggle for survival.
Love to the Uttermost: Expositions of John XIII.-XXI
F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
The final chapters of the Gospel of John offer a private, intimate portrait of a teacher preparing his closest followers for an impending and irreversible separation.
Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3
Mrs. (Elizabeth Caroline) Grey
The story of a young woman’s romantic awakening, this novel explores the tension between idealized love and the sobering realities of social standing, family expectations, and the hidden complexities of the human heart.
Memoirs of the Princesse de Ligne, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Apolonia Helena Massalska
A world of grand balls, strategic wars, and crumbling aristocratic illusions, this account follows a young woman’s headstrong pursuit of love amidst the wreckage of the eighteenth-century social order. It is a striking, intimate portrait of the Ligne family as they navigate the shifting tides of European power.
Miss Con
Agnes Giberne
A young governess navigates the turbulent social landscape of a bustling household, discovering that the most difficult lessons are found in the quiet, hidden corners of the heart.
Miss Mouse and Her Boys
Mrs. Molesworth
HOOK A gentle, spirited girl finds herself navigating the boisterous, often unruly world of five brothers, learning to reconcile her own need for order with the unpredictable, wild energy of boyhood.
Mountain life in Algeria
Edgar Barclay
The snow-capped peaks of the Jurjura mountains shelter a world where ancient rhythms persist, offering a rare glimpse into a life governed by the seasons rather than the modern state.
Mr. Togo: Maid of all Work
Wallace Irwin
A Japanese schoolboy journeys through American households as a domestic servant, offering a sharp, humorous, and strangely insightful critique of his employers’ absurdities.
Mrs. Harter
E. M. Delafield
HOOK A quiet English village becomes a crucible for unspoken desires and rigid social judgment when an enigmatic outsider forms a dangerous, soul-deep bond with a young captain.