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A woman's soul
Charles Garvice
A stage actress in Victorian England discovers that the true theater of her life lies in navigating secret aristocrats, stolen inheritances, and a deep love that defies social class.
Adventures of a Sixpence in Guernsey by A Native
Anonymous
A small silver coin passes through the hands of a island society, revealing the quiet power of human kindness across every social class.
Afloat on the Flood
Lawrence J. Leslie
A flood isolates a town, breaking the river bridge and sending four brave boys and three young women down a wildly surging river on makeshift rafts and stray boats.
Alf the Freebooter, Little Danneved and Swayne Trost, and Other Ballads
George Borrow
Sanguinary Scandinavian feuds and chivalric courtly rivalries meet pastoral Spanish romance in verse that captures the raw, unforgiving machinery of fate.
American Scenery, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Nathaniel Parker Willis
A sweeping tour of early American rivers, wilderness bluffs, and growing towns reveals a landscape shaped by raw nature, violent frontier histories, and rapid modern expansion.
An Annapolis First Classman
Edward L. (Edward Latimer) Beach
A upperclassman's final year at the Naval Academy tests his honor, his athletic resolve, and his loyalty to a brother officer when a mysterious crime threatens to shatter his future.
An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa
George Hawker
This biography traces a quarter-century of missionary service in the Congo, documenting the daily trials, humor, and unwavering resolve of an Englishwoman working in the heart of Africa.
An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams
Pierre Nicole
True beauty in literature is never a matter of fleeting fashion or mere cleverness, but of a permanent alignment with human nature.
Asleep in Armageddon
Ray Bradbury
A lone survivor of a rocket crash discovers that the serene, sunny planetoid beneath his feet harbors ancient, hungry minds that can only claim him when he closes his eyes.
Assyrian Historiography: A Source Study
A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
A critical examination of ancient royal inscriptions reveals how Assyrian scribes systematically altered history across successive generations, transforming raw battlefield reports into sanitized propaganda.
At Sunwich Port, Part 5.: Contents: Chapters 21-25
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A father's stubborn feud meets his son's foolish romance, until a fake illness, a forged legacy, and a persistent caller unravel every scheme in a small English port.
Aucassin and Nicolette: translated from the Old French
Francis William Bourdillon
Boundless devotion, familial opposition, and perilous escapes drive two young lovers across medieval lands to prove that true affection outlasts captivity, exile, and the whims of fate.
Auld lang syne
F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
A life rich in learning and chance encounters yields a quiet, reflective look at nineteenth-century European intellect and art through the eyes of an eminent scholar.
Beach Rambles in Search of Seaside Pebbles and Crystals: With Some Observations on the Origin of the Diamond and Other Precious Stones
John George Francis
A gentle, observational guide to the hidden beauty of the British coastline, inviting readers to discover the geological treasures tucked away among common seaside pebbles.
Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta
James Otis
An orphan boy earns his way across the Alleghenies to help build a town out of the wilderness, discovering that grit and honest work can forge a home on the American frontier.
Beyond the Gates
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Crossing the threshold of death during a bout of brain fever, a pragmatic middle-aged woman wakes to discover that the afterlife is a tangible, evolving world of familiar loves and profound spiritual growth.
Bible Stories and Pictures. From the Old and New Testaments
Anonymous
A concise collection of sacred narratives offers children a doorway into the fundamental stories of faith, courage, and divine transformation.
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Birds and Nature, Vol. 10 No. 1 [June 1901]
Various
Observing nature with patient attention unlocks a world of subtle drama, where birds, plants, and minerals reveal intricate stories hidden in everyday landscapes.
Breaking a Spell: Odd Craft, Part 6
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A gullible villager seeks a witch's help to lift a string of petty misfortunes, unleashing a wave of foolishness across his village.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour
Laura Lee Hope
A pair of adventurous young siblings take to the open road in a customized motor van, turning an idyllic family vacation into an earnest, wide-ranging search for a neighbor's missing runaway boy.
Burmah and the Burmese
Kenneth R. H. (Kenneth Robert Henderson) Mackenzie
Rich in natural resources and distinct traditions, nineteenth-century Burma remains a complex, insular kingdom forced into confrontation with global expansion.
Call Him Savage
Howard Browne
A time-traveling alien Indian tries to reconquer America for Native Americans, but modern life gets in his way.
Caprice
Ronald Firbank
A provincial clergyman’s daughter steals the family silver, flees to London to become an actress, and meets a bizarre, sudden end before her theatrical debut can even get off the ground.
Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains, Across the Plains of the Wild West of Fifty Years Ago
William F. Drannan
An old frontiersman recalls guiding civilian wagons and army supplies across a treacherous 1850s West, where survival required hyper-vigilance, expert tracking, and swift, lethal defense.
Cecilia: A Story of Modern Rome
F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
A mysterious mental bond ties a young woman to a strange man before they ever meet, pulling her away from the comfortable, civilized marriage her family expects.
Chair backs
American Thread Company
Clear instructions and precise needlework patterns provide the blueprint for crafting decorative, protective textiles to shield home furniture from daily wear.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431: Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852
Various
A single issue of a mid-nineteenth-century popular magazine offers a remarkably clear lens through which to view the Victorian appetite for moral improvement, practical science, and vivid human drama.
Clover and Blue Grass
Eliza Calvert Hall
A rural Kentucky community moves through small crises and quiet awakenings, where local gossip, traditional pride, and unvarnished Christian charity reshape the everyday lives of ordinary neighbors.
Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis
H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
A midshipman navigates tough athletic rivalries, disciplinary scrapes, and explosive personal clashes during his second-class year at Annapolis.
Derrick Vaughan, Novelist
Edna Lyall
Behind the public persona of a celebrated novelist lies a life defined not by sudden genius, but by the quiet, grueling endurance of a man who sacrificed everything for his family.
Direct Conversion of Energy
William R. Corliss
Eliminating spinning shafts and heavy pistons, solid-state systems transform thermal, chemical, and solar energy straight into usable electricity. This concise 1968 educational primer surveys the underlying physics and practical engineering behind the silent power revolution of the early space age.
Earthquakes
Kaye M. Shedlock
A sudden shift deep within the crust transforms stable ground into rolling destruction, releasing centuries of stored tectonic strain in mere seconds.
Eatin' Crow
Frank Harris
In a gold-mining camp where status is dictated by violence, two newcomers attempt to assert their dignity—one through reckless bravado and the other through wit—only to find that pride carries a fatal price.
Father Thrift and His Animal Friends
Joseph C. (Joseph Charles) Sindelar
A lonely old man leaves a wasteful town to teach the creatures of the forest how to save, work, and care for one another.
Feats on the Fiord
Harriet Martineau
A community on the edge of a Norwegian fiord faces real danger from lurking pirates and unseen harm from the deep-seated superstitions that govern their everyday lives.
Forest Friends
Royal Dixon
Animals of forest, jungle, and ice cap gather beneath the moon to hold formal dances, stage singing contests, and trade stories of peril, pride, and survival.
Fresh Every Hour: Detailing the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of One Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a Young Gentleman Possessing Sublime Nerve, Whimsical Imagination, Colossal Impudence, and, Withal, the Heart of a Child
John Peter Toohey
A young publicist uses his boundless imagination and brazen schemes to manipulate the press, only to find that his most enduring performance is the one he directs toward the woman he loves.
Gérôme
Albert Keim
A relentless commitment to accuracy and dramatic flair defines the long, triumphant career of a premier nineteenth-century French academic artist.
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
John Kendrick Bangs
A man in a sweltering New York bedroom begins to shiver uncontrollably, only to discover that the sudden chill in the air marks the arrival of an uninvited specter.
Glass and Glass Manufacture
Percival Marson
A transformative industrial craft unfolds as common sand, driven by high heat and exact chemistry, becomes the clear, vital material shaping modern civilization.
Gloucester Moors and Other Poems
William Vaughn Moody
A sea-swept shore opens into a wider expanse of national soul-searching, where natural beauty, social grievance, and private grief meet.
His Hour
Elinor Glyn
An English widow resting before the Sphinx is told by the ancient monument to throw off her bloodless propriety; she does, falling into the orbit of a dangerous, magnetic Russian prince.
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
Horace Walpole
Unfairly branded by Tudor chroniclers as a monstrous villain, a medieval king receives a rigorous historical defense that exposes how deeply political bias corrupts standard national histories.
Hugh Miller
W. Keith (William Keith) Leask
A Scottish stonemason crafts a life of science and fierce principle, leaving his mark on the rocks of Cromarty and the religious battles of Edinburgh.
Hungarian grammar
Charles Arthur Ginever
Oriented toward practical mastery rather than dense philological theory, C. Arthur and Ilona Ginever’s handbook demystifies Hungarian for English speakers through a clean, systematic structure that prioritizes usability over academic dryness.
In Indian Tents: Stories Told by Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac Indians to Abby L. Alger
Abby Langdon Alger
The primordial earth comes alive through spoken memory, where heroic sorcerers, giant forest spirits, and clever animal tricksters shape the physical world.
In the Firing Line: Stories of the War by Land and Sea
Arthur St. John Adcock
The frontline exposes human nature at its most raw, where ordinary men face catastrophic machinery with gallows humor, sudden courage, and deep camaraderie.
Keep Happy
Eustace Miles
A mind burdened by fear and resentment poisons the body, but cultivated joy offers a practical, physical, and mental path to complete restoration.