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Dumbwaiter
James Stamers
The illicit trade of extraterrestrial oddities hides more than just smuggled goods. A small, invisible creature from Antimony IX brings both wealth and ruin to a couple blinded by their own desires.
Evelina's Garden
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
In the quiet corners of a New England village, an aging recluse finds her solitary life—and a legacy of unfulfilled longing—intertwined with the fate of a young namesake and a forbidden romance.
Fairview Boys at Lighthouse Cove
Frederick Gordon
Three friends seeking summer adventure find more than they bargained for when a boating accident leaves them drifting alone on the open ocean.
Fiander's Widow: A Novel
M. E. Francis
The independent widow of a Dorset farm finds that managing her own estate is a battle against both societal expectations and the unwanted persistence of local suitors. She discovers that even in a quiet corner of England, a woman’s autonomy is a prize constantly under siege.
Four Phases of Love
Paul Heyse
A collection of four novellas, this work explores the unpredictable tides of affection. It captures how love, like the shifting Roman landscape, demands both vulnerability and the courage to endure profound personal change.
Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand
Burt L. Standish
A young athlete’s quest for justice in the Arizona desert pits integrity against a web of deceit. Through grit and sport, honor triumphs over a carefully plotted betrayal.
Frank Merriwell's danger
Burt L. Standish
Frank Merriwell is the quintessential American hero, a virtuous student athlete who triumphs over nautical villains and college rivals alike through sheer grit and moral clarity.
Golden rules of medical evidence
Stanley B. (Stanley Bean) Atkinson
The court is a theater of cold fact, and the medical witness is its most essential, yet often most reluctant, performer. Understanding the intersection of clinical observation and legal mandate is the singular key to surviving the witness box.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 4, October 1841
Various
This collection serves as a vibrant time capsule of American literary life, blending serialized fiction, historical lore, and social commentary from the mid-nineteenth century. It offers a window into the diverse tastes of a pre-Civil War audience.
"Green Balls"
Paul Bewsher
This is the candid, introspective account of a young Londoner plucked from a quiet life to serve as a night-bomber pilot during the First World War. It captures the strange, detached intensity of early aerial combat.
Hadda Pada
Guðmundur Kamban
A woman of fierce resolve faces the ruins of her romantic life, choosing a final, dramatic act of liberation that echoes the strength of ancient Icelandic legends.
Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895
Various
This collection captures the vibrant, restless energy of late-Victorian youth, blending historical chronicles, practical instruction, and whimsical humor into a portrait of a vanished era’s reading life.
Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895
Various
A varied panorama of late nineteenth-century youth culture, combining historical accounts, outdoor adventures, home management, and lively humor into a single mosaic.
He that will not when he may
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The sudden arrival of a mysterious stranger shatters the settled peace of a prominent family, forcing them to confront the fragility of their inheritance and the hidden history of a patriarch.
Helena
Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
A restless young woman and her weary, disillusioned guardian navigate the shifting social landscape of post-war England. Their lives intersect with a secret from the past that threatens to shatter the quiet stability they try to maintain.
Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse
Arthur Herbert Leahy
These translations capture the primal energy of ancient Irish legend, where kings, heroes, and supernatural beings collide in a landscape of magic, cattle raids, and broken oaths.
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.
Historical Record of the Seventy-Second Regiment, or the Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1778, and of its subsequent services to 1848
Richard Cannon
This chronicle maps the evolution and deployment of a renowned British infantry unit, tracing the regiment’s global trajectory from its Highland inception in 1778 through seven decades of service across three continents.
History of the Constitutions of Iowa
Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh
The political architecture of a frontier territory emerges through the intense, often contentious process of shaping statehood. This account traces the evolution of Iowa’s governing principles from unregulated pioneer settlements to the adoption of a formal state constitution.
House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692
William P. (William Phineas) Upham
The search for a final resting place becomes an act of historical reclamation, tracing the forgotten land of a man condemned by the 1692 witchcraft trials. This study maps the boundaries of a life cut short.
Illustrations of political economy, Volume 5 (of 9)
Harriet Martineau
This volume brings together two distinct narratives designed to illuminate the complexities of global trade, currency, and the fragility of financial institutions. It serves as a pragmatic guide to the forces that govern market stability and the human cost of economic upheaval.
Indians of the Yosemite valley and vicinity: Their history, customs and traditions
Galen Clark
This record captures the vanishing traditions of the Yosemite Valley’s original inhabitants through the eyes of a long-time observer. It serves as both a cultural ledger and a practical guide for those drawn to the Sierra Nevada’s beauty.
Invasion
Murray Leinster
HOOK A lonely mountain peak becomes the epicenter of a global crisis when a mysterious, impenetrable dome of force traps a massive air fleet, threatening the survival of an entire civilization.
Janet Hardy in Radio City
Ruthe S. Wheeler
Two teenage performers navigate grueling film shoots, wild mountain fires, and corporate sabotage as their Hollywood talents earn them a shot at national radio stardom.
Jim Davis
John Masefield
The life of a boy is irrevocably altered when he is abducted by a band of desperate smugglers. This high-seas adventure captures the collision between a child’s innocence and the brutal, lawless world of the early nineteenth-century coast.
Josiah in New York
James Otis
A farm boy journeys to the overwhelming bustle of New York City, where he unexpectedly discovers that true adventure means choosing compassion over his own fleeting desires.
Keineth
Jane Abbott
The child of a diplomat, Keineth Randolph is whisked away from her sheltered, intellectual life to live with a boisterous family in the country while her father serves the government abroad. She must learn to trade her formal lessons and frilled dresses for tennis, swimming, and the messy, joyous chaos of being an…
Letters to His Son, 1753-54: On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of
These private letters serve as a meticulous manual for social and political advancement, transforming the intimate bond between a father and son into a rigorous, lifelong curriculum on the art of worldly success.
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods: The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894
John Willis Clark
The physical evolution of the library, from the humble, chain-bound lecterns of monastic cloisters to the grand, wall-lined repositories of the Renaissance, reveals how humanity has long sought to preserve its most precious intellectual treasures.
Little Miss Joy
Emma Marshall
In the quiet rows of a seaside town, a fragile child becomes the unlikely anchor for a community fractured by pride, long-held secrets, and the unforgiving pull of the sea.
Loco or Love
W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle
A bumbling sheriff and his cynical deputy find their partnership fractured by the sudden arrival of a mysterious, charming woman in the hills. The resulting romantic rivalry leads them headlong into a dangerous criminal conspiracy.
Luna Benamor
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
These stories capture the intersection of ancient prejudice and modern instability, where rigid traditions collide with the fragile, flickering lives of individuals trapped by their own histories.
Making a garden of perennials
W. C. (William Constantine) Egan
A practical guide for the home gardener, this handbook demystifies the perennial border, offering time-tested techniques for creating lasting floral displays that return with the seasons.
Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies
Clarence Budington Kelland
A group of resourceful boys protects a struggling inventor's groundbreaking machine from corporate thieves. Their escapades prove that wit and camaraderie can overcome even the most daunting odds.
Mary Jane Married: Tales of a Village Inn
George R. (George Robert) Sims
A former domestic servant turned hotelier chronicles the eccentric characters and shifting fortunes of her village inn. This candid, observant memoir captures the messy, vibrant reality of Victorian life from the vantage point of the pantry.
Mate in two moves
Winston K. (Winston Kinney) Marks
The world’s sudden descent into a global epidemic of uncontrollable romance leaves even the most rational scientists reeling. When a cold, career-obsessed pathologist discovers the viral cause of the hysteria, he must grapple with the fact that he is not immune to the very thing he seeks to cure.
Measles
William Colby Rucker
Measles is not merely a nuisance of childhood, but a formidable, lethal disease that demands rigorous public health vigilance and a rejection of the dangerous myth that it is an unavoidable rite of passage.
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718)
Daniel Defoe
A Scottish soldier spends twenty-eight years serving foreign powers, slowly discovering that the crown he fights for is merely a pawn in another nation’s political games.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI
Mme. Du Hausset
An intimate, fly-on-the-wall account of the French monarchy, this narrative pulls back the curtain on the private anxieties and petty machinations of the Versailles court during the reigns of Louis XV and XVI.
Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
Annie L. Burton
This account of a life lived through the crucible of American slavery and the subsequent struggle for autonomy offers a rare, intimate perspective on the transition from bondage to freedom. It stands as both a personal memoir and a robust defense of the post-emancipation progress made by African Americans.
Mischievous Maid Faynie
Laura Jean Libbey
Two broad-shouldered young men brave a roaring Manhattan blizzard, setting in motion a breathless tale of stolen identities, attempted murder, and resilient young love.
New Orleans as it is
Anonymous
A stark and unflinching examination of the moral decay and systemic brutality defining the mid-nineteenth-century American South, written from the perspective of an observant witness.
Nicaraguan Antiquities
Carl Bovallius
Nicaraguan Antiquities serves as a formal, rigorous field report documenting prehistoric stone sculpture, rock carvings, and ceramic artifacts discovered across the Nicaraguan landscape during the late 19th century.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Randall Garrett
HOOK A seasoned New York detective manages a secret, borderline-magical psychiatric program to neutralize repeat offenders, only to discover that the "cure" he oversees hides a deeply personal and tragic burden.
One year in Scandinavia : results of the gospel in Denmark and Sweden
Erastus Fairbanks Snow
A nineteenth-century American missionary documents his arduous year establishing a new religious foothold in Denmark and Sweden amidst political unrest, hostile authorities, and personal sacrifice.
Over the Plum Pudding
John Kendrick Bangs
A world where spectral visitors, identity mix-ups, and absurd tall tales disrupt the polite surface of turn-of-the-century life with gentle, satirical wit.
Petty Troubles of Married Life, First Part
Honoré de Balzac
The mundane friction of a shared existence can be more corrosive than any grand tragedy. These observations on the domestic sphere reveal how the most intimate of bonds are gradually dismantled by the accumulation of small, persistent irritations.
Physiology of the Opera
Scrici
The opera house is a mirror reflecting the vanities of high society, where the stage acts as a world unto itself and the audience performs just as much as the singers.