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Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines
Ruthe S. Wheeler
When seventeen newly graduated hospital nurses face an uncertain job market, two of them take to the clouds and transform a nascent commercial airline industry.
John Henry Smith: A humorous romance of outdoor life
Frederick Upham Adams
The idle days of a gentleman golfer are upended by the arrival of a spirited heiress and a series of wild, high-stakes adventures. Expect a lighthearted romp through the early twentieth-century country club set.
Jonah of the Jove-Run
Ray Bradbury
An aging, discarded psychic whose mind tracks stars and meteors finds himself the reluctant pilot of a doomed space voyage toward Jupiter.
Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. In Three Volumes. Vol. I
Berthold Auerbach
A child wanders into a winter storm, setting off a chain of events that exposes the hidden cruelty and redemption of a fractured village.
Keep Out
Fredric Brown
Humanity bioengineers a new generation of children to inherit Mars, only to discover that adapting their bodies also redefines their loyalties.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
A proud young woman keeps her broken first engagement secret from her sensitive second husband, kindling a bitter domestic crisis when the truth emerges.
Lectures on Horsemanship: Wherein Is Explained Every Necessary Instruction for Both Ladies and Gentlemen, in the Useful and Polite Art of Riding, with Ease, Elegance, and Safety
Unknown
An posture of calm authority and physical balance transforms a chaotic ride into a seamless partnership between horse and human.
Little Helpers
Margaret Vandegrift
A spirited boy learns that true freedom comes not from demanding his own way, but from quietly lifting the burdens of others around him.
Little Pitchers: Flaxie Frizzle Stories
Sophie May
A spirited pair of twins navigate childhood mischief, sudden grief, and quiet moral lessons in a close-knit nineteenth-century family.
Maggie Lee!
Mary Jane Holmes
Vanity and worldly ambition exact a bitter toll from those who trade genuine affection for wealth and social pretense across these nineteenth-century moral tales.
Mark Mason's Victory
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
A hardworking New York telegraph boy earns his fortune and rescues his family from poverty through quick wit, steady integrity, and chance encounters with generous mentors.
Medicina Gymnastica
Francis Fuller
Riding a horse or engaging in active movement can restore human health far more effectively than harsh drugs or a sedentary life.
Melbourne House
Susan Warner
A lonely, deeply principled young girl quietly resolves to live by her faith in a worldly nineteenth-century family, triggering a bitter domestic struggle over her obedience, her conscience, and her right to her own mind.
Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic
IUliian Bachynskyi
This document serves as an urgent diplomatic appeal for international recognition of a newly independent nation during the volatile aftermath of the First World War. It outlines the historical, ethnic, and economic justifications for Ukrainian statehood.
Modern literature: a novel, Volume 1 (of 3)
Robert Bisset
A young scholar-soldier navigates university studies, family intrigues, and romantic misunderstandings across eighteenth-century England and Scotland, ultimately securing both his ancestral stability and his true love.
Motor Matt's Reverse
Stanley R. Matthews
A young inventor's daring flight turns into a dangerous adventure.
Motor Matt's Short Circuit
Stanley R. Matthews
A young inventor battles a treacherous snake charmer and a rogue elephant.
Nick Carter Stories No. 141, May 22, 1915: The duplicate night
Nicholas (House name) Carter
Amid a glittering New York society ball, a titled young Englishman vanishes, drawing a master detective into a labyrinth of impersonation and betrayal.
Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Various
A nineteenth-century room of paper, where curious minds gather to trade forgotten proverbs, amend historical errors, and argue over the precise origin of everyday words.
Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850
Various
An extraordinary mosaic of nineteenth-century curiosity, this single issue of an iconic antiquarian journal captures the British mind at work—arguing over Shakespearean verse, tracing ancient folklore, and debating the precise origin of forgotten regional slang.
Notes on Diseases of Swine, Sheep, Poultry and the Dog: Cause, Symptoms and Treatments
Charles James Korinek
A comprehensive guide to diagnosing and treating diseases in swine, sheep, poultry, and dogs.
Notes on the Fenland
Thomas McKenny Hughes
Beneath the flat, drained farmlands of East Anglia lies a buried world shaped by ancient floods, shifting tides, and the slow, watery growth of peat.
Old Love Stories Retold
Richard Le Gallienne
The brilliant, mocking poet Heinrich Heine found his truest companion not in a learned intellectual, but in Mathilde, a simple and lively woman who stood by him through years of joyous devotion and excruciating decline.
Old Times at Otterbourne
Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
This record of a small Hampshire village captures the quiet passage of time, preserving the vanishing habits, legends, and physical landmarks of a community as it shifts from ancient custom to the modern industrial age.
Paul Clifford
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Beneath the glittering facade of high society and the grim shadows of the Old Bailey, a daring highwayman confronts his true identity and a chilling judicial nemesis.
Pee-wee Harris: Fixer
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
A mischievous Boy Scout's adventures and misadventures in a small town.
Poems from Punch, 1909-1920
Unknown
Through the shifting moods of war and peace, these pages capture a nation's daily laughter, preserving the sharp, affectionate wit of an era caught between two worlds.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914
Various
The humor of a nation at war finds a biting, weary, and resolute voice in these final pages of 1914. It is a chronicle of a world turning upside down, captured in the sharp wit of a weekly tradition.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894
Various
A satirical snapshot of late-Victorian society reveals politicians bumbling, fashionable ladies mimicking nurses, and poets stumbling into high-society drawing-rooms.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 9, 1890
Various
This mid-Victorian periodical offers a biting, satirical lens into 1890s British life, lampooning the absurdity of social customs, political maneuvers, and the stiff, self-important nature of the ruling class.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890
Various
A collection of Victorian wit, satire, and social commentary, this volume captures the chaotic, fast-paced spirit of late 1890s London life. Through a mix of sketches, parliamentary diaries, and light verse, it serves as a spirited mirror to the anxieties and absurdities of an empire in flux.
Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
A shipwrecked sailor finds himself a stranger in a frozen land, where he must rely on his wits and his faith to bridge the divide between two vastly different worlds.
Refraction and muscular imbalance, as simplified through the use of the ski-optometer
Daniel Woolf
Precision optics and structured muscular therapy transform eye examinations through the systematic application of the ski-optometer.
Remarks on the Proposed Railway Between Birmingham and London
Anonymous
The invention of the steam locomotive promises to transform national transit, replacing slow horse-drawn canals with rapid, economical railways connecting industrial hubs to the metropolis.
Roughing It, Part 6
Mark Twain
From the frantic rush of Nevada mining camps to the unchanging climate of San Francisco, a landscape teems with desperate fortune-seekers, precarious silver wealth, and sudden ruin.
Secret of the Earth Star
Henry Kuttner
A priceless jewel stolen in an Indian palace pulls three brothers into an ancient, terrifying underworld beneath the Sahara.
Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England
Charles Francis Adams
Colonial New England’s reputation for rigid piety hides a far more complex reality of human fallibility. By peering into the private records of the past, a clearer, less romanticized image of those early communities emerges.
Spectacle secrets
George (Optician) Cox
Uncover the secrets of spectacle selection and avoid the pitfalls of quackery.
St. Patrick, the Father of a Sacred Nation
James F. Loughlin
An exploration of a nation's destiny, arguing that centuries of political oppression and mass emigration were part of a divine plan to transform a solitary island into a global engine of faith.
Step Lively! A Carload of the Funniest Yarns that Ever Crossed the Footlights
George Niblo
A breezy vaudeville collection of witty yarns, eccentric local characters, and sharp stage banter offers a vivid snapshot of turn-of-the-century American humor.
Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
Isaac Landman
The prophets of ancient Israel emerge here not as distant, mythic figures, but as human souls struggling to uphold justice, morality, and national conscience during the twilight of their kingdoms.
Stroke of Genius
Randall Garrett
BEHIND AN IMPASSIVE FACE AND A HEAVY MUSTACHE, A METHODICAL INDUSTRIAL PLANNER PLOTS THE FLAWLESS MURDER OF HIS SUPERIOR TO SECURE A LIFETIME OF PERMANENT POWER.
Swamp Island
Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
A young woman’s weekend excursion into a mysterious, tangled wetland turns into a high-stakes hunt for an escaped convict and a hidden fortune.
Synthetic Hero
Erik Fennel
A ruthless industrialist diagnosed with a fatal disease steals his own engineer's historic moon rocket, creating a global myth built entirely on a lie.
Taken or left
Walton, O. F., Mrs.
A young boy's journey of faith, family, and redemption in a bustling household.
Tales of the clipper ships
C. Fox (Cicely Fox) Smith
Salt spray, fog-shrouded docks, and the relentless pull of the sea shape the lives of men bound to legendary clipper ships.
The Babes in the Basket
Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker
When a devoted enslaved woman learns of a violent uprising, she risks everything to smuggle her master's young children across the sea to safety.
The Belgian Front and Its Notable Features
Willy Breton
The Belgian Front and Its Notable Features chronicles the remarkable engineering feats and unyielding endurance of the Belgian Army as it fortified the Yser sector during the First World War.