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Woman's Endurance
A. D. (August D.) Luckhoff
Through the daily, relentless toll of the Bethulie concentration camp, a young chaplain bears witness to the fractured lives of Boer families, finding fragments of grace amidst the overwhelming sorrow of war.
Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3
William Dawson LeSueur
A singular, commanding figure dominates the early history of New France, navigating the treacherous waters of colonial survival and ecclesiastical conflict. This account maps the turbulent era of Louis de Buade, Count Frontenac, as he steers a fledgling colony through war, political factionalism, and the harsh…
Edvard Grieg
Thomas Tapper
This biography captures the life of a musician who drew his inspiration from the mountains and folklore of Norway. It serves as a gentle introduction to the artistic spirit of a composer who stayed true to his own voice.
Life of Robert Burns
Thomas Carlyle
A portrait of the legendary Scottish bard that delves into the spiritual wreckage and transcendent genius of a man who lived as a tragedy in his own right.
President Heber C. Kimball's Journal: Seventh Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Heber C. (Heber Chase) Kimball
A dedicated account of missionary zeal and endurance, this record captures the foundational experiences of an early church leader as he spreads his faith across oceans and internal divides.
Principal Cairns
John Cairns
This biography documents the life of a Scottish Presbyterian leader who prioritized human connection and church unity over the pursuit of academic or professional prestige. It traces the trajectory of a man whose quiet devotion shaped a generation.
Q.6.a and Other places: Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918
Francis Buckley
A precise, unvarnished account of three years in the trenches, this memoir records the daily rhythms of a soldier in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War.
Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D.: ("The Black Spurgeon") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City
Silas Xavier Floyd
A dedicated clergyman rises from humble roots in the post-Civil War South to become a national voice for justice and the beloved shepherd of a divided New York congregation.
Mohammed, The Prophet of Islam
Herbert E. E. (Herbert Edward Elton) Hayes
This critical biography presents a strident, polemical evaluation of the life of Muhammad, written to serve as a corrective to what the author views as dangerously idealized portrayals of Islam. It is a work of early twentieth-century missionary literature, functioning less as a neutral historical account and more…
Observations of an Illinois Boy in Battle, Camp and Prisons—1861 to 1865
Henry Harrison Eby
A raw, firsthand account of a young cavalryman’s journey from the mud-slicked skirmishes of the Western theater to the harrowing, dehumanizing depths of Confederate prison camps.
The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont
J. Buchan (John Buchan) Telfer
The life of the Chevalier d'Eon remains one of history’s most baffling puzzles, weaving together international espionage, high-stakes diplomacy, and the enigma of a shifting identity.
The Women's Victory—and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame
The hard-won enfranchisement of British women is chronicled here by a central leader of the movement, tracing the shift from bitter parliamentary defeat to the final, necessary victory of 1918.
Ariel: A Shelley Romance
André Maurois
A brilliant and volatile spirit caught in the friction of his own ideals, a young poet navigates the brutal conventions of the nineteenth century. This portrait captures the luminous, often tragic intersection of genius and ordinary human frailty.
Fifteen years in hell
Luther Benson
The path to ruin is often paved with small, seemingly innocuous choices, yet for some, the descent is swifter and more absolute than the world can comprehend.
Lafayette, We Come!: The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France
Rupert Sargent Holland
A young aristocrat abandons his life of luxury to champion the cause of freedom, forging an enduring bond between two nations that echoes from the American Revolution to the battlefields of the First World War.
Reminiscences of Queensland, 1862-1869
William Henry Corfield
A young Englishman abandons the predictability of home for the rugged, unknown horizons of Queensland, helping to forge a new society in the harsh Australian interior.
The Autobiography of a Cornish Smuggler: (Captain Harry Carter, of Prussia Cove) 1749-1809
Harry Carter
A life forged in the lawless shadows of the Cornish coast gives way to an unexpected spiritual awakening, transforming a notorious smuggler into a man of quiet, enduring faith.
The Bay State Monthly
Various
This collection of historical sketches and chronicles documents the civic, religious, and personal development of Massachusetts communities. Through detailed portraits of prominent figures and municipal milestones, it preserves the cultural lineage of New England.
Alfred the Great
Unknown
A dark night of foreign invasion yields to a visionary king who rebuilds a shattered nation through laws, naval defense, and the power of the written word.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time
Helen Campbell
This inquiry explores the life and limitations of America’s first woman of letters, tracing how a Puritan woman’s internal devotion clashed with the rigid, often harsh expectations of the seventeenth-century colonial frontier.
Extracts from the Diary of William Bray
William Bray
A remarkably sustained chronicle of an eighteenth-century life, this record documents decades of social engagements, professional duties, and quiet routines. It offers a rare, unadorned window into the steady pulse of a long-lived English gentleman.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Thomas Tapper
Before he ever commanded an orchestra, a tiny boy stood in an Austrian village and scraped two wooden sticks together to match his parents' singing, eager to capture a music he could feel long before he could play it.
History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers
B. F. (Bernard F.) Blakeslee
Raw, green recruits leave their Hartford homes, step straight into the fire at Antietam, endure months of bitter campaign labor, and face the horrific trials of Southern prison pens.
Precious Memories: Sixteenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Unknown
An intimate look at Victorian-era conversion, this volume collects firsthand accounts of ordinary British families who abandoned their traditional lives for faith in the American West.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh
G. W. (George William) Foote
A devoted lieutenant records the fierce trials and private warmth of the giant who spearheaded Victorian England’s fight for secularism.
The Battle of Atlanta: and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc
Grenville Mellen Dodge
A Union general looks back across decades of fire and prairie, setting down the brutal, unglamored mechanics of how a nation was held together.
The Gold-Headed Cane
William Macmichael
A gold-headed cane, once the constant companion of London’s most celebrated physicians, recounts the shifting fortunes and quiet triumphs of the medical profession across two centuries. This silent witness preserves the private conversations and public legacies of the healers who carried it.
A Character of King Charles the Second: And Political, Moral and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of
An unsparing portrait of a reigning monarch gives way to an extraordinary collection of aphorisms on the dark mechanics of human nature, power, and statecraft.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe
Unknown
A young republic struggles to define its constitutional boundaries while projecting quiet strength across its expanding borders and distant seas.
A warrior who fought Custer
Wooden Leg
A young Northern Cheyenne warrior coming of age during the plains wars of the late nineteenth century records his life, his community's customs, and the legendary clash at the Little Bighorn.
Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings
Z. S. (Zachariah Simpson) Hastings
A devoted preacher charts his journey through early pioneer midwestern life, endless rural travel, and the personal griefs that anchor a quiet faith.
Average Americans
Theodore Roosevelt
A warm, clear-eyed account of citizen-soldiers in the First World War, combining vivid frontline realism with an unsparing critique of national unpreparedness.
Father Henson's Story of His Own Life: Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Josiah Henson
A harrowing journey from chattel slavery to international prominence yields a testament to human resilience, moral courage, and the transformative power of practical faith.
Five Months at Anzac: A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force
Joseph Lievesley Beeston
Amid the chaos and carnage of the Gallipoli campaign, a field ambulance officer captures the daily reality of rescue, survival, and soldierly camaraderie under constant enemy fire with remarkable composure and dry Australian humor.
Labor's Martyrs: Haymarket 1887, Sacco and Vanzetti 1927
Vito Marcantonio
The struggle for an eight-hour workday and basic civil liberties in America came at the tragic cost of state-sanctioned violence against labor organizers.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
Elbert Hubbard
Profiles of revolutionary thinkers reveal how personal conviction, practical struggle, and stubborn independence reshape religious, political, and economic systems across generations.
Makers of Modern Agriculture
William Macdonald
Before modern machinery and organized science reshaped the soil, feeding a nation was a precarious struggle against nature. Five visionary figures transformed that struggle into an engine of human progress.
Over Periscope Pond
Esther Sayles Root
Two spirited American women arrive in war-torn Paris to manage relief efforts, recording the grueling work, absurdities, and quiet heartbreak of wartime life with buoyant humor and unvarnished honesty.
The Hero of the Humber
Henry Woodcock
Driven by an instinct to save the perishing, a waterfront laborer hazards his life decades before finding a spiritual anchor.
The History of Sir Richard Whittington
Unknown
Driven by necessity from the country to London, a penniless youth endures hardship and abuse before a single penny's investment in a cat alters his destiny.
A Nurse's Life in War and Peace
E. C. (Eleanor Constance) Laurence
A dedicated English nurse moves steadily through municipal wards, tropical journeys, and war zones, offering an unvarnished view of early modern medicine.
British Political Leaders
Justin McCarthy
Behind the ornate façade of late-Victorian and Edwardian governance, political power shifts dynamically through individual character, institutional friction, and party maneuver. The true engine of parliamentary life is revealed not in grand doctrine, but in personal temperaments, private networks, and tactical clashes.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: a biography for girls
Martha Foote Crow
A gifted New England girl turns daily hardship, deep spiritual wrestling, and quiet literary practice into a moral voice that moves an entire nation.
Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife: January-May, 1880
Mary King Waddington
An American-born diplomat’s wife steps off the train into late-nineteenth-century Rome, recording high society, royal audiences, and scenic drives with lighthearted charm and unpretentious observational intelligence.
Jesus of Nazareth, A Biography, by John Mark
Unknown
A swift and vivid narrative captures a decisive ministry, charting a relentless course from rural miracles toward betrayal, trial, and an empty tomb.
My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
Mary King Waddington
Entering the gilded salons and icy legislative halls of the Third Republic, a cosmopolitan newcomer maps the fragile rebirth of French democracy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
A towering figure of military genius and unyielding ambition faces combined Europe to rescue a fractured France from total ruin. Through icy mountain passes and bloody plains, his sheer presence commands devotion and dictates the destiny of nations.
Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819
Richard Lee Mason
A traveler rides west across a changing nation, mapping the rough roads and rougher characters of the American frontier.