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The girl with the green eyes
Clyde Fitch
The girl with the green eyes is a turbulent portrait of a marriage nearly undone by the corrosive power of groundless jealousy. It captures the frantic, destructive energy of a woman who cannot trust her own happiness.
The Golden Flood
Edwin Lefevre
A young man begins depositing unimaginable quantities of gold into a Wall Street bank, terrifying the era’s most powerful financiers with the prospect of an infinite supply.
The Insurrection in Dublin
James Stephens
A civilian observer records the unfolding chaos of the 1916 Easter Rising, capturing the surreal tension of a city suddenly at war with itself.
The Intelligence Office (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The bustling, chaotic city masks a quiet, somber office where a mysterious clerk records the deepest, most desperate, and often contradictory wishes of the human heart. Here, the tangible desires of the world collide with the infinite.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864
Unknown
This collection of essays and documents offers a window into the intellectual and spiritual preoccupations of the mid-nineteenth-century Irish Catholic Church. It serves as both a historical record and a forum for theological discourse.
The Jungle Fugitives: A Tale of Life and Adventure in India: Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Amidst the upheaval of the Sepoy Rebellion, a small group of English fugitives fights to survive the Indian wilderness while parallel tales of American grit celebrate the triumph of quick-witted youth over overwhelming odds.
The kitchen garden and the cook
Cecilia Maria de Candia Pearse
This collection serves as both a practical manual for the vegetable gardener and a creative guide for the home cook. It bridges the gap between the soil and the table, offering a complete seasonal roadmap for cultivating and preparing fresh produce.
The Lighter Side of English Life
Frank Frankfort Moore
This observation of English life explores the peculiar, often absurd social rituals of provincial towns, where the arrival of a stranger or the installation of a shop window becomes a matter of grave public importance.
The lost hunter: A tale of early times
John Turvill Adams
A solitary figure living on the fringes of civilization becomes the catalyst for a community’s moral reckoning, forcing neighbors to confront their prejudices and the vanishing remnants of the past.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan: As Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods From Maine to California. Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication
William B. Laughead
A mythical giant of the North Woods, Paul Bunyan turns the daunting labor of the American frontier into a series of impossible, larger-than-life feats performed with a blue ox and a sense of humor.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
Ellis Meredith
An unexpected cataclysm leaves a man and a woman as the sole survivors of their world, forcing them to confront the isolation of existence and the nature of human connection.
The Matsuyama Mirror
James, T. H., Mrs.
A mirror becomes a sacred bridge between the living and the dead, transforming a simple domestic object into a vessel for grief, memory, and the enduring power of maternal love in rural Japan.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 08: Convent Affairs
Giacomo Casanova
This memoir captures the breathless, transgressive pace of 18th-century Venetian life, where the sacred and the profane collide within the walls of a convent. It is a portrait of an adventurer whose appetites for beauty, risk, and philosophy are as insatiable as they are self-destructive.
The Moon Rock
Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
This mystery unfolds in the bleak, windswept landscapes of the Cornish coast, where an atmosphere of deep-seated dread hangs over a family burdened by secrets. It is a tale of obsession, where a long-sought inheritance and a dark, violent past collide, leaving a trail of death in their wake.
The Motor Boys in Mexico
Clarence Young
Three teenage adventurers and their eccentric naturalist friend chase a map to a hidden ancient city, battling persistent rivals and the perils of the Mexican wilderness in their trusty automobile.
The MS. in a Red Box
John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton
A young man is hunted through the marshlands of seventeenth-century England by a powerful, jealous rival who seeks to claim his life and the woman he loves.
The New Heavens
George Ellery Hale
This observational chronicle captures the transition from the era of visual stargazing to the dawn of modern astrophysics, detailing how the construction of massive new telescopes fundamentally altered our understanding of the universe.
The Peace Egg and Other tales
Juliana Horatia Ewing
Christmas carries weight beyond the season’s merriment, grounding family bonds and childhood imagination in the enduring traditions of play, performance, and the simple act of belonging.
The Pirate Woman
Aylward Edward Dingle
A lawless queen of the Caribbean pirates stakes her life and soul on a desperate bid for freedom, using beauty as a weapon to enslave the men she intends to use for her escape.
The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol)
Susannah Grace Sanger Müller
A lifelong preacher steps out from his settled life to traverse the globe, sharing a message of faith and service across five continents in his final decades.
The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun & Fancy
M. H. (Mabel Henrietta) Spielmann
Imagination and reality dance a delicate waltz in this collection of tales, where the boundaries between the nursery floor and the realms of high fantasy dissolve into one another.
The Riflemen of the Ohio: A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River"
Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The Ohio River serves as both a highway for settlers and a theater of war where young scouts must match wits against a formidable Wyandot chief. This tale follows a band of frontier youths navigating the perils of the wilderness to protect a beleaguered fort and their vital river fleet.
The Rover Boys in Alaska
Edward Stratemeyer
The Rover brothers must set aside their college studies and family business to rescue their adventurous brother, whose mysterious head injury has driven him to seek gold in the frozen, dangerous wilderness of Alaska.
The Rover Boys in Business
Edward Stratemeyer
Brothers leverage their sharp wits and adventurous spirits to thwart a treacherous business conspiracy, proving that family loyalty is the ultimate investment.
The Rustler of Wind River
George W. (George Washington) Ogden
This story of the American frontier follows a man standing alone against the powerful cattle barons who control the land, and the woman who defies her own social circle to stand with him.
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
William Makepeace Thackeray
The return of Napoleon Bonaparte’s remains from St. Helena to Paris in 1840 serves as the stage for a meditation on the nature of history, the vanity of pomp, and the absurdity of hero-worship.
The Secret Power
Marie Corelli
The world is on the precipice of a scientific revolution, but the power to create or destroy lies in the hands of those who command the hidden forces of nature.
The Sheriff's Son
William MacLeod Raine
A young man returns to a lawless mountain territory, haunted by his father’s legacy, only to find himself entangled with the very family that shattered his past.
The Soul Scar: A Craig Kennedy Scientific Mystery Novel
Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
A pioneering professor-detective applies the budding science of psychoanalysis to solve a high-society murder, proving that even the most carefully guarded secrets are written on the soul.
The Story of a Red Deer
Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
A young red deer navigates the perilous, beautiful wild of Exmoor, learning to outrun predators and men until his final race across the moors.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
Ridgwell Cullum
The rugged terrain of the Canadian Northwest serves as the backdrop for a tense struggle between honorable ranchers and the corrupt interests threatening to destroy their livelihood and personal freedom.
The Trent affair
Thomas L. (Thomas LeGrand) Harris
In 1861, a single impulsive naval act nearly ignited a war between the United States and Great Britain, threatening to shatter the Union while it struggled to survive its own internal rebellion.
The Visions of the Sleeping Bard
Ellis Wynne
A slumbering poet is swept into a series of supernatural revelations, where he traverses the vanity of the world, the finality of death, and the grotesque machinery of the infernal abyss.
The War After the War
Isaac Frederick Marcosson
The Great War is a tragedy of blood and iron, but the struggle for global economic supremacy will persist long after the last gun falls silent. This is a call for commercial preparedness in an uncertain future.
The White Desert
Courtney Ryley Cooper
The mountains are tenacious of their vicious traits, clinging to the snow and cold long after the seasons have denoted a time of warmth and summer’s splendor. A man fleeing a shadow-filled past finds sanctuary in the high, brutal wilderness of the Continental Divide, only to discover that the law of the mountains…
The White Room
Fergus Hume
A corpse in a locked suburban house leads a web of lovers and suspects through hidden lives, false identities, and quiet suburban rot.
The Wilderness Trail
Francis William Sullivan
The Northland demands everything—courage, silence, and the strength to survive the iron cold—as a young factor is caught in a web of corporate vengeance and family secrets.
The Yoke: A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
Elizabeth Miller
A young Egyptian sculptor finds his loyalties fractured when he falls in love with a Hebrew woman amidst the rising tensions of the Biblical Exodus.
"Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"
Bernard Fresenborg
A former priest recounts thirty years spent within the Catholic Church, ultimately breaking away to warn the American public of what he describes as a pervasive and dangerous system of religious and political control.
Titian: a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter
Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
This collection offers an intimate, guided tour through the life and work of the Venetian master, blending art historical context with a deep appreciation for the human spirit captured on his canvases.
Wagner
John F. Runciman
A relentless portrait of artistic obsession, this account traces the turbulent ascent of a composer who fundamentally reshaped the landscape of Western music through sheer, uncompromising force of will.
War-Chess, or the Game of Battle
Richardson, Charles, of New York
This guide outlines a strategic board game designed to simulate the tactical maneuvers, logistical burdens, and combined-arms complexities of 19th-century warfare on a tabletop battlefield. It serves as both a rulebook and a conceptual model for military engagement.
Was Man Created?
Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Mott
Seeking to reconcile the rigid tenets of religious faith with the burgeoning scientific understanding of the nineteenth century, this inquiry traces the origins of humanity through the lens of evolutionary theory.
What Dress Makes of Us
Dorothy Quigley
HOOK Clothing possesses an impish power to turn dignity into absurdity. This guide reveals how the simple choices we make in our daily dress either highlight our best features or transform us into walking caricatures.
Wild Birds in City Parks: Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago
Herbert Eugene Walter
Urban birding offers a secret, high-stakes drama for those who know where to look. This guide transforms the frantic spring migration within Chicago’s Lincoln Park into a manageable, exhilarating puzzle for the observant city dweller.
William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery
Bayard Tuckerman
A principled legal scholar stakes his reputation on the belief that the American Constitution is the most potent weapon for ending the scourge of slavery. He fights not with mobs, but with logic.
Within The Enemy's Lines
Oliver Optic
A young naval officer maneuvers through the high-stakes deception and tactical ingenuity of the Civil War, pitting his wit against Confederate conspirators to protect his family’s steamship.
Women of Belgium: Turning Tragedy to Triumph
Charlotte Kellogg
Behind the devastation of occupied territory, thousands of quiet volunteers run soup kitchens, clinics, and workrooms to keep an isolated population alive.