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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5)
Thomas Dekker
This collection brings together five foundational dramas from the early seventeenth-century stage, showcasing a playwright’s sharp, cynical eye for the social climbers, aging fools, and desperate schemers of London life.
Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Unknown
Seeking a moment of stillness in a frantic world, many readers turn to the wisdom of the past. This collection serves as a daily companion, offering brief, potent guidance from the voices of history’s most revered figures.
Tiny Luttrell
E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
A spirited Australian woman returns from a failed social season in England, grappling with the remnants of her own pride and the lingering shadows of a complicated past.
To Cuba and Back
Richard Henry Dana
A vacationing traveler observes the stark contrasts of mid-nineteenth-century Cuba, capturing a fleeting, vivid portrait of a land caught between colonial tradition, colonial rule, and the brutal reality of the slave trade.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910: Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171
Herbert M. (Herbert Michael) Wilson
This technical report details the early twentieth-century efforts of the United States Geological Survey to standardize mine safety, fuel efficiency, and structural material testing. It offers a sobering, methodical look at how industrial engineering began to prioritize human life.
Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798
William George Browne
This account traces a perilous seven-year expedition through the heart of 18th-century Africa and the Levant, providing a sober, empirical look at regions then shrouded in mystery and folklore to the European mind.
Twenty-One Days in India, or, the Tour Of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B
George Aberigh-Mackay
A biting, satirical tour through the corridors of British-ruled India, where the pomp of the imperial administration is stripped bare by a keen, cynical observer.
Unity of Good
Mary Baker Eddy
This foundational work explores the radical proposition that God is entirely good and therefore unconscious of sin, sickness, or death. It challenges the reader to reject material evidence in favor of a spiritual understanding of existence.
Unleavened Bread
Robert Grant
A woman of intense, unyielding conviction maneuvers her way through the shifting landscape of American social and political life, driven by a relentless hunger for status and a singular, inflexible moral code.
Vanitas: Polite Stories
Vernon Lee
These stories examine the lives of "frivolous women" in high society, tracing the quiet, haunting erosion of the soul that occurs when beauty and wealth become one’s only currency.
What Works: Schools Without Drugs
United States. Department of Education
This practical guide serves as a comprehensive strategy for parents, educators, and communities to reclaim schools from the pervasive influence of drug use.
What you can do with your will power
Russell H. Conwell
Success is not a secret hidden from the masses, but a result of the singular application of human will. Anyone possessing health and intelligence can achieve their potential by deciding to act with unwavering determination.
William Hamilton Gibson: artist—naturalist—author
John Coleman Adams
A devoted artist and naturalist, William Hamilton Gibson bridged the gap between scientific precision and artistic wonder, teaching a generation to observe the hidden, luminous details of the natural world.
Worth While Stories for Every Day
Unknown
This collection serves as a practical guide for the storyteller, blending instructional advice with a wide-ranging anthology of legends, historical anecdotes, and classic fables. It transforms the act of reading aloud into an immersive, dramatic performance.
Wulnoth the Wanderer: A Story of King Alfred of England
Herbert Inman
Wulnoth, a thrall of noble birth, traverses a landscape of fire and sword to honor a childhood vow and serve the destiny of a king. This is a tale of loyalty maintained against the crushing odds of war.
A Claim on Klondyke: A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado
Edward Roper
The frozen wilderness of the Yukon demands everything from those who venture into its depths, offering only the promise of gold and the persistent threat of an indifferent, icy death.
A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics
H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull
Moral integrity requires an absolute adherence to truth, as any compromise for the sake of convenience or perceived necessity undermines the divine character of the individual and the stability of human society.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls
Albert Bigelow Paine
The wonder of the natural world is best understood by getting one’s hands into the soil. This guide to the seasons turns a simple window box into a gateway for learning how life grows.
A Mountain Woman
Elia Wilkinson Peattie
These stories capture the stark, often unforgiving intersection of frontier hardship and the enduring complexities of the human heart. They offer a window into a rugged world where beauty and tragedy walk hand in hand.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2: Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends
Thomas Clarkson
A meticulous, sympathetic study of Quaker life, this volume invites readers into the quiet, disciplined, and often misunderstood world of the Society of Friends. It explores how faith translates into the practical business of living.
A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes
Sanford Bell
Children feel genuine, fully realized romantic love long before adolescence, developing complex emotional lives that challenge the conventional medical belief that romantic affection begins strictly with puberty.
A Song of a Single Note: A Love Story
Amelia E. Barr
A young woman navigates the divided loyalties of the American Revolution, finding that devotion to truth and love requires both courage and quiet, steadfast endurance.
Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse
Alan Stevenson
Constructing a beacon upon the Skerryvore reef requires battling the most violent tides in the Hebrides. This account details the engineering triumph of securing a permanent lighthouse amidst the relentless Atlantic.
Alcohol and the Human Brain
Joseph Cook
The soul of man sits at the helm of the body, but alcohol acts as a corrosive, mutinous agent that systematically murders the captain and steersman of the human vessel. This urgent, polemical lecture delivers a chilling scientific warning against the insidious dangers of even moderate drinking.
America First
Frances Nimmo Greene
This is a story of young people finding their footing in a world at war, where courage is defined not by the absence of fear, but by the resolve to act in spite of it.
Arm of the Law
Harry Harrison
In a lawless Mars outpost, a cynical, weary sergeant finds his mundane life upended when a high-tech experimental robot arrives to serve as his new partner.
As Seen By Me
Lilian Bell
An American woman’s spirited, observational account of a two-year journey across Europe, Russia, and Egypt. It captures the charm and exasperation of travel at the turn of the century with wit and distinct personality.
Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight, lady companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, Volume 1 (of 2): with extracts from her journals and anecdote books
Ellis Cornelia Knight
This intimate chronicle offers a rare, clear-eyed view of eighteenth-century European high society and the stifling, tragic isolation of British royalty. It is a portrait of a life spent serving others, observed by a woman of sharp intellect and quiet endurance.
Barclay of the Guides
Herbert Strang
The brutal, high-stakes chaos of the 1857 Indian Mutiny serves as the backdrop for a young man’s perilous quest to rescue his father from the heart of a besieged city.
Behind the Mirrors: The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington
Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert
The gilded curtains of Washington are pulled back to reveal a government not of statesmanship, but of faltering amateurs, divided interests, and the crumbling illusions of American "Progress.
Betty Lee, Freshman
Harriet Pyne Grove
Moving to a new city and navigating the intimidating hallways of a massive high school, a young girl discovers that growing up is the most moving adventure of all.
Camping and camp cooking
Frank A. Bates
Living under canvas requires more than just a tent; it demands a philosophy of self-reliance, good humor, and the ability to cook a decent meal over an open flame. This manual serves as a practical guide for the city-dweller seeking a restorative escape into the woods.
Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
Thomas W. Hanshew
A master of disguise, known as "The Man of the Forty Faces," forsakes his criminal past to outwit the most cunning villains in Edwardian London.
Dave Porter in the South Seas
Edward Stratemeyer
HOOK A young man sets sail for the South Seas to uncover the secrets of his own forgotten past. He finds instead a maritime conspiracy, a marooned crew, and the ultimate test of his own character.
Dave Porter on Cave Island
Edward Stratemeyer
A resourceful schoolboy tracks down two malicious rivals who have framed him for a jewelry store robbery, leading to a perilous chase across the sea and into the subterranean mazes of a remote tropical island.
Days in the Open
Lathan A. (Lathan Augustus) Crandall
The spirit of the wilderness and the quiet joy of the angling life call to those who appreciate the patience of the stream. This collection of sketches celebrates the profound, unhurried connection between the outdoors and the human heart.
Description of the Process of Manufacturing Coal Gas, for the Lighting of Streets Houses, and Public Buildings: With Elevations, Sections, and Plans of the Most Improved Sorts of Apparatus Now Employed at the Gas Works in London and the Principal Provincial Towns of Great Britain
Friedrich Christian Accum
Modern civilization is built on foundations of unseen infrastructure, and the story of urban light begins with the bold, industrial transformation of the early nineteenth century. This detailed technical manual serves as a primary record of the rapid, sweeping transition from oil lamps to the sophisticated,…
Dividing Waters
I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie
The life of a young woman is irrevocably altered by a cross-cultural marriage that forces her to reconcile her English upbringing with the rigid, honor-bound social landscape of Imperial Germany.
Don't Shoot
Robert Zacks
An obsessed scientist confesses his role in a bizarre transformation, revealing that the legendary Abominable Snowman is actually a missing Hollywood mogul sent to the Himalayas by a malfunctioning matter-transmitter.
Engraving for Illustration: Historical and Practical Notes
Joseph Kirkbride
The history of image-making is a long, deliberate evolution, one where the human hand has moved from carving simple symbols on stone to capturing complex light through the precise, mechanical lens of modern science.
Essays on the Stage: Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699)
Thomas D'Urfey
These documents capture the heated collision between seventeenth-century playwrights and their moralistic critics, offering a raw, unvarnished look at the early battle over the soul of the English stage.
Folk-Lore and Legends: Russian and Polish
Unknown
HOOK Miraculous snow-children, golden fish, and enchanted stoves populate these pages, where the ordinary world dissolves into a landscape of shifting moral fortunes and sudden, transformative magic.
From a College Window
Arthur Christopher Benson
Reflective and serene, these essays offer a meditation on how to navigate the complexities of life with sincerity, intellectual honesty, and grace.
From the Memoirs of a Minister of France
Stanley John Weyman
The trusted advisor to King Henry IV navigates the treacherous corridors of the French court, balancing the volatile passions of his sovereign with the preservation of the state. These episodes capture the intimate, often perilous life of a king’s right hand in a world of high-stakes intrigue.
Gas Burners Old and New: A historical and descriptive treatise on the progress of invention in gas lighting, embracing an account of the theory of luminous combustion
Owen Merriman
The flicker of a flame holds more history than we often realize, tracing a path from the simple, unpretentious apertures of the early nineteenth century to the sophisticated, scientific combustion of a later age. This technical record invites us to look closely at the evolution of artificial light, revealing that…
Half Hours in Bible Lands, Volume 2: Patriarchs, Kings, and Kingdoms
P. C. (Phineas Camp) Headley
HOOK This work presents a sweeping biographical survey of the figures and nations that shaped the biblical narrative, from the early patriarchs to the final fall of Jerusalem.
Happy House
Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von
A weary, overlooked novelist finds her quiet life upended when the shifting tides of the post-war world force her to confront her own fading relevance and her husband’s persistent, selfish instability.
Henry Is Twenty: A Further Episodic History of Henry Calverly, 3rd
Samuel Merwin
Henry Calverly is twenty, and the world is far too small to contain his ambition, his insecurity, and his erratic, surging genius. He is a young man struggling to find his footing in a town that expects him to be either a saint or a failure.