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Canada in Flanders, Volume I
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron
A swift mobilization across the prairie transforms Canadian civilians into an unyielding frontline force, holding the fate of the Western Front in the muddy trenches of Flanders.
Castara: The Third Edition of 1640
William Habington
A devotion to chaste, earthly affection transforms over time into a total surrender to divine transcendence.
Cavalry: A Popular Edition of "Cavalry in War and Peace"
Friedrich von Bernhardi
A mounting shadow falls over the traditional horseman as rapid-fire weaponry and technical communications redefine the modern battlefield.
Cecilia de Noël
Lanoe Falconer
A haunted English manor house becomes a crucible where dogmatic rationalists, devout traditionalists, and spiritual seekers each face a horrifying apparition that exposes the limits of their beliefs.
Charlie to the Rescue
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
An eager young reformer plunges into shipwrecks, American frontier wars, and London slums to rescue the desperate, only to find that saving people takes more than physical courage.
Cowley's Talks on Doctrine
Matthias F. (Matthias Foss) Cowley
A plain-spoken framework for Latter-day Saint theology, defending restored revelation and the order of the primitive Church through rigorous Biblical reference.
Cudjo's Cave
J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
Caught in the fierce crossfire of the American Civil War in East Tennessee, an idealistic Quaker schoolmaster must choose between non-violent principles and the fight for human liberty against ruthless local secessionists.
Daddy Jake the Runaway, and Short Stories Told after Dark
Joel Chandler Harris
A runaway slave’s escape into a cypress swamp sparks a desperate river journey by two young children seeking to bring him safely home.
Deserted: Sailor's Knots, Part 1
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A foolish young sailor flees the Army for a fake acting gig, leaving an innocent night-watchman to suffer the consequences.
Diamond Dyke: The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure
George Manville Fenn
A young Briton and his older brother battle loneliness, hostile wildlife, and a treacherous farmhand while attempting to build a new life as ostrich farmers in the sun-bleached expanse of the South African veldt.
Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder
Daniel Defoe
A quiet Cornwall boy, born without speech, lives six decades in silent observation before regaining his voice for one final night of astonishing wisdom.
Dr. Adriaan
Louis Couperus
A family gathered under one roof attempts to patch over its deepest wounds, only to discover that healing requires facing the long shadow of its own fragile nature.
Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology
Jas. F. W. (James Finlay Weir) Johnston
A silent, invisible cycle connects the soil beneath our feet to the living bodies of animals and men, tied together by the transformative chemistry of the growing plant.
Elsie's Kith and Kin
Martha Finley
A young stepmother struggles to maintain peace in her home when her volatile stepdaughter’s sudden act of violence threatens to shatter the family.
Etruscan Tomb Paintings, Their Subjects and Significance
Frederik Poulsen
The painted walls of ancient Etruscan tombs capture a vanished culture through vivid scenes of aristocratic feasts, violent funeral games, and sinister underworld demons.
Every-Day Errors of Speech
L. P. Meredith
A strict line separates clear language from careless habit, and crossing it costs more than most speakers realize.
Fair to Look Upon
Mary Belle Freeley
A cheeky, lighthearted reappraisal of Old Testament heroines, framing biblical history as an unbroken tradition of feminine independence and male compliance.
Feats on the Fiord: The third book in "The Playfellow"
Harriet Martineau
A young maiden's wedding preparations in the northern wilds of Norway are shadowed by ancient superstitions, lurking sea-pirates, and the sudden, terrifying disappearance of her betrothed.
Fénelon: The Mystic
James Mudge
An exploration of divine love, high-minded devotion, and ecclesiastical intrigue, this portrait traces how a gentle seventeenth-century archbishop maintained an unshakeable inner peace through exile, bitter theological warfare, and the shifting favors of the French crown.
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Flytraps and Their Operation [1921]
F. C. (Fred Corry) Bishopp
Screen cylinder traps, wooden hoop frames, and fermenting molasses offer an unexpectedly rigorous defense against seasonal fly invasions.
Four American Leaders
Charles William Eliot
A calm, measured evaluation of character shows how personal virtues, practical intelligence, and quiet spiritual independence build the durable foundations of a free republic.
Frank Mildmay
Frederick Marryat
A boy's boundless arrogance matures into an officer's battle-hardened wisdom through the brutal realities of the nineteenth-century Royal Navy.
Frank Oldfield: Lost and Found
Theodore P. Wilson
A young man’s downfall through alcohol wrecks his engagement and drives him across the world, where betrayal and crime bring him to absolute rock bottom.
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
A summer journey to the Scottish Highlands plunges an energetic London family into wild scrambles, rustic encounters, and endless minor catastrophes.
Good housing that pays
Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo
Urban housing reform can yield solid financial returns while treating working-class tenants with dignity.
Handbook of fictitious names
Olphar Hamst
The world of letters is riddled with masks, and this compendium serves as a meticulous map to the true identities hidden behind the pseudonyms, initials, and playful aliases of the nineteenth century. It acts as an essential, if eccentric, key for any reader seeking to unmask the authors of anonymous literary works.
Hendricks the Hunter
William Henry Giles Kingston
An Irish family fortified on the Zululand border, a missing child raised among strangers, and two warring princes shape this classic African frontier adventure.
Hieroglyfic
Rowland Jones
The quest for a primordial tongue occupies this singular inquiry, which proposes that all human speech descends from a universal, hieroglyphic system rooted in the anatomy of the human form and the observation of nature.
Historic Girlhoods, Part One
Rupert Sargent Holland
These stories follow historical records to trace how ten young girls—from medieval saints to London authors—navigated the expectations, perils, and ambitions of their youth to become influential women.
History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1
Brantz Mayer
A study of national ambition and diplomatic failure, this volume traces how deep-seated cultural misunderstandings and political instability transformed border disputes into an open, bloody conflict.
Holiday House: A Series of Tales
Catherine Sinclair
Left to their own devices, two rambunctious Scottish children turn their home into a chaotic test ground for every absurd idea that enters their heads.
Holinshed's Chronicles, vol. 1 of 6, slice 6 of 9. England, early history
Raphael Holinshed
An ancient kingdom fracture, foreign conquerors claim the soil, and rival chroniclers fight over every line of history.
In Search of Mademoiselle
George Gibbs
An English seaman braves Spanish blades and Florida wilderness to rescue his French love from historic slaughter.
In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852
Gilbert L. Cole
A single summer on the trail across the American West transforms a young traveler into a eyewitness to history, tragedy, and the quiet resilience of ordinary people.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles A. Eastman
Charles A. Eastman
Through a comprehensive gathering of Dakota life, history, and philosophy, these collected works present an authentic portrait of Native American culture as told from the inside.
Isabel Leicester
Maude Alma
Stripped of her fortune by her father’s death, a young Victorian woman enters domestic service as a governess, navigating spiteful relatives, romantic entanglements, and her own bruised pride.
Jack the Young Explorer: A Boy's Experiances in the Unknown Northwest
George Bird Grinnell
In the shadow of Montana’s jagged Northern Rockies, a young easterner joins an old mountain guide for a summer of high-altitude exploration, big-game hunting, and quiet wilderness camaraderie.
Jemmy Stubbins, or the Nailer Boy: Illustrations of the Law of Kindness
Unknown
An American traveller steps inside an English smithy to escape the rain and discovers a child whose youth is being relentlessly consumed by the anvil.
John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 3 (of 3)
S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
In a bleak coastal landscape defined by bone-chilling granite and relentless Atlantic gales, a young idealist discovers that doing the honorable thing offers no protection against heartbreak, deceit, or the devastating consequences of misplaced devotion.
John Nicholson, the Lion of the Punjaub
R. E. Cholmeley
In the dust of nineteenth-century India, a British officer’s iron will and terrifying presence command both the terror of insurgents and the absolute, divine devotion of the local tribes.
Kenneth McAlpine: A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea
Gordon Stables
A young Highland shepherd travels from the Scottish hills to remote global frontiers, enduring shipwreck, captivity, and winter wilderness to claim his inheritance and win his childhood love.
Kindness to Animals
Charlotte Elizabeth
Grounded in scripture and personal memory, a nineteen-century lesson in kindness reminds us that every living creature is a divine trust placed under human care.
Lemorne Versus Huell
Elizabeth Stoddard
A suppressed music teacher is drawn into an unsettling romance with her formidable aunt’s opposing legal counsel during a tense summer resort stay.
London and Its Environs Described, vol. 3 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
Anonymous
A vast gazetteer documents the mid-eighteenth-century metropolis, cataloging every alley, art collection, and civic institution across London and its surrounding countryside.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
In a dark, stormy night on the English Channel, human passions burn as recklessly as the sea itself, igniting a tale of hidden parentage, deceptive hearts, and fatal misunderstandings.
Mademoiselle Fifi
Guy de Maupassant
Occupied France exposes the fragile nature of human morality when war strips away the comfortable illusions of social class and respectable patriotism.
Marriage as a Trade
Cicely Hamilton
A sharp, pragmatic examination of women's primary historic vocation exposes the physical, moral, and intellectual tolls of enforced financial dependency upon men.
Master tales of mystery, Volume 1 (of 3)
Unknown
In high-stakes games of deception and mystery, the truth hides in unexpected corners and the most innocent observers often hold the master key.