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Thomas Lord Cromwell
Unknown
A blacksmith’s son rises through study, travel, and statecraft to become the King’s top minister, only to be brought down by political envy and an unread warning letter.
Three Wisconsin Cushings: A sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County
Theron Wilber Haight
Three brothers raised in frontier hardship take radically different paths through the violence of nineteenth-century America, leaving behind a legacy forged in artillery smoke, river raids, and border warfare.
Under the Trees and Elsewhere
Hamilton Wright Mabie
When a tired worker leaves a cluttered study, stepping into the outdoors reclaims a life lost to routine.
Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, Vol. 1 (of 2)
George Bennett
A meticulous natural history of the southern seas captures the immediate, unvarnished details of a nine-month passage through Australia and the East Indies.
Whispering Tongues
Homer Greene
A small misunderstanding and a impulse toward revenge fracture a close friendship between two college students, turning their campus upside down until truth clears the air.
With Zola in England: A Story of Exile
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
A celebrated novelist is driven into secret exile after taking a stand for an innocent man, finding himself stranded in an unfamiliar country where he must dodge reporters, endure isolation, and quietly await his day of justice.
Wunpost
Dane Coolidge
A stubble-bearded prospector outwits his enemies in the scorching alkali sinks, only to find that cunning cannot buy back the trust of the girl he left behind.
Yellowstone Nights
Herbert Quick
A handful of travelers cross Yellowstone's natural wonders, weaving tall tales and personal histories around the campfire each night.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 2
Mark Twain
A nineteenth-century mechanic is stranded in sixth-century Britain, where he uses gunpowder, electricity, and raw American audacity to pass himself off as a wizard greater than Merlin.
A Mummer's Tale
Anatole France
A rising Parisian actress finds her life unraveling when a rejected suitor takes his own life, leaving behind a phantom that haunts her intimacy with the man she actually loves.
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before
Daniel Defoe
A thrilling tale of adventure, mutiny, and discovery as a crew navigates uncharted territories and confronts the complexities of human nature.
A Preliminary Revision of the North American Species of Cactus, Anhalonium, and Lophophora
John Merle Coulter
In the dry expanses of the nineteenth-century American Southwest, botanical discovery relies on the careful sorting of tangled stems, thorn patterns, and elusive desert blooms.
A Review of Edwards's "Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will"
Henry Philip Tappan
A relentless philosophical mind tears into the foundational mechanics of fate, exposing how bad definitions of choice can strip humanity of moral responsibility and turn the universe into a massive machine.
A Selection of Books Published by Methuen and Co. Ltd. London, June 1919
Methuen & Co.
This comprehensive publisher's catalogue offers an intriguing window into the literary landscape of post-World War I Britain, mapping out the reading habits, intellectual pursuits, and popular entertainments of June 1919.
A System of Midwifery
Edward Rigby
A precise, methodical exploration of obstetrical science, this text charts the physiological mechanics of human gestation, the natural progression of labor, and the clinical management of severe reproductive complications.
A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions
Augustus Hopkins Strong
A journey through the mission fields of Asia turns into a searching measurement of Western imperialism, Eastern traditional religions, and the enduring power of faith.
A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves: Poems of James Barron Hope
J. B. H. (James Barron Hope)
The poetry of the nineteenth-century American South finds one of its most steadfast, ceremonial voices in a collection dedicated to honoring memory, public virtue, and regional heritage.
Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley
Belle Kanaris Maniates
A stubborn scrub-girl transforms her family’s fortunes and stumbles into a wider world of art, learning, and local romance.
Amos Huntingdon
Theodore P. Wilson
When family duty clashes with pride, quiet devotion quietly reshapes an entire household.
An Accursed Race
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Centuries of unreasoning hatred reduced an innocent population to society's margins, creating a phantom caste system inside the heart of Western Europe.
An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864
Frederick Milnes Edge
A brief, rigorous eyewitness investigation dismantles English press rumors to reveal how superior American naval gunnery and disciplined seamanship sank a notorious Confederate privateer off the French coast in just over an hour.
And both were young
Madeleine L'Engle
Standing on a gentle hill above Lake Geneva, two teenagers find solace in an unexpected friendship that breaks through their deep isolation.
Antinous: A Poem
Fernando Pessoa
A grieving emperor sits beside his dead lover, attempting to transform overwhelming personal loss into an immortal myth through the power of art.
Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare
A Roman general bound to the ruler of Egypt struggles to reconcile global empire with private passion, triggering a clash of nations that reshapes the ancient world.
Barium: A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease
Albert C. (Albert Cornelius) Crawford
A government botanist sets out to solve a persistent livestock mystery on the American plains, tracing a devastating disease directly to the mineral toxins hidden within range weeds.
Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A young boy discovers an old volume in his attic and steps straight into an island adventure made of pure, logical childhood fantasy. A magical wolf, polite pirates, and a helpful monkey prove that an imaginative spirit can conquer any ocean storm.
Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 2 of 3)
William Pitt Scargill
Wisdom and vanity clash across the Irish countryside and London drawing rooms as two families test whether quiet virtue can withstand the pull of fashionable worldliness.
Bob's Redemption: Captains All, Book 5
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
When a calculating sailor tries to trade a rescue for his crewmate's fiancée, he gets a hilarious lesson in East End justice. W. W. Jacobs turns the dockside barque into a stage for human folly.
Boot making and mending
Unknown
A clear, hands-on instructional manual from the Victorian era detailing the precise craft of making, repairing, and finishing leather footwear.
Boy Scouts on the Great Divide
Archibald Lee Fletcher
A group of Boy Scouts, on a mission in the Wyoming wilderness, find themselves entangled in a web of train robberies, escaped convicts, and mysterious disappearances.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove
Laura Lee Hope
A brother and sister's seaside adventures reveal hidden treasures, lost dogs, and unexpected friendships.
By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians
Egerton Ryerson Young
To journey across frozen wildernesses by sled and navigate stormy lakes by frail birch-bark craft is to test both physical endurance and faith.
David Lockwin—The People's Idol
John McGovern
A soaring political career in Gilded Age Chicago crumbles under the weight of backroom machine corruption and the quiet, devastating grief of a lost child.
Dead Giveaway
Randall Garrett
An abandoned alien city on a dead world turns out to be an active, automated classroom designed to coax humanity into its next evolutionary stage.
Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry: From Poems On Several Occasions (1707)
Samuel Cobb
True poetic genius demands total freedom, leaving slavish adherence to rules and pedantic critics behind in the mud.
Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams
Tobias Aconite
A ruined daughter, a displaced heir, and an unyielding lord collide in a sweep of vengeance across the Atlantic.
Fighting Germany's Spies
French Strother
A covert net of foreign sabotage spreads quietly across neutral cities, threatening to cripple transport and manufacturing long before any formal declaration of war.
Fletcher of Saltoun
George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
A rigid moralist stands in a chaotic chamber, fighting to preserve a nation's independence while proposing to enslave its idle poor.
Gloria
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
A child-heroine escapes an forced marriage to her guardian by allying with a poor fisherman, setting off a wild journey through aristocratic scandal and haunted halls.
Goat-Feathers
Ellis Parker Butler
Gathering trivial distractions is the fastest way to turn a promising career into a series of half-finished detours.
God's Green Country: A Novel of Canadian Rural Life
Ethel M. Chapman
A young woman's journey to rural Canada reveals the beauty and challenges of farm life, as she navigates love, community, and the pursuit of a simpler existence.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1842
Various
A single issue of a nineteenth-century American magazine offers a striking cross-section of romantic fiction, localized reporting, moralistic verse, and sharp literary criticism.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2, February 1849
Various
A mid-nineteenth-century literary mosaic captures the restless imagination, moral anxieties, and romantic longings of a rapidly changing American culture.
Hans Holbein
Arthur B. (Arthur Bensley) Chamberlain
An illuminating study tracks the rise of a Northern Renaissance master whose exact observation and versatile craftsmanship captured the turbulent faces and religious transitions of sixteenth-century Europe.
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought
Horace Fletcher
The mind is a precision engine, yet human beings routinely ruin its bearings by importing unnecessary worry and destructive anger.
Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A vibrant slice of late-nineteenth-century American childhood unfolds through nature lessons, historical lore, adventurous fiction, and lively letters from young readers.
Henry Gally
Henry Gally
A refined critical manual details how to capture the living truths of human character without falling into exaggeration or cheap verbal wit.
Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Richard Cannon
From its eighteenth-century origins to its global deployments in the nineteenth, a British regiment’s evolution reveals the gritty mechanics, violent clashes, and strict discipline of imperial soldiering.