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The King's Daughters
Emily Sarah Holt
A quiet, steadfast faith tested in the fires of Tudor Colchester.
The Lash
Olin L. (Olin Linus) Lyman
The city’s political machine is a web of corruption, and the man at the center finds his own past catching up to him in the form of an unlikely, troubled investigator.
The little book of life after death
Gustav Theodor Fechner
The mystery of existence finds a calm, imaginative resolution in this meditation on the continuity of consciousness, which suggests that our lives are not singular events but stages in an eternal, unfolding progression.
The Lord of Dynevor: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First
Evelyn Everett-Green
Edward's conquest of Wales tears apart a noble Welsh family as four brothers choose between bitter rebellion and pragmatic survival.
The Meadow-Brook Girls on the Tennis Courts
Janet Aldridge
HOOK A group of adventurous teenagers undertakes an unlikely quest to learn tennis in mere weeks, aiming to capture a prestigious tournament trophy through sheer grit and the help of a mysterious mentor.
The Night Riders: A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky
Henry Cleveland Wood
A local conflict over turnpike tolls escalates into a dangerous web of personal vendettas, secret societies, and forbidden romance in early 20th-century Kentucky.
The Norsemen in the West
R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Centuries before Columbus, a brave Band of Norsemen sails west from Greenland to carve a home out of an untamed wilderness.
The Oxford Movement
R. W. (Richard William) Church
A devout circle of Oxford scholars attempts to rescue the English Church from spiritual decay, only to be torn apart by the tragic momentum of their own ideas.
The Pace That Kills: A Chronicle
Edgar Saltus
The fast life of a cynical socialite leads to ruinous consequences when he marries for a fortune that proves as phantom as his own integrity. This grim chronicle explores the collision between inherited prestige and the harsh realities of debt and deceit.
The Second Generation
David Graham Phillips
A self-made titan disinherits his children to save their souls, forcing a generation raised for idle luxury into the furnace of real work.
The Secret Service Submarine: A Story of the Present War
Guy Thorne
A disgraced schoolmaster and his wounded naval officer brother stumble upon a German espionage ring, leading to a daring commandeering of an enemy submarine in the North Sea.
The Sheep-Stealers
Violet Jacob
A restless soul flees his past only to find that the weight of his own actions is a tether that no distance can truly sever. In the shadow of the Black Mountain, the line between freedom and ruin proves dangerously thin.
The Slav Nations
Srdan Tucic
The Slavic world stands as a complex, often misunderstood tapestry of nations, defined by profound resilience, deep-seated cultural ideals, and a relentless quest for autonomy against surrounding imperial powers.
The Spider
Fergus Hume
A web of blackmail, impersonation, and murder entangles the London elite, forcing a private investigator to unmask a criminal mastermind known only as The Spider.
The Story of a Candy Rabbit
Laura Lee Hope
A sweet sugar bunny with pink glass eyes experiences the perils of the physical world while longing to protect his young owner's household.
The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure
Paul Hutchens
A simple summer camping trip transforms into a tense search for hidden ransom money when a group of young boys stumbles upon a mysterious, blank map that reveals secrets in the North Woods.
The Tomato
Paul Work
This authoritative guide treats the tomato not merely as a garden staple, but as a complex industrial and nutritional powerhouse. It serves as an essential manual for anyone looking to master the cultivation and commerce of the crop.
The Waif of the "Cynthia"
Jules Verne
A baby floating in a storm-tossed cradle becomes the key to a decades-long pursuit across the icy reaches of the frozen North.
The war in Nicaragua
William Walker
Driven by an unyielding sense of manifest destiny, a small band of Americans attempts to reshape the political landscape of Central America through armed intervention in the Nicaraguan civil wars of the 1850s.
The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country
Samuel Merwin
A relentless battle for integrity unfolds within the rugged lumber country of the Great Lakes, where a young man fights to secure his future against a corrupt corporate empire.
The White Feather
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
A quiet, studious boy makes a single mistake of nerve in public and learns that retrieving his self-respect requires an entirely different kind of courage.
The Wide Awake Third Reader
Unknown
This collection of stories and verse guides young readers through the world, blending gentle instruction with international folklore to cultivate both literacy and a curious, observant mind.
The World of Romance: being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856
William Morris
Mystical dream-states, violent knightly quests, and quiet architectural devotion merge into an intense vision of medieval life where beauty and mortality are inextricably bound.
The Year Nine: A Tale of the Tyrol
Anne Manning
A simple innkeeper becomes the unlikely heart of a mountain people’s desperate, tragic rebellion against Napoleonic rule. This stirring chronicle follows the 1809 Tyrolese uprising through the eyes of those who lived it.
The Young Man in Business
Edward William Bok
Success in the professional world is not a matter of luck, but the result of deliberate character, disciplined habits, and a refusal to seek shortcuts. This guide serves as a blueprint for the aspiring employee.
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
Pansy
A dirty, mischievous street boy receives a Bible, and its ancient words slowly transform his rough life into one of purpose and faith.
Tom Fairfield in Camp
Allen Chapman
When a summer camping trip turns into a race for a hidden fortune, a resourceful boy finds his skills tested by an old enemy and a mysterious, crumbling mill.
Travels in the United States of America: Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic
William Priest
A traveling English musician surveys a newly independent America, observing its theater life, frontier habits, severe winters, and racial realities with cool, sharp-eyed curiosity.
Travels through the Empire of Morocco
John Buffa
A displaced British military surgeon travels into early nineteenth-century Morocco, curing royal patients and documenting imperial life with sharp observation.
Troublous Times in Canada: A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870
John A. (John Alexander) MacDonald
The Fenian Raids were a series of armed incursions into Canada by Irish-American militants seeking to strike a blow against the British Empire, but they ultimately served to forge a deeper sense of Canadian national identity.
Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865
William Y. W. (William Young Warren) Ripley
The riflemen of Vermont find themselves caught in a crucible of fire, trading their lives for the unity of a fractured nation across the blood-soaked fields of the American South.
Vivisection
Albert Leffingwell
This collection of essays offers a measured, forceful critique of the practice of performing painful experiments on living animals in medical education and research. It stands as a pivotal document in the history of medical ethics and the movement for animal protection.
Wee Willie Winkie, and Other Stories. Volume 2 (of 2)
Rudyard Kipling
Two wanderers chase a kingdom, a child commands a regiment, and drummer boys face the ultimate test of courage. These stories explore the reach of ambition and the stark realities of life under the British Raj.
What Two Children Did
Charlotte E. (Charlotte Elizabeth) Chittenden
Two young sisters inherit a vast fortune and learn that true joy comes not from material indulgence, but from selfless generosity.
When I Was a Boy in Japan
Sakae Shioya
A young boy navigates the changing tides of late 19th-century Japan, balancing traditional family expectations with the rapid modernization of a country opening its doors to the wider world.
Winter
Dallas Lore Sharp
This is a meditation on the quiet, rigorous beauty of the colder months, guiding readers to find life, resilience, and wonder in the frozen landscapes of the natural world.
A Bit O' Love
John Galsworthy
A country curate faces a shattering personal betrayal with a radical, quiet grace that alienates his congregation and tests the limits of his faith. This is a story of a man trying to love without possession.
A Day with John Milton
May Byron
This slender volume captures a single day in the life of John Milton, a man navigating the twilight of his years, his sight, and his political hopes. It offers a meditative, intimate portrait of a titan of English literature living in the quiet, often contentious isolation of 1665 London.
A Ghetto Violet: From "Christian and Leah"
Leopold Kompert
The shadow of a father’s ruin threatens to consume his children, but they find strength in the fragile, enduring hope of a mother’s memory. It is a haunting portrait of love surviving in the narrow confines of a Ghetto.
A Little Florida Lady
Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte) Paine
This is a story of a young girl’s relocation from the frozen North to the sun-drenched, wild landscape of Florida, where she learns to navigate the complexities of nature, friendship, and responsibility.
A man of mark
Anthony Hope
In the sun-drenched, morally flexible Republic of Aureataland, a young bank manager finds his career and heart entangled in a high-stakes conspiracy to bankrupt a nation.
A Pictorial Guide to Mesa Verde National Park
Ansel F. (Ansel Franklin) Hall
This guide offers a practical, immersive introduction to the archaeology and geography of Mesa Verde National Park, blending visitor logistics with the long history of its cliff-dwelling inhabitants. It serves as an essential companion for those seeking to understand the site’s silent, stone-walled legacy.
A Rainy June, and Other Stories
Ouida
This collection of short stories captures the fragility of human happiness, exploring how social expectations and the weight of tradition often crush the tender, private hopes of the individual.
A Soldier in the Philippines
Needom N. Freeman
HOOK A raw, unvarnished account from the perspective of an enlisted infantryman, this narrative chronicles the daily grind and hazards of the Philippine-American War.
A Svmmarie and Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian Voyage: Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine
Walter Bigges
This chronicle records a landmark English naval expedition to the West Indies, offering a direct, tactical account of raids against Spanish colonial strongholds during the late sixteenth century.
A Town Is Drowning
Frederik Pohl
This is a spare, urgent portrait of a community thrust into sudden, catastrophic crisis. It traces the disintegration of order and the raw human responses—both selfish and heroic—that emerge when the earth gives way.
Abraham Lincoln
T. M. (Thomas Mears) Eddy
The shadow of a martyred leader falls across a nation in mourning, prompting a powerful reflection on the moral duty to preserve the Union and complete the work of emancipation through divine and national resolve.
Aleutian Indian and English Dictionary: Common Words in the Dialects of the Aleutian Indian Language as Spoken by the Oogashik, Egashik, Anangashuk and Misremie Tribes Around Sulima River and Neighboring Parts of the Alaska Peninsula
Charles A. Lee
A practical, period-specific tool for traders, this lexicon documents the language of the Aleutian Peninsula’s inhabitants to bridge the gap between indigenous communities and arriving outsiders at the close of the nineteenth century.