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Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes
Philip Hale
A great critic does not ask an audience to admire his taste; he hands them the keys to a masterwork and steps quietly aside.
History of Frederick the Second, Called Frederick the Great
John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Absolute power, inherited cruelty, and strategic genius converge to shape a European empire through decades of unrelenting bloodshed and personal sacrifice.
Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile: Including a Side Trip to the Source of the Paraguay River in the State of Matto Grosso, Brazil, and a Journey Across the Andes to the Rio Tambo in Peru
Henry Stephens
A keen eye for detail and an appetite for local color mark this expansive record of South American travel. Henry Stephens captures the continent's urban hubbub, regional quirks, and rugged backcountry through direct observation, presenting a landscape defined as much by its unvarnished daily life as by its geography.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 06
Robert Louis Stevenson
A young boy inherits a dying pirate’s sea chest, embarking on a perilous voyage that exposes the shifting, treacherous boundaries between honorable gentlemen and ruthlessly charming rogues.
Practical Pointers for Patentees
Franklin Allison Cresee
This straightforward 1912 manual offers realistic guidance for turn-of-the-century inventors looking to commercialize their patented ideas. F. A. Cresee bridges the gap between mechanical creation and financial success with crisp, practical business advice.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated
Max Birnbaum
Medical science stands on the precipice of a revolution, poised to convert humanity’s most devastating, stealthy enemy into a manageable and curable ailment through targeted microscopic intervention.
The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit
R. A. (Reuben Archer) Torrey
He works invisibly, moving across human hearts with the sovereign freedom of a gathering wind.
The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches
Cotton Mather
A desperate religious settlement, convinced the forces of darkness are encircling its borders, turns its own righteous fear inward upon its neighbors.
James B. Eads
Louis How
An inventive mind confronts shifting waters and political inertia, shaping national trade and defense through sheer technical mastery and persistent will.
Ralph on the Engine
Allen Chapman
The iron road is a place of sharp whistles, shifting signals, and constant vigilance, where a young man’s character is tested as surely as the steam pressure in his boiler.
The Daffodil Mystery
Edgar Wallace
When an arrogant London store owner is found dead with a cluster of yellow flowers pressed to his body, an international detective must unravel a web of embezzlement, revenge, and secrets stretching from Shanghai to Highgate.
The School and Society: Being three lectures
John Dewey
A vision of education grounded in real-world activity replaces rigid, passive classrooms with vibrant spaces of communal inquiry and creative expression.
Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible: Apocrypha
Anonymous
Faith, political upheaval, and moral endurance converge in a dramatic tapestry of narrative, prophecy, and practical wisdom. These books capture a resilient community fighting to preserve its identity under foreign rule.
Handbook of Birmingham: Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886
British Association for the Advancement of Science
A comprehensive Victorian survey reveals how a midland manufacturing town transformed from an obscure parish into an industrial, intellectual, and scientific powerhouse.
Miscellaneous Aphorisms
Oscar Wilde
To seek beauty over utility is to choose the soul’s liberation over the world’s dull machinery. True freedom requires stripping away social hypocrisy, authority, and unselfish altruism to make room for pure individual expression.
Steam-ships
R. A. Fletcher
A single century transforms sea travel from unpredictable voyages governed by wind into a global network of iron and steam.
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Robert W. (Robert William) Service
A stark, rhythmic journey through the frozen Canadian wilderness, where lawless gold-seekers, tragic outcasts, and stoic pioneers face extreme isolation, brutal cold, and the relentless, hypnotic call of the untamed North.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Geoponici" to "Germany": Volume 11, Slice 7
Various
An authoritative survey sweeps from classical botanical lore and monarchical overreach to the geology, literature, and imperial politics of the Western world.
English Fairy Tales
Flora Annie Webster Steel
Courage, sly wits, and sudden magic carry plain folk through a countryside where giants wait around the turn and foolishness proves as fatal as a blade.
Napoleon's British visitors and captives, 1801-1815
John Goldworth Alger
A sudden respite in global conflict sends a wave of curious aristocrats, fortune-hunters, and eccentrics across the English Channel into the heart of an empire ruled by their ultimate adversary.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6: Sex in Relation to Society
Havelock Ellis
Human sexual life does not unfold in isolation; it is deeply shaped by social institutions, historical traditions, and communal expectations.
Mexico and Central America
Harry Alverson Franck
A vivid physical journey through 1920s Mexico and Central America reveals landscapes, working lives, and complex regional histories through direct, unvarnished boots-on-the-ground observation.
Old English Poems: Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose
Cosette Faust Newton
Heroic song, mystical vision, and practical wisdom collide in a volume that recreates the lost rhythms of early English speech, capturing both the thunder of battle and the icy quiet of exile.
Over the Teacups
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A quiet circle of aging friends gathers around the tea table to talk, exchange poems, and measure their evening years against the flight of time.
The foundations of Japan
J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott
Behind Japan’s swift industrial rise lies a quiet, enduring backbone: millions of small-scale farmers working microscopic plots, balancing ancient communal obligations against the demands of a modernizing state.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1: A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Unknown
Across centuries of conflict, empires rise and crumble through the ambitions, military innovations, and tragic miscalculations of world-shaping rulers and warriors.
Jewish children
Sholem Aleichem
A world of quiet childhood longing opens up through small, bright windows into traditional Jewish life.
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
Maurice Maeterlinck
A woodcutter's two children set out on a magical quest for a elusive blue bird, only to discover that true happiness was waiting right where they started.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
A warm and curious exploration of North American wildlife, where a patient teacher turns the forest floor into an engaging outdoor classroom.
The Corsair King
Mór Jókai
A young man leads a double life as a quiet lover in the tropics and a ruthless pirate king on the high seas, until his hidden past and the bloodshed of his crew collide in a wave of retribution.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
Nature and human suffering intertwine across high mountain peaks, tranquil lake shores, and desolate English plains. Through quiet observation and dramatic tragedy, everyday lives reveal profound psychological depth.
A History of Roman Classical Literature
R. W. (Robert William) Browne
A rigorous historical survey traces how a fiercely practical nation of soldiers and lawgivers absorbed Greek genius to forge its own enduring literary legacy.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
Morris J. MacGregor
A massive administrative apparatus slowly discovers that racial segregation degrades military efficiency, sparking a quarter-century struggle to integrate America's armed forces.
The Complete Book of Cheese
Bob Brown
The world of curd, rind, and mold unfolds not as a cold science, but as a lively cultural tour led by a traveler who measures history by the flavor of its table.
French Idioms and Proverbs: A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties"
de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne
A well-chosen turn of phrase bridges two languages by revealing how different cultures capture the exact same human experience.
Minnie's Pet Horse
Madeline Leslie
A gentle heart toward animals is a child’s best ornament. In this instructional tale of rural childhood, young Minnie learns that gentleness, patience, and loyalty yield a deep and joyful friendship with her beloved Shetland pony.
Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries
C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel) Thompson
A single drop of venom, a pinch of arsenic, or a dusted glove can redraw the boundaries of empires and ruin whole dynasties.
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
Stanley Lane-Poole
For three centuries, the Mediterranean belonged to the sea-rovers of North Africa, whose swift galleys reduced powerful empires to paying humiliating tribute.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
Andrew Dickson White
A dogmatic ice barrier holds back the rising flood of human knowledge, but dedicated thinkers labor steadily to dissolve it and clear the path for truth.
The best short stories of 1915, and the yearbook of the American short story
Unknown
A young generation wrestles with dark ambitions, fragile health, and the inescapable bonds of love across a changing American landscape.
The chemistry, properties and tests of precious stones
John Mastin
A scientific breakdown of gemology written for jewelers, collectors, and curious readers, detailing how common earth elements transform under immense pressure into rare, brilliant minerals.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting: Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916
Unknown
In September 1916, a small band of scientists, orchardists, and enthusiastic amateurs gathered in Washington, D. C., determined to pull North American nut culture out of the woods and into the modern agricultural era.
Philosophumena
Antipope Hippolytus
A ancient bishop catalogs every stray idea of the classical world to prove that early Christian heresies were merely repackaged pagan philosophy.
Psychology of the stock market
G. C. (George Charles) Selden
Human emotion, not mechanical economic law, turns the wheels of financial exchanges, driving prices up or down on waves of shared hope, panic, and self-delusion.
Six days on the hurricane deck of a mule
Almira Stillwell Cole
A reluctant rider endures six grueling days atop a mule to reach her new home in the Honduras interior.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
Anatole France
The story of Joan of Arc is often framed as a divine fairy tale, but strip away the pious legend and you find a desperate political gamble, a broken kingdom, and a young woman caught between military necessity and ecclesiastical ambition.
Émile Zola, Novelist and Reformer: An Account of His Life & Work
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
A stubborn Provencal youth transforms into France’s most formidable literary craftsman, wielding the novel like a battle-ax to reshape public morals and defend the wrongly accused.
Irish Books and Irish People
Stephen Lucius Gwynn
An old nation comes alive through the books it reads, the stories it tells, and the eccentric characters who people its countryside.