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Beasley's Christmas Party
Booth Tarkington
A young man moves to a small Midwestern capital, where a quiet, eccentric politician’s invisible world reveals that kindness and imagination possess power enough to heal lost love and shatter political spite.
From the Ranks
Charles King
Suspicion, scandal, and a midnight gun-shot shatter the quiet routine of a post-Civil War garrison, leaving a proud regiment torn between its rigid code of honor and the shadowy secrets of those who serve within its gates.
One Third Off
Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Faced with a creeping midsection and failing stamina, a middle-aged writer trades denial for discipline, embarking on a self-devised diet to shed one third of his weight without losing his sense of humor.
Teddy and Carrots: Two Merchants of Newpaper Row
James Otis
A newly arrived orphan and a generous street urchin join forces to conquer the cutthroat world of newsboys and bootblacks in Victorian New York.
The Loom of Life
Cotton Noe
Where memory and mountain air interweave, a poet spins the rustic life into an enduring tapestry.
The Moccasin Ranch: A Story of Dakota
Hamlin Garland
A prairie claim in the Dakota Territory promises a fresh start, but isolation, brutal weather, and forbidden love soon threaten to tear three pioneers apart.
The Old Blood
Frederick Palmer
To step into this story is to walk through a doorway from quiet, sunlit New England orchards straight into the sudden, devastating thunder of the Western Front.
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies
Anonymous
Whimsical, rhythmic, and steeped in early American print history, this collection gathers timeless nursery rhymes alongside historical commentary to capture the lively spirit of childhood verse.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A witty New England physician turns a clear, clinical eye onto human nature, fashioning light verse, patriotic calls, and quiet meditations out of everyday Boston life.