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Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
A lively popular-science account of astronomy's wonders and the myths that have gathered around the heavens.
$7.50
The Satyricon — Complete
Petronius's outrageous, fragmentary Roman satire of appetite and excess, following disreputable wanderers through a vivid, decadent world of the early empire.
$8.50
The Story of My Life
A first-person memoir tracing the arc of a life from its beginnings onward.
$8.00
Geoffrey de Mandeville
A classic study of Geoffrey de Mandeville and the anarchy of King Stephen's reign, using one turbulent baron's career to illuminate a chaotic chapter of medieval England.
$8.00
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters
An early family biography of Jane Austen, drawing on her surviving letters to trace the quiet life behind the novels and the woman who wrote them.
$8.50
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete
The gathered notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, a dazzling record of one of history's greatest minds at work.
$7.00
On the Nature of Things
Lucretius's magnificent philosophical poem, which sets out an atomist vision of a universe made of matter and void, aiming to free the mind from fear of the gods and of death.
$7.50
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy
A Victorian naval memoir of anti-piracy patrols along the Borneo coast, entwined with the extraordinary career of James Brooke, the English adventurer who became Rajah of Sarawak.
$8.00
Home Life in Colonial Days
Alice Morse Earle's richly detailed portrait of everyday life in early America — the homes, food, work, and customs of colonial households.
$8.00
The Minority of Henry the Third
A scholarly history of the turbulent early years of King Henry III of England, when a boy king inherited a realm in crisis and others governed in his name during his minority.
$8.00
The Sailor's Word-Book
A rich and comprehensive dictionary of nautical terms from the age of sail, gathering the vast working vocabulary of ships and seamen into one authoritative and endlessly browsable
$8.00
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
Henryk Sienkiewicz's sweeping medieval epic of Poland and the Teutonic Knights, culminating in the clash of arms that would decide a kingdom's fate.
$8.00
Studies in Literature and History
A collection of literary and historical essays, ranging across authors, ideas, and eras with the reflective breadth of a cultivated critical mind.
$7.00
Great Britain and the American Civil War
A detailed history of Britain's fraught relationship with the American Civil War, examining diplomacy, public opinion and the tensions that nearly drew the two nations into open co
$7.50
My own story
A first-person memoir told in the author's own voice, recounting a remarkable life and the struggles, convictions, and events that shaped it.
$8.00
The problem of Cell 13
Jacques Futrelle's classic detective tale, in which the brilliant Professor Van Dusen, the Thinking Machine, wagers he can escape a locked prison cell using only his intellect.
$8.50
Italian Popular Tales
A rich collection of Italian folk stories gathered from oral tradition: fairy tales, legends, and comic anecdotes from across the peninsula.
$7.50
Penrod
Booth Tarkington’s comic portrait of Midwestern boyhood follows Penrod Schofield through pranks, friendships, and social embarrassment.
$7.50
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II
The second volume of a life told largely through the letters of a leading Royal Navy commander of the Napoleonic wars.
$8.00
Daily stories of Pennsylvania : $b prepared for publication in the leading daily newspapers of the state
A collection of short stories about Pennsylvania, originally prepared for publication in the state's leading daily newspapers, offering brief tales drawn from its people, places an
$8.00
The Faith of Our Fathers
Cardinal Gibbons's enduring explanation and defense of Catholic belief, written in plain, generous prose for believers, seekers, and the simply curious alike.
$8.00