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Biography & Memoir

The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Rousseau’s Confessions is a foundational autobiographical classic of self-examination and Enlightenment thought.

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The Deaf: Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States

by Harry Best

Harry Best’s The Deaf is a major historical study of deaf education and social position in the United States.

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Non-fiction

Æsthetic as science of expression and general linguistic

Benedetto Croce’s classic on aesthetics, expression, and language is presented in a clean DotBooks edition.

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History

Cornish Characters and Strange Events

by Sabine Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring-Gould’s Cornish Characters and Strange Events gathers local lives, folklore, and unusual incidents from Cornwall.

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History

Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome

by Apicius

A classic culinary history text associated with Apicius, illuminating Roman food, dining, and elite taste.

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Drama

The Clansman

by Thomas Dixon, Jr.

A historically significant but racist novel by Thomas Dixon Jr., presented with explicit contextual framing in this DotBooks edition.

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Biography & Memoir

Albert Gallatin

by John Austin Stevens

John Austin Stevens’s Albert Gallatin offers a concise portrait of a major American statesman and diplomat.

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Adventure

Jewels of Gwahlur

by Robert E. Howard

Conan the Cimmerian slips into a ruined temple city in search of legendary gems, only to find rival treasure-hunters, an oracle who is not what she seems, and older terrors waiting

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Non-fiction

A guide to modern cookery

by Auguste Escoffier

Escoffier's landmark manual codified French cuisine into a working system: mother sauces, brigade order, thousands of recipes.

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Children

Cautionary Tales for Children

by Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc's wickedly funny verse follows children who lie, slam doors, chew string and generally misbehave, and meet gloriously exaggerated fates.

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Fiction

X

Thomas More's slender, sly book coined a word and launched a whole tradition of imagining better worlds.

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Fiction

Tristram of Blent

by Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope turns inheritance, secrecy, and divided loyalties into a swift Edwardian romance of identity, estate politics, and emotional calculation.

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Art & Design

Line and Form

by Walter Crane

A working artist's guide to the principles of drawing and design, exploring how line and shape create beauty and meaning.

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Adventure

Rinkitink in Oz

by L. Frank Baum

A buoyant Oz adventure in which a comic king, a young prince, and Dorothy cross perilous islands on the way to Oz.

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Adventure

Homer's Odyssey

by Homer (trans. Samuel Butler)

Homer's timeless epic of homecoming, in Samuel Butler's clear English prose.

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History

Three years in the Sixth Corps : $b A concise narrative of events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the close of

A firsthand narrative of three years with the Sixth Corps in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 through the closing of the American Civil War: campaigns, battles, and army life see

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Adventure

A Princess of Mars

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs launches his Barsoom saga with a fast, vivid planetary romance of duels, deserts, war, and improbable love.

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Adventure

The Young Railroaders: Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity

by Francis Lovell Coombs

A collection of boyhood adventure stories set along the rails, where quick wits and steady nerves meet runaway trains and roadside emergencies.

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History

Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima

by A. Hilliard Atteridge

A vivid narrative history of decisive naval battles across the ages, from the ancient Greek triumph at Salamis to the modern clash at Tsushima, charting how sea power has shaped th

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Children

Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation

by Joel Chandler Harris

Joel Chandler Harris's further gathering of the Uncle Remus tales, retelling the trickster stories of Brer Rabbit and his companions drawn from African American folklore.

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Non-fiction

The Way To Geometry

by Petrus Ramus

An early treatise setting out the principles of geometry for the student and practitioner.

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History

The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family

by Charles Letourneau

A nineteenth-century work of comparative anthropology tracing how marriage and family life were thought to have developed across human societies, written in the confident, sweeping

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Adventure

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri

A boys' outdoor adventure that sends its young companions down the historic Missouri, mixing wilderness craft, river travel and American frontier history for eager young readers.

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Fiction

Astounding Stories, May, 1931

A single issue of the legendary pulp magazine from the golden dawn of science fiction, packed with tales of adventure, invention, and the unknown.

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