Genre
Non-fiction.
From Marcus Aurelius’s intimate reflections to Jamaica Kincaid’s fierce postcolonial critique, this collection maps the fault lines of power, selfhood, and society. Spanning centuries and continents, these essential works—whether a war treatise or a presidential report—invite you to think deeply and live deliberately.
Non-fiction
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught: Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, element
A practical self-instruction manual in mechanical drawing, guiding the beginner from choosing and preparing drawing instruments through the fundamentals of technical draughtsmanshi
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History
History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4): Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government
The opening volume of the official British history of the South African War of 1899 to 1902, compiled by government direction: the origins, opening moves, and early campaigns of th
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Children
Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions
A wide-ranging comparative study arguing that many biblical stories echo the myths of older and other religions.
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Essays
Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical
Anna Jameson's pioneering nineteenth-century study of Shakespeare's heroines, examining the women of the plays, from Portia and Juliet to Lady Macbeth, as fully realized characters
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Art & Design
A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Clara Erskine Clement Waters's accessible survey of the great arts — painting, sculpture and architecture — written to guide beginners through the story of human creativity.
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Manures and the principles of manuring
A thorough treatise on manures and the science of enriching the soil.
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Adventure
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
Lucien Biart's account of a boy's natural-history adventures in the wilds of Mexico.
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Peter Mark Roget's landmark thesaurus organises the English language by idea rather than alphabet, an ingenious map of meaning that has helped writers find the right word for well
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Fiction
Zoonomia
Erasmus Darwin's ambitious treatise on the laws of organic life, blending medicine, biology, and bold speculation about how living things change.
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Non-fiction
Washington Confidential
A sensational mid-century exposé of the American capital, pulling back the curtain on politics, power, money and vice in Washington.
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Children
The magic of jewels and charms
A richly detailed exploration of the lore, legend, and supposed powers of precious stones and amulets.
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History
The Roman assemblies from their origin to the end of the Republic
A meticulous study of how the Roman Republic actually voted.
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Biography & Memoir
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
The classic fictionalised memoir of a legendary Wall Street speculator, still revered as one of the wisest books ever written about markets, trading psychology, and the eternal fol
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German composition : $b A theoretical and practical guide to the art of translating English prose into German
A practical textbook for students of German, offering theory, examples and exercises in the art of translating English prose into idiomatic German.
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On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin's world-altering argument that life's endless forms arose through descent with modification and natural selection — the book that remade our understanding of nature
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Essays
Anarchism and Other Essays
Emma Goldman's bracing collection of essays on anarchism, freedom, and the questions of her age.
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Essays
The Philippines a Century Hence
José Rizal's searching essay on the future of his colonised homeland.
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Art & Design
The Art of Stage Dancing
A practical guide to dance for the stage from the era of vaudeville and the revue, covering technique, training, and the discipline of the professional dancer.
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Non-fiction
Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners
A late nineteenth century guide to health, marriage, morality, and the facts of life, written to instruct a rising generation.
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History
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
The second volume of James Tod's monumental Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan continues his pioneering history of the Rajput states, their ruling houses, chivalry and antiquities
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Art & Design
Woodwork Joints: How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used
A clear, practical handbook of the woodworker's essential joints — how each is marked out, cut and fitted, and the tasks for which it is best suited.
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Business
A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day
A classic survey of economic thought, tracing the development of theory from the Physiocrats through the great schools of political economy to the modern era.
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Essays
The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
William James's spirited defense of the right to believe where evidence runs out, gathered with other essays in his lucid, humane philosophy.
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Biography & Memoir
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
A Boer general's firsthand account of the South African War, written by a commander who fought the British in the field and lived to set the campaign down in his own plain, unflinc
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History
The Sovereignty of the Sea
A historical study of the long contest over control of the seas, tracing the claims, disputes, and legal battles by which nations asserted dominion over the waters around their coa
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History
A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day
Douglas Hyde's landmark survey of Irish literature from ancient bardic tradition to modern times.
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Art & Design
Royal Palaces and Parks of France
An illustrated tour of the great royal palaces and gardens of France, from Versailles and Fontainebleau to the châteaux of the Loire.
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Crime
Celebrated Crimes
A vivid collection of true and legendary crimes from European history, retold with a novelist's flair for drama and character.
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Non-fiction
A Dictionary of Islam
A comprehensive nineteenth-century reference work on the religion, doctrines, rites, and terminology of Islam, arranged for ready consultation.
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History
Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus's monumental history of the Jewish people, from the creation of the world through the biblical narrative to the eve of revolt against Rome.
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Art & Design
The Handbook to English Heraldry
A clear, systematic guide to the language and design of English coats of arms.
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History
Shakespearean Playhouses
A pioneering history of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres, reconstructing the playhouses where Shakespeare's dramas first came alive, from the Globe to the Fortune and beyond.
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Biography & Memoir
My Recollections of Lord Byron
An intimate memoir of the poet Lord Byron by one who knew him closely, drawing on personal memory and the testimony of others who shared his life.
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Nature & Environment
The Book of the National Parks
An early, richly detailed celebration of America's national parks, written to help readers understand and cherish these wild landscapes.
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Non-fiction
The Parables of Our Lord
A thoughtful study of the parables Jesus told, drawing out the meaning and imagery of these short, enduring stories.
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Non-fiction
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique
A practical laboratory manual from the era when bacteriology was young, setting out the methods, apparatus and procedures for culturing and studying microorganisms, written to guid
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Children
Practical Mechanics for Boys
A hands-on guide introducing young readers to the principles of mechanics and the pleasures of making things.
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Biography & Memoir
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
Elizabeth Cady Stanton looks back across a long life at the center of the fight for women's rights.
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Art & Design
The Tapestry Book
An engaging history and appreciation of tapestry, tracing the great weavings of Europe and the stories they tell.
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Children
Children's Literature
A gathering of stories, verses, and tales drawn from the rich tradition of writing for the young.
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Fiction
The Horsewoman
A novel whose title promises a woman and the horses at the center of her life, a story of nerve, devotion, and the bond between rider and animal.
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Non-fiction
Vegetable Teratology
A nineteenth-century work of botanical science devoted to the abnormal and monstrous forms plants can take.
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Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
Thomas Tusser's celebrated Tudor manual of farming and household wisdom, set out in memorable rhyming verse.
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Non-fiction
The Land of Thor
A nineteenth-century traveller's account of journeys through the North, blending observation, incident, and wry humour.
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Biography & Memoir
A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography
A biographical reference gathering the lives of notable Canadians.
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Children
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
A clear, orderly retelling of the classical myths, from the gods of Olympus to the heroes and their labours, gathering the ancient stories into one accessible volume.
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History
Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation': From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to t
William Bradford's own history of the Plymouth Colony, printed from his original manuscript, is the foundational eyewitness chronicle of the Pilgrims, their voyage, their first har
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