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By: Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) | |
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The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields | |
To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon |
By: Arthur M. Winfield (1862-1930) | |
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Rover Boys Out West
Despite the title, the Rover Brothers spend several chapters -- over half the book -- back East, against arch-nemeses Josiah Crabtree and the Baxter family. Formulaic fun was dated even by the 1940's when Orson Welles satirized it on the radio. | |
By: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) | |
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Economic Consequences of the Peace
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was a best seller throughout the world, published by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace with Germany. The book was critical in establishing a general worldwide opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a brutal and unfair peace towards Germany. It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations... | |
A Treatise on Probability |
By: Ben Ames Williams | |
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother’s apparent demise as captain of the same ship, elects to make his first cruise as captain to the very location where his brother had last been seen – the Gilbert Islands, in order to try to learn more about what happened to his brother. The focus of this tale is of that voyage halfway around the globe and the adventures which he and his crew encounter. |
By: Hélène A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas |
By: H. A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Story of the Greeks
This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! |
By: Hélène A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Stories of the Wagner Opera | |
Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art | |
Contes et légendes 1re Partie | |
The Book of the Epic |
By: Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953) | |
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The Sea Bride |
By: Clarence Day, Jr. (1874-1935) | |
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This Simian World
Clarence Day, Jr., best known for his work Life with Father, presents a satirical speculation on how the world might be different if we apes had not risen to prominence, but rather one of the other species had become dominant in our place. |
By: Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) | |
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Tourmalin’s Time Cheques
Peter Tourmalin is on a sea voyage back home to England from Australia, to return to his fiancee, and he is very bored. The fact that the time difference adds on extra hours to his boredom only makes it worse. So when he gets a unique opportunity to deposit his spare time into an account with the “Anglo-Australian Joint Stock Time Bank, Limited” he doesn’t hesitate for long. By opening this account, he doesn’t have to spend his spare time right away, but can withdraw it at any future date, when he wants a break... |
By: Frédéric Bastiat | |
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Sophisms of the Protectionists
"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various applications, against fallacious arguments promoting the "Protection" of industries to the detriment of consumers and society. (Introduction by Katie Riley) |
By: John William Polidori (1795-1821) | |
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The Vampyre; a Tale |
By: Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) | |
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What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader |
By: Helen Bannerman (1862-1946) | |
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Little Black Sambo | |
The Story of Little Black Sambo and The Story of Little Black Mingo | |
The Story of Little Black Mingo |
By: A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster) Hamlin (1855-1926) | |
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A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised |
By: Norman F. Langford | |
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The King Nobody Wanted
In a very real and interesting way, The King Nobody Wanted tells the story of Jesus. Where the actual words of the Bible are used, they are from the King James Version. But the greater part of the story is told in the words of every day. (Introduction by N. F. Langford) |
By: Maria Gentile | |
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The Italian Cook Book
One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reasons of economy, more attention has been bestowed upon the preparing and cooking of food that is to be at once palatable, nourishing and economical.In the Italian cuisine we find in the highest degree these three qualities. That it is palatable, all those who have partaken of food in an Italian trattoria or at the home of an Italian family can testify, that it is healthy the splendid manhood and womanhood of Italy is a proof more than sufficient... |
By: Eva K. Betz (1897-1968) | |
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The Man Who Fought the Devil
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year of study in the seminary. But with determination, and with God’s help, he won through. He became a hard-working parish priest and then a pastor – the beloved Cure of Ars.Week by week, year by year, his fame as an advisor and a confessor grew. People flocked from great distances to his little church, and privately, among themselves, they called him “saint”... | |
Knight of Molokai
Hurricane! Volcano eruptions and fire! Leprosy! Nothing deterred Father Damien from doing the work to which he had been called. Outstandingly big and strong as a boy, he was notably kind as a young man. He needed all his strength and kindness when he went to live at the leper colony of Molokai.This children’s biography of Father Damien of Molokai was written by Eva K. Betz, a prolific Catholic writer of history and biography books for children. (Introduction from an original dust jacket and Maria Therese) | |
Priest on Horseback - Father Farmer: 1720 - 1786
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass circuit in Pre-Revolutionary, Colonial America. He faced much danger and and adventure, in order to provide the Mass and the Sacraments to Catholics who had not seen a priest in years.Father Farmer was a real life missionary priest during the 1700’s in what is now New England. In 1779 he was appointed as one of the first trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. He also had a reputation as a philosopher and astronomer in his time, and was a member of the American Philosophical Society. (Introduction by Maria Therese)No on-line text available. |
By: Sofronio G. Calderón (1878-1954?) | |
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Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog Con partes de la oracion y pronunciacion figurada |
By: Saint Augustine (354-430) | |
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The Confessions of St. Augustine |
By: Pliny the Elder | |
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The Natural History
"Naturalis Historia" (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents... |
By: Charles Johnson | |
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A General History of the Pyrates
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. It's author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a pseudonym. The real identity of the author was thought by some scholars to be Daniel Defoe, although this has since been disputed. The publisher Nathaniel Mist or somebody working for him are other suggested authors. In the first volume, "Johnson" sticks fairly close to the available sources, though he embellishes the stories somewhat... | |
Pirates |
By: Stanley Waterloo | |
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The Story of Ab
This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well. | |
The Wolf's Long Howl |