Category Archives: Non-fiction

Erzählungen für Kinder von Various

Author(s): Various Neben berühmten Erzählungen wie “Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen”...

The Mabinogion

Author(s): Unknown Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest: On...

Women in the fine arts

Author(s): Clement WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C.TO THE TWENTIETH...

The Shining Pyramid: The Definitive Edition

Author(s): Arthur Machen For the first time ever, the complete contents of both the 1923...

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

Author(s): Sabine Baring-Gould This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould’s extensive research into the...

The Bontoc Igorot

Author(s): Albert Ernest Jenks The Bontoc Igorotby Albert Ernest JenksPREFACEAfter an expedition of two months...

Furnishing the Home of Good Taste

Author(s): Lucy Abbot Throop FURNISHING THE HOME OF GOOD TASTEA BRIEF SKETCH OF THE PERIOD...

Tales of 1928: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Published in 1928

Author(s): Various This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different...

History of the Britons

Author(s): Nennius One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around...

The Adventures of Mr. Mocker

Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess When an innocent blue jay starts talking in his sleep, it’s...

The Book of Werewolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition

Author(s): S. Baring-Gould A survey of the myths and legends concerning lycanthropy from ancient times...

Romulus

Author(s): Jacob Abbott Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to...

Jokes For All Occasions

Author(s): Anonymous JOKES FOR ALL OCCASIONSPREFACEThe ways of telling a story are as many as...

The Illustrated War News

Author(s): Various THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, N.B.–REMOVE INSETTED LEAFLET, DEC. 30 1914.THE GREAT WAR. In...

Illustrated History of Furniture

Author(s): Frederick Litchfield From the Earliest to the Present TimeBy Frederick Litchfield.PREFACE.In the following pages...

Across China on Foot

Author(s): Edwin John Dingle ACROSS CHINA ON FOOTBy EDWIN JOHN DINGLEINTRODUCTORYThe scheme. Why I am...

The Mafulu

Author(s): Robert Wood Williamson The Mafulu, Mountain People of British New GuineaBy Robert W. WilliamsonINTRODUCTION...

Treatises On Friendship And Old Age

Author(s): Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendship. Old Age. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC)...

Youth

Author(s): Leo Tolstoy Youth is the third in Tolstoy’s trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including...

Why do we need a public library?

Author(s): Various Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their...

Waldheimat. Erzählungen aus der Jugendzeit – Erster Band: Das Waldbauernbübel

Author(s): Peter Rosegger “Das Waldbauernbübel” ist nichts anderes, als eine Sammlung von Erlebnissen und Erfahrungen...

Vóór Adam’s Tijd

Author(s): Jack London “Vóór Adam’s Tijd” is het verhaal van een jongen die droomt dat...

Über Bürgers Gedichte

Author(s): Friedrich Schiller Alles, was der Dichter uns geben kann, ist seine Individualität. Diese muss...

Unaddressed Letters

Author(s): AnonymousFrank Athelstane Swettenham “I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone,...

True Bear Stories

Author(s): Joaquin Miller Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to “my dear little daughter…for whose pleasure...

The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading)

Author(s): Anonymous In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two...

The Scrap Book Sampler

Author(s): editor: Frank Munsey 18 works — two non-fic articles & one short fiction or...

The Splendid Wayfaring

Author(s): John Neihardt Quote: “In the following pages I have told the story of that...

The Wit and Humor of America

Author(s): Marshall Pinckney Wilder Light hearted, entertaining and amusing as it takes on contemporary American...

The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

Author(s): Various 18 works — two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each...