Category Archives: Non-fiction
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Author(s): Marcus Aurelius The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of...
The Mirror of the Sea
Author(s): Joseph Conrad The Mirror of the Sea (collection of autobiographical essays first published in...
The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival, the Belle of the Delaware
Author(s): Kate Percival This surprisingly explicit sample of Victorian erotica follows the sexual awakening and...
The Natural History Volume 5
Author(s): Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia (Latin for “Natural History”) is an encyclopedia published circa...
The Public Orations of Demosthenes
Author(s): Demosthenes This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public...
The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book
Author(s): Jane Eayre Fryer Mary Frances is a little girl whose Aunt Maria intends to...
The Lives of the Queens of England
Author(s): Anges Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed...
The Pivot of Civilization
Author(s): Margaret Sanger Arguably her most important and influential book, this controversial work, first published...
The Natural History Volume 6
Author(s): Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia (Latin for “Natural History”) is an encyclopedia published circa...
The Natural History Volume 7
Author(s): Pliny the Elder Naturalis Historia (Latin for “Natural History”) is an encyclopedia published circa...
The History of Rome, volume 4
Author(s): Titus Livius The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient...
The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln
Author(s): Helen Nicolay The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln is a biography with many anecdotes...
The History of Rome, volume 1
Author(s): Titus Livius The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient...
The Heron Nest
Author(s): W. Bert Foster Pleasant family drama set in early 1900’s or late 1890’s upstate...
The History of Rome, volume 3
Author(s): Titus Livius The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient...
The History of Rome, volume 2
Author(s): Titus Livius The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient...
The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War
Author(s): Gaius (Sallust) Sallustius Crispus The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War are the two...
The Constitution of Athens
Author(s): Aristotle The Constitution of Athens (Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία) was written by Aristotle or his...
The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike
Author(s): William Henry Pope Jarvis Canadian journalist William Jarvis’ gently fictionalized work recounts many of...
Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers
Author(s): John Burroughs Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and...
The Artist
Author(s): B. F. Gandee The Artist, or Young Ladies’ Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing etc....
Ten Books on Architecture
Author(s): Marcus Vitruvius Pollio On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman...
Stories from the Trenches: Funny Tales the Soldiers Tell
Author(s): Carleton Britton Case Carleton B. Case is well known for wit and humor, as...
Stories of Later American History
Author(s): Wilbur Fisk Gordy STORIES OF LATER AMERICAN HISTORYBy WILBUR F. GORDYPREFACEThis book, like Stories...
Tacitus’ Histories
Author(s): Publius Cornelius Tacitus The Histories was written between 110 and 100 B.C. It covered...
Smoke Bellew
Author(s): Jack London Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing...
The Antiquities of the Jews
Author(s): Flavius Josephus Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish...
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess Join us as we follow Jerry Muskrat and his friends on...
Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching
Author(s): Henry C. Barkley This book is often described as an instruction manual on the...
Married Love
Author(s): Marie Stopes “Married Love” is one of the most famous ‘sex education’ manuals. First...