Category Archives: Non-fiction
The Letters of Mark Twain, Complete
Author(s): Mark Twain These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel...
The Art of Kissing
Author(s): Will Rossiter The Art of Kissing is both a history of and a manual...
The Life of John Ruskin
Author(s): William Gershom Collingwood W. G. Collingwood became a student of John Ruskin in 1872...
The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1
Author(s): Edward Tyas Cook A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing....
The Bible (Fenton) 11,12,23,24,26: Holy Bible in Modern English, The: 1 Kings-Ezekiel
Author(s): Ferrar Fenton Bible Work on the translation began in 1853 by a London businessman...
The New Dr. Price Cookbook
Author(s): Royal Baking Powder Company This cookbook was published by the Royal Baking Powder Co....
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume V
Author(s): François-René de Chateaubriand The memoirs of Chateaubriand continue in Volume 5, with the author,...
The Diary of a Russian Lady
Author(s): Barbara Doukhovsky This book was not intended to be published, and it is to...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 094
Author(s): Various “Fine experience lies at one’s own doorstep” writes Raymond S. Spears, suggesting that...
Thirty Years A Slave
Author(s): Louis Hughes Louis Hughes was born a slave near Charlottesville, Virginia to a white...
Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
Author(s): John George Nicolay John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With...
The Storm
Author(s): Daniel Defoe The Storm (1704) holds a special place in the writings of Daniel...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081
Author(s): Various “There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains...
Supernatural Horror in Literature
Author(s): H. P. Lovecraft In this essay Lovecraft traces the history of hair-raising fictional stories...
The Bible (KJV) NT 21-22: 1,2 Peter
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) The First Epistle of Peter, usually referred to simply as...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062
Author(s): Various Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers....
Twelve Years a Slave
Author(s): Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American...
The Life of Mozart Volume 1
Author(s): Otto Jahn An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest...
Students’ Roman Empire part 1, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.)
Author(s): John Bagnell Bury The writings of J. B. Bury, on subjects ranging from ancient...
The Bible (ASV) 35: Habakkuk
Author(s): American Standard Version Practically nothing is known about Habakkuk’s personal history, except for what...
The Death of Lord Nelson
Author(s): William Beatty “The Surgeon of the late illustrious Lord NELSON feels himself called upon,...
L’Art de payer ses dettes et de satisfaire ses créanciers sans débourser un sou
Author(s): Émile Marco de Saint-Hilaire Manuel du Droit Commercial, à l’usage des gens ruinés, des...
Selected Works: Haymarket Speeches
Author(s): Voltairine de Cleyre Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was...
Varied Types
Author(s): G. K. Chesterton Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the...
The Life of Calvin Coolidge
Author(s): Horace Green An easy to read biography of the 30th president of the United...
The Soup and Sauce Book
Author(s): Elizabeth Douglas This is a collection of recipes for all types soups and sauces...
The Life of Oscar Wilde
Author(s): Robert Sherard Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde’s friend of 20 years and first biographer....
The Art of Bookbinding
Author(s): Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us...
Tutankhamen: and the Discovery of His Tomb by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter
Author(s): Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (From the Introduction) “Never before in the history of archaeological...
The Youth of Washington: Told in the Form of an Autobiography
Author(s): Silas Weir Mitchell Departing from the usual third person narratives of biographies, this account...