Category Archives: Non-fiction
Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson “Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 2, September 1899
Author(s): Various “Birds and All Nature” was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing...
Pyrrhus
Author(s): Jacob Abbott This history concerns Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, BC 336-321. Pyrrhus was a...
Bradford’s History of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650
Author(s): William BradfordHarold Paget The journal of William Bradford, who served five terms as governor...
How to Appreciate Music
Author(s): Gustav Kobbé Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide...
Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 2
Author(s): William Henry Wilkins The second volume in the biography of Queen Caroline, Queen Consort...
Far Away and Long Ago – A History of My Early Life (Version 2)
Author(s): William Henry Hudson A boy (between the ages of 4 and 12) discovers the...
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke
Author(s): Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. “By the wise...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 1, January 1899
Author(s): Various “Birds and All Nature” was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing...
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 1
Author(s): Mark Twain Volume 1 contains these 12 essays: 1.) “Americans on a Visit to...
History of England, from the Accession of James II – (Volume 4, Chapter 22)
Author(s): Thomas Babington Macaulay This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books...
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper’s Manual
Author(s): L. L. Langstroth Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his...
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
Author(s): Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the...
John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
Author(s): Jack London Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work,...
Chapters from my Autobiography
Author(s): Mark Twain Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906...
Mark Twain’s Autobiography: With An Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine – Volume II
Author(s): Mark Twain While the Mark Twain Project has created and released a three-volume Mark...
Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 3: Of Private Wrongs
Author(s): William Blackstone The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are...
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua
Author(s): Samuel Downing Moore Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was a former slave, native of West Africa....
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901
Author(s): Various “Birds and Nature” was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company...
Chapter on Birds
Author(s): Richard Bowdler Sharpe A short book about birds that are rare in England, but...
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Author(s): Wassily Kandinsky Published in 1911, Kandinsky’s book compares the spiritual life of humanity to...
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Seven (1920-1924)
Author(s): Mark TwainThe New York Times This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 – Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People
Author(s): Ethel T. Raymond Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal...
Captain William Kidd And Others Of The Buccaneers
Author(s): John Stevens Cabot Abbott Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it...
Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution
Author(s): Noah Webster An early influential work describing the features contained within the new Constitution...
Bible (KJV) 09: 1 Samuel
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) The life of Samuel, and the life of Saul.
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Wisdom of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
Author(s): Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) The Book of Ecclesiasticus is preceded by a prologue which professes...
Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) This short Old Testament book tells the story of Naomi...
Bible (ERV) 01: Genesis
Author(s): English Revised Version The Book of Genesis (transliterated from Greek γένεσις, meaning “origin”) is...
Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) The Book of Ruth in the Bible takes a new...