Category Archives: Non-fiction
The Colour of Life
Author(s): Alice Meynell This is a collection of essays by English poet and author Alice...
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman
Author(s): Martha Summerhayes “This is the lively autobiography of Martha Summerhayes, the wife of an...
The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1
Author(s): Howard CarterArthur C. Mace On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in...
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2
Author(s): Benvenuto Cellini Cellini’s autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give...
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III
Author(s): Edward Gibbon The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a...
The Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 – Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
Author(s): Charles W. Colby For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the...
Royal Son and Mother
Author(s): Pauline von Hugel Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (1770-1840) was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic...
The Home Education Series Vol. II: Parents and Children
Author(s): Charlotte Mason Volume two of the Home Education Series by Charlotte Mason talks about...
The City That Was
Author(s): Stephen Smith This 1911 history of the public health revolution that transformed New York...
The Smoke Eaters
Author(s): Harvey Jerrold O’Higgins This book vividly brings to life the unimaginable risks of fire-fighting...
Schubert And His Works
Author(s): Herbert Francis Peyser This is a short introduction to Franz Schubert’s life and works....
Stories of Symphonic Music
Author(s): Lawrence Gilman ‘A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 3
Author(s): Charles F. HorneRossiter JohnsonJohn Rudd A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history,...
The Indians Of Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Author(s): Margaret Herschel A short review of the history and presence of Native Americans in...
The Autobiography of an Indian Princess
When Maharani Sunity Devi published her memoirs in 1921, she offered Western and Indian readers...
The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1
Author(s): Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three...
Stickeen
Author(s): John Muir A great dog story, a well told tale–the naturalist and adventurer John...
The Esperanto Teacher
Author(s): Helen Fryer The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887,...
The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers
Author(s): Hilaire Belloc This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges,...
Letters from Great Musicians to Young People
Author(s): Anna Alice ChapinAlethea Crawford Cox The object of this little book is to bring...
The Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 – The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War
Author(s): Thomas Guthrie Marquis This is the history of Pontiac’s Conspiracy, 1763-1765. It includes the...
The Gospel of Wealth
Author(s): Andrew Carnegie What is the proper mode of administering great wealth? It is to...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001
Author(s): Various A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the...
Library of the World’s Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17
Author(s): Various The Library of the World’s Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work...
The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829
Author(s): Richard B. Morris In this short (58 page) work, Morris and Woodress present a...
The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament
Author(s): This New Testament was translated from the Greek by a Christian Universalist evangelist who...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 049
Author(s): Various Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers....
The Italian Cook Book
Author(s): Maria Gentile One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the...
The Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 – The ‘Patriotes’ of ’37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
Author(s): Alfred D. DeCelles The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place...
The Bible (KJV) 28-39: Minor Prophets (Hosea through Malachi)
Author(s): King James Version (KJV) A minor prophet is one of the writings in the...