Highways of Progress

Originally published in 1891 - a book of 'many quaint and curious 'things not generally known' fr...

Stories contained in this volume:MolochOlesyaNight DutyThe White PoodleI Was An ActorThe Gambrinu...

Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American clergyman, educator, and author.He graduated from Prin...

This work usually appears on lists of the ten most important books of detective stories published...

Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910) was a poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, editor, public spe...

This is the earliest autobiography of an avowed American homosexual, published in St. Louis in 19...

Originally published under the title Experimental Glass Blowing for Boys in the early 20th centur...

Jose Echegaray was a Spanish scholar and dramatist, born in Madrid about 1835.In 1858 he became p...

A major objective of this study was to develop procedures by which a dog handler can control the ...

Originally published in 1909, this Radford architectural classic covers plain concrete constructi...

Originally prepared in 1919 exclusively for Sears, Roebuck and Company, this book covers the sele...

The Blockade Runners and Dr. Ox's ExperimentIn 'The Blockade Runners' Verne again adopts a theme ...

The story speaks for itself.Without plot, incidents or situations, it is nevertheless dramaticall...

A record in picture and story of the last Great Indian Council in 1913, participated in by eminen...

An Irish nationalist and poet, Ledwidge was the protege of Lord Dunsany, to whom he sent a volume...

The main chapter divisions are: 'The Jewish Witnesses', 'The Roman Witnesses', 'The Witness of Pa...

A pioneering California writer, Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) is best known for his homoero...

This book provides nutritional guidance, physical activity and exercise recommendations, behavior...

An action-filled story of the Yukon Territory in 1893, the surging novel of the men who gambled t...

CONTENTS: The Old Man's Mitten The Little Straw Bull with the Tarred Back Sir Cat-o-Puss The Cat ...

The Great Keinplatz Experiment

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Sex Worship and Symbolism

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency

Nomads of the North

Midnight

The Day's Work

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winni...

The Little Lame Prince

Somnambulist and the Detective & The Murderer and the Fortune Teller, The

Boy Through the Ages, The

Favorite Children's Stories from China

Daughter of the Snows, A

Anthropological Legal and Medical Studies on Pederasty in Europe

Legends of Ancient Egypt

Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson 1830 -1868

The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution

This is a collection of some of the best Chinese tales and anecdotes from the third to the sixth ...

The biography of the criminal known as the 'King of the Lags' a late 19th century London thief an...

A hilarious parody of the detective genre - Gubb emulates Sherlock Holmes and maintains an office...

Chao Shu-li (Zhao Shuli) (1906-1970), a novelist and short story writer,is best remembered for hi...

The history of jurisprudence is the history of civilization.The labors of the lawgiver embody not...

CONTENTSA Pleasant Evening Among Gentlemen The Greatest Day A Story Apropos Perception The Alibi ...

Marines must have the versatility, flexibility, and skills to deal with any situation at any leve...

Originally published in 1897, this is considered among the very best books on the folklore of 19t...

Originally published in 1845, these are selections on and from classical Persian literature and w...

CONTENTSHistorical Monuments of France The Cathedral of Amiens Beauvais and Chartres Tours Caen R...