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Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport

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Lawrence Perry


Newport, of course, means aristocratic families and naval adventures. In this tale, we wonder if the heiress will actually marry the Russian…

The Chronicles of America Volume 03 - Elizabethan Sea-Dogs

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William Wood


Citizen, colonist, pioneer! These three words carry the history of the United States back to its earliest form in 'the New World called Amer…

The Three Lieutenants

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William Henry Giles Kingston


A few years have passed since the adventures of Terence, Jack, and Alick as midshipmen in the British Navy. They have each gone on their pat…

Thomas Hobbes

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Alfred Edward Taylor


This work is a look at the life and ideas of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher of the seventeenth century. The most important ideas are fo…

The Inheritance

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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier


"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…

Our Friend The Charlatan

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George Gissing


Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his …

The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

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Anatole France


Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the d…

The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 6

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Max Arthur Macauliffe


This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. Macauliffe had exte…

Antic Hay

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Aldous Huxley


The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall wi…

The Chronicles of America Volume 05 - Pioneers of the Old South

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Mary Johnston


In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…

Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter

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Josephine Brown


Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own…

The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England

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Charles Andrews, Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris


This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same …

Doctor Luttrell's First Patient

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Rosa Nouchette Carey


Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Lutt…

The Chronicles of America Volume 09 - Colonial Folkways

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Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris


This work according to the subtitle is "a chronicle of American life in the reign of the Georges." It describes land, locales, hou…

The Life of Washington, Volume 2

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John James Marshall


Volume 2 of The Life begins with some early biography, but moves quickly to Washington's military career as a colonel in the battles against…

The Life of Washington, Volume 3

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John James Marshall


Volume 3 of The Life continues the Revolutionary War from the incursion into Jersey in 1778 to its conclusion with the surrender of Lord Cor…

The Chouans

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Honoré de Balzac


Les Chouans is one of the novels in Balzac's series La Comedie Humaine. Its ostensible focus is a historical military conflict, but it also …

The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

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W. E. B. Du Bois


In November, 1897, I submitted to the American Academy of Political and Social Science a plan for the study of Negro problems. This work is …

The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution

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Max Farrand


In this next installment of the Chronicles of America, Farrand takes American history from peace treaty, to trade, to confederation, to furt…

The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France

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William Bennett Munro


The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New Wo…

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