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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
- Author: Lucy Aikin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that ends of princes, such as glory, and...
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 - John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion....
Letters from England, 1846-1849 - Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
Letters from England, 1846-1849 - Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
- Author: Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamicy years in European hstory. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to...
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
- Author: Jane ADDAMS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may prove of value to those groups of people who in many cities are making a gallant effort to minimize the...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
- Author: Florence Scovel SHINN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Florence Scovel Shinn, an illustrator living in New York City, became a teacher of New Thought after a divorce. New Thought was a movement which holds the belief that individuals can create their own reality through intentional thoughts and prayer,...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / *Non-fiction
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 18th issue of the serial, published on March 2, 1880, tells the tales of a...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ranging from a description of a Coney Island elephant colossus to meditations on mental telepathy and baseball....
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 17) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 17) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is volume 4 chapter 17 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life - Andrew Murray
The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
Here is a book of devotions that will bring joy and strength. Its chapters provide vital keys to living and enjoying the Christian life. It covers important disciplines such as prayer, study, meditation and feeding on the Scriptures as a means of...
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Friedrich Engels
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - Friedrich Engels
- Author: Friedrich Engels
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The main idea of "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1880) was distinguishing scientific socialism and utopian socialism. Engels begins by chronicaling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and...
The Perfect Wagnerite - George Bernard Shaw
The Perfect Wagnerite - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Music
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shaw offered it to those enthusiastic...
The Book of the National Parks - Robert Sterling YARD
The Book of the National Parks - Robert Sterling YARD
- Author: Robert Sterling YARD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915,...
The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers - François FÉNELON
The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers - François FÉNELON
- Author: François FÉNELON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Ancient
François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointed tutor to Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682-1712) by Louis XIV in 1689. He wrote Dialogues of the Dead, and The Lives of the...
The Story of Electricity - John MUNRO
The Story of Electricity - John MUNRO
- Author: John MUNRO
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service were suddenly to cease, and he cannot fail to appreciate the claims of electricity to attentive study." In these...
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was a prolific writer, and his many books achieved...
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Nature
The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest “insect people”...
Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States : part I - Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron v
Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States : part I - Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron v
- Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Baron v
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military
More commonly know as "The Blue Book" written by "Baron von Steuben" this publication was key to organizing the young American military in the Revolutionary War with England. This book served both as a regulation and a how-to manual. Each officer...
History of Billy the Kid - Charles A. SIRINGO
History of Billy the Kid - Charles A. SIRINGO
- Author: Charles A. SIRINGO
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history. When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not included. The author feels that he...
Shandygaff - Christopher Morley
Shandygaff - Christopher Morley
- Author: Christopher Morley
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to the Reader. (Title page) SHANDYGAFF: a very refreshing drink, being a mixture of bitter ale or beer and...
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris - Benjamin Randell HARRIS
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris - Benjamin Randell HARRIS
- Author: Benjamin Randell HARRIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
The recollections of a British infantryman who served in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. ( Summary by Graham Keeling)...
The Communist Manifesto - Friedrich Engels
The Communist Manifesto - Friedrich Engels
- Author: Friedrich Engels
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The Manifesto also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. (Summary written by Gesine)A...
Married Love - Marie STOPES
Married Love - Marie STOPES
- Author: Marie STOPES
- Genre: Erotica / Romance / *Non-fiction
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, and was one of the first publications to openly discuss issues such as variations in male and female sexual desire in a...
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
- Author: Melvin POWERS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
Summary from A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis:This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman. The step-by-step instructions should afford the reader a means of acquiring self-hypnosis. The necessary material is here. The...
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
- Author: Jeremy BENTHAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and animal...
How to Care for the Insane - William D. GRANGER
How to Care for the Insane - William D. GRANGER
- Author: William D. GRANGER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Medical / Psychology
"The writer believes that all attendants should be regularly instructed in their duties, and the highest standard of care can be reached only when this is done. He also believes that every person who is allowed to care for the insane will be greatly...
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, from Austria to Egypt, a wide variety of mouth-watering cuisines are represented. Each recipe is described in...
Thoughts Are Things - Prentice Mulford
Thoughts Are Things - Prentice Mulford
- Author: Prentice Mulford
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Thoughts are Things, authored by Prentice Mulford, is one of the earliest books espousing New Thought teaching. This book contains information on how to better man's spiritual and physical life through the power of thought. Discover timeless...
The Heavenly Life - James Allen
The Heavenly Life - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
James Allen’s most famous work, As A Man Thinketh, has gained almost cult status among those studying spiritual mysticism. He wrote all of his works without copyright for the benefit of man, and this work, The Heavenly Life, one of his more obscure...
Amendments to the United States Constitution - United States Government
Amendments to the United States Constitution - United States Government
- Author: United States Government
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The Amendments to the Constitution of the USA are a continuously modified document that attempts to secure all basic and other rights for American citizens. The most recent amendment was made in the early 1970's during the Vietnam war; this...
Rocks and Their Origins - Grenville A. J. COLE
Rocks and Their Origins - Grenville A. J. COLE
- Author: Grenville A. J. COLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical composition or how each type affects the landscape? Do you know the differences between limestone, granite and...
The History of Standard Oil: Volume 1 - Ida M. TARBELL
The History of Standard Oil: Volume 1 - Ida M. TARBELL
- Author: Ida M. TARBELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Business & Economics / History
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller the richest figure in America's history. Originally...
Dog-Watches At Sea - Stanton Henry KING
Dog-Watches At Sea - Stanton Henry KING
- Author: Stanton Henry KING
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / *Non-fiction
Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reasons given in this book. Thereafter, he became associated with the Sailors' Haven, Boston, Massachusetts and...
The Awful German Language - Mark Twain
The Awful German Language - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Education
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix D from Twain’s 1880 book A Tramp Abroad, this comedic gem outlines the pitfalls one will encounter when...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 62 features several introspective essays: by T. S. Eliot (Tradition and Individual Talent), Stephen Leacock (The Decline of the Drama), Carlyle (The...
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - Edward J. RUPPELT
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - Edward J. RUPPELT
- Author: Edward J. RUPPELT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official project initiated to investigate UFO reports beginning in 1952. This report from 1956 takes us inside these...
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime, in 1867. Marx’s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and explain the laws specific to the...
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 - Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 - Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
- Author: Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel adventures. It was at this point that...
