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First Chapter Collection 008 - Various
First Chapter Collection 008 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. In this, the 8th First Chapter Collection, we offer you old favorites, such as Pride and Prejudice and The Call of the...
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905 - Harry Thurston Peck
Twenty Years of the Republic 1885-1905 - Harry Thurston Peck
- Author: Harry Thurston Peck
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Excerpt: At the time when Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated there had been no Democratic President for a full quarter of a century. A whole generation had been born and had grown to manhood and to womanhood without ever having lived under any but...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manner. The pressure of environment, of mass ideas, of the socialized intelligence... is too enormous to be withstood."...
Entertaining Made Easy (Version 2) - Emily Rose Burt
Entertaining Made Easy (Version 2) - Emily Rose Burt
- Author: Emily Rose Burt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home
A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. - Summary by MaybeCordelia...
Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 4 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 4 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and...
Father Thames - Walter Higgins
Father Thames - Walter Higgins
- Author: Walter Higgins
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Originally published in 1922, this work details the history and importance of one of Great Britain's grandest rivers, the River Thames. It includes information on the river's geography and its role in the founding of London. This is a fascinating...
Oracles of Nostradamus - Charles A. Ward
Oracles of Nostradamus - Charles A. Ward
- Author: Charles A. Ward
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of Nostradamus as predictions that only make sense in hindsight, rather than a tool for predicting future...
Great Epochs in American History, Volume III - Francis Whiting Halsey
Great Epochs in American History, Volume III - Francis Whiting Halsey
- Author: Francis Whiting Halsey
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is the third volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the building of the Panama Canal. In large part, events composing each epoch are described by men who participated in...
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Charles Hanson TOWNE
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Charles Hanson TOWNE
- Author: Charles Hanson TOWNE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Subtitle: "The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States" From Chapter 1: "The strange phenomenon of Prohibition, after an appearance amongst us of over three years, is still non-understandable...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was the editorial opinion of the Boston Cooking School Magazine in May, 1914. [Woman's Problems]. Disillusionment with easy...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on fame, a quote from the preface to his autobiography A Personal Record (1912). Other lives chosen by readers to examine...
The Book of Tea (Version 2) - Kakuzō OKAKURA
The Book of Tea (Version 2) - Kakuzō OKAKURA
- Author: Kakuzō OKAKURA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Modern
The Book of Tea is as much about philosophy, religion and art as it is about a drink made with dried leaves in boiling water. It traces the development of tea into teaism. The author’s first paragraph summarizes the whole book: “Tea began as a...
Some American Storytellers - Frederic Taber Cooper
Some American Storytellers - Frederic Taber Cooper
- Author: Frederic Taber Cooper
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Literary Criticism
Frederic Taber Cooper, who was an editor and author, provides a superb insight into the works of some of the most popular authors of the turn of the century decade. Excerpt: The subjects of the essays included in this volume differ widely in aim and...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour," was the promise of Spectropia, a book of "surprising spectral illusions" published in 1863. Optical illusions were among the twenty vol. 084 topics, chosen by their readers, which were concerned with science,...
Ingersoll on WALT WHITMAN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 5 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on WALT WHITMAN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 5 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and...
Down In Water Street - Samuel Hopkins Hadley
Down In Water Street - Samuel Hopkins Hadley
- Author: Samuel Hopkins Hadley
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs / Christianity - Biographies
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the experiences the writer had during his sixteen years of service to the Mission. Hadley's intent was to show "how some...
The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks from 25 August 1768-12 July 1771 - Joseph Banks
The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks from 25 August 1768-12 July 1771 - Joseph Banks
- Author: Joseph Banks
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Life Sciences / Exploration
In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyages to the Pacific during the years 1768-1771. There are also more detailed accounts of the events, people,...
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 03 - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 03 - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
- Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - Summary by Gillian Hendrie and Wikipedia...
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' - Roy Chapman Andrews
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' - Roy Chapman Andrews
- Author: Roy Chapman Andrews
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography / Memoirs
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public,...
Joseph and his Brethren - W. K. Tweedie
Joseph and his Brethren - W. K. Tweedie
- Author: W. K. Tweedie
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Christianity - Other
"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wisdom by meditating on the truths which it embodies. An attempt is here made to point out some of the more...
London Labour and the London Poor Volume III - Henry MAYHEW
London Labour and the London Poor Volume III - Henry MAYHEW
- Author: Henry MAYHEW
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Reference
Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work." "The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings,...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Is the sound of a dripping faucet music? According to Aldous Huxley, "The music of the drops is the symbol and type of the whole universe... asymptotic to sense, infinitely close to significance,...
The Story of Sitka - Clarence Leroy Andrews
The Story of Sitka - Clarence Leroy Andrews
- Author: Clarence Leroy Andrews
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
The Author recounts life in the great northwest in Sitka, Alaska "Sitka of the Russians" a century ago with insights into Sitka's settlement, natives, churches, social life, trade etc., when it was at the center of trade a century ago. ( Summary by...
North-Pole Voyages - Zachariah Atwell Mudge
North-Pole Voyages - Zachariah Atwell Mudge
- Author: Zachariah Atwell Mudge
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography / Exploration
For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immediate regions of the North Pole. Nor has this desire been confined to mere adventurers. This volume sketches...
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss - George Prentiss
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss - George Prentiss
- Author: George Prentiss
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should be given to the public. Much of it is in the nature of an autobiography. Her letters, which with extracts...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain truth at an 1898 Lincoln Day commemoration. Recorded during months of pandemic virus lockdown, unemployment, and mass...
A Magician Among the Spirits - Harry Houdini
A Magician Among the Spirits - Harry Houdini
- Author: Harry Houdini
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology
Houdini, an escape artist and illusionist, became interested later in his life in debunking spiritualists, disbelieving anyone who claimed to have supernatural powers. This was during an era where paranormal phenomena, especially seances, were...
Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 3 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 3 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Literary Collections
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls...
John Brown - W. E. B. Du Bois
John Brown - W. E. B. Du Bois
- Author: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This is a moving and deeply felt biography of abolitionist John Brown, which defends its subject against the popular notion of him as a delusional fanatic. The author, W.E.B. DuBois, was a renowned author, scholar, sociologist, socialist, and civil...
Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of Providence - John Flavel
Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of Providence - John Flavel
- Author: John Flavel
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Other
Shows God's providence in every aspect of our lives. - Summary by RuthP...
Against Celsus Book 4 - Origen of Alexandria
Against Celsus Book 4 - Origen of Alexandria
- Author: Origen of Alexandria
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Other
Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing...
William the Conqueror - Edward Freeman
William the Conqueror - Edward Freeman
- Author: Edward Freeman
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
A brief history of the rise and reign of Duke William of Normandy, King of England. Also known as William the Bastard, and William the Great, but perhaps best known in English history as William the Conqueror. Written by Edward Freeman, originally...
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player - John Montgomery Ward
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player - John Montgomery Ward
- Author: John Montgomery Ward
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Sports & Recreation
Base-Ball: How to Become a Player is a brief history of the game of baseball, with an explanation of the rules and positions. During the audio, reference is made to the "cuts" -- pictures of players, the baseball field, and balls. You can find these...
The Indians in Wisconsin's History - John M. Douglass
The Indians in Wisconsin's History - John M. Douglass
- Author: John M. Douglass
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Early Modern
Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, hunting, fishing and farming. Their activity and battles during French, British and U.S. rule of the territory....
Into the Frozen South - James W. S. Marr
Into the Frozen South - James W. S. Marr
- Author: James W. S. Marr
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Exploration
James Marr was a Boy Scout selected to go along with Sir Ernest Shackleton aboard the Quest in 1921 for the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition to Antarctica. This book provides a description of what would be Shackleton's last exploration due to his...
Greek Athletics - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
Greek Athletics - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Author: Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Sports & Recreation / Antiquity
The history of Greek athletics as it pertains to the Olympics. Describes various activities such as boxing, wrestling, etc. and accounts from witnesses, the Iliad, etc. as they pertain to famous Greeks and events. He discusses Greek views of...
Turns About Town - Robert Cortes Holliday
Turns About Town - Robert Cortes Holliday
- Author: Robert Cortes Holliday
- Genre: Satire / *Non-fiction
Robert Cortes Holliday was an early 20th century essayist, editor, and librarian. Writer Christopher Morley said that he "has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric." Most of these pleasant pieces appeared...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 072 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 072 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works, individually chosen by the readers. "The ground rose and fell in successive furrows, like the ruffled waters of a lake, and I became bewildered in my ideas..." John James Audubon's vivid recollection of the 1812 New...
Sketches by Boz, version 2 - Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz, version 2 - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications from 1833 to 1836. Divided into four sections, "Our Parish," "Scenes," "Characters," and "Tales." The first three...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete with good counsel. How, what, and from whom we learn is thematic to many of these 20 nonfiction selections, chosen by...