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The Profits of Religion - Upton Sinclair
The Profits of Religion - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Religion
"The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation" is a non-fiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. It is a snapshot of the religious movements in the U.S. before its...
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
Two Years in the Forbidden City - Der Ling YU
- Author: Der Ling YU
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she...
The Age of Reason (version 2) - Thomas PAINE
The Age of Reason (version 2) - Thomas PAINE
- Author: Thomas PAINE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a pamphlet, written by a British and American revolutionary Thomas Paine. The Age of Reason challenges institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible,...
The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2 - Henry James
The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2 - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Psychology
This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protΓ©gΓ©e of Olive's in the...
United Nations Agreements - United Nations
United Nations Agreements - United Nations
- Author: United Nations
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945 is the constituent treaty of the United Nations. It is as well one of the constitutional texts of the International Court of Justice which was brought into being by the...
Living on Half a Dime a Day - Sarah Elizabeth Harper MONMOUTH
Living on Half a Dime a Day - Sarah Elizabeth Harper MONMOUTH
- Author: Sarah Elizabeth Harper MONMOUTH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
How to live on 5 cents a day! How to survive financial ruin without losing your house! How to keep to a bare bones budget and still have money left over to buy books! Tough questions! They were tough questions even in the 1870βs, when Sarah...
Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - William R. LIGHTON
Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - William R. LIGHTON
- Author: William R. LIGHTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Exploration
In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Columbia enters the Pacific, and dedicated to civilization a new empire. Their names...
Station Life in New Zealand - Mary Anne BARKER
Station Life in New Zealand - Mary Anne BARKER
- Author: Mary Anne BARKER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Memoirs
Station Life in New Zealand is a collection of cheerful and interesting letters written by Lady Mary Anne Barker (nee Mary Anne Stewart) that is a New Zealand "classic". These letters are described in the Preface as "the exact account of a lady's...
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A - David Hume
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1A - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of...
An Alphabet of History - Wilbur D. NESBIT
An Alphabet of History - Wilbur D. NESBIT
- Author: Wilbur D. NESBIT
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, which newspaper is hereby thanked for the privilege of reproducing this Alphabet(Summary from...
Mathematical Problems - David HILBERT
Mathematical Problems - David HILBERT
- Author: David HILBERT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Lecture delivered before the International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris in 1900 and subsequently published in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 8 (1902), 479-481....
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation - Lafcadio HEARN
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Religion
Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (ε°ζ³ ε
«ι²). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this...
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and...
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Author: Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game of baseball.In 1861, he had the...
The King of Schnorrers - Israel Zangwill
The King of Schnorrers - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction
Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of late 18th-century London. Manasseh is far from being a humble panhandler for, as every schnorrer knows,...
The Sovereignty of God - Arthur PINK
The Sovereignty of God - Arthur PINK
- Author: Arthur PINK
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
In the following pages an attempt has been made to examine anew in the light of God's Word some of the profoundest questions which can engage the human mind. (Summary by Arthur Pink)...
The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - Logan Marshall
The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - Logan Marshall
- Author: Logan Marshall
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
This is a detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those on board who survived (gutenberg.org)....
The Social History of Smoking - George L. APPERSON
The Social History of Smoking - George L. APPERSON
- Author: George L. APPERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and...
The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton - John Clement REVILLE
The First American Sister of Charity: Elizabeth Bayley Seton - John Clement REVILLE
- Author: John Clement REVILLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. This widowed mother of five established...
Habits that Handicap - Charles B. TOWNS
Habits that Handicap - Charles B. TOWNS
- Author: Charles B. TOWNS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology
Habits that Handicap is one of three novels about alcoholism and drug addiction written by Charles B. Towns. Towns was an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction who helped draft drug control legislation in the United States during the early 20th...
Heroes of the Middle Ages - Eva March Tappan
Heroes of the Middle Ages - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, and to make familiar the names of the most important figures in those scenes. I have endeavoured to weave a...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's "Preparation for a Christian Life" and Jung's "The Hymn of Creation," and an...
Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart - Maria W. STEWART
Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart - Maria W. STEWART
- Author: Maria W. STEWART
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery and women's rights. Meditations From The Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewartβpublished in 1879, shortly before her...
Protagoras - Plato
Protagoras - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / General Fiction / *Non-fiction
Jowett, in his always informative introduction, sees this dialogue as transitional between the early and middle dialogues. Socrates meets with Protagoras and other sophists and pursues his inquiry into virtue. The dialectic brings the thinkers to a...
Posterior Analytics - Aristotle
Posterior Analytics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Ancient
Posterior Analytics is the fourth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). Posterior Analytics deals with demonstration, definition, and scientific knowledge. Demonstration is distinguished as a...
Quiet Talks on Prayer - S. D. Gordon
Quiet Talks on Prayer - S. D. Gordon
- Author: S. D. Gordon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
An open life, an open hand, open upward, is the pipe line of communication between the heart of God and this poor befooled old world. Our prayer is God's opportunity to get into the world that would shut Him out. (From the first chapter)...
Poems: Series One - Emily Dickinson
Poems: Series One - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Nature
Renowned poet Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) wrote many many poems. This collection, "Poems: Series One", presents the first installment of the complete poetic works of Miss Emily Dickinson. It is broken into four parts: Life, Love, Nature, and Time...
Children of the Ghetto - Israel Zangwill
Children of the Ghetto - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: Historical Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices of transplanted eastern European Jews against the forces of assimilation. Zangwill's knowledge of Yiddishkeit...
Our Island Story, Part 1 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story, Part 1 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling...
Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey - Alfred Marshall
Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey - Alfred Marshall
- Author: Alfred Marshall
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His plan for the work gradually extended...
The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History - James Francis HOGAN
The Gladstone Colony: An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History - James Francis HOGAN
- Author: James Francis HOGAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This is an early history of the failed attempt to found the colony of North Australia at Gladstone, in what is now Central Queensland. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)...
Famous Men of Rome - John Henry HAAREN
Famous Men of Rome - John Henry HAAREN
- Author: John Henry HAAREN
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (summary by Laura Caldwell)...
Wherein? - G. Campbell Morgan
Wherein? - G. Campbell Morgan
- Author: G. Campbell Morgan
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
These studies in the book of Malachi were delivered as addresses to the students at Mr. Moodyβs Bible School in Chicago, and then to my own congregation. They have also appeared in βThe Record of Christian Workβ in the United States, and in βOut and...
Public Opinion - Walter LIPPMANN
Public Opinion - Walter LIPPMANN
- Author: Walter LIPPMANN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippman, is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially the irrational, and often self-serving, social perceptions that influence individual behavior, and prevent optimal societal cohesion....
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography - Booker T. Washington
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his...
The Complete Book of Cheese - Bob BROWN
The Complete Book of Cheese - Bob BROWN
- Author: Bob BROWN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Bob Brown, after living thirty years in as many foreign lands and enjoying countless national cheeses at the source, returned to New York and summed them all up in this book.Born in Chicago, he was graduated from Oak Park High School and entered the...
Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther
Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the Church, the Nobility and the Christian life. This document concerning the Christian life expounds the famous paradox: "A Christian...
Stickeen - John Muir
Stickeen - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals
A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, alone, confronted and conquered their fears of an icy Alaskan glacier in 1880. (Summary by Sue Anderson)...
Good Morning, Boys and Girls! - Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
Good Morning, Boys and Girls! - Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
- Author: Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
Forty simple, delightful sermons for children. The stories cover a full school year, all Sundays and a few holydays in between. Under such engaging chapter titles, as Chasing Rainbows, Caterpillars, The Best Christmas Gift, and Breakfast of...
Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People - Evelyn UNDERHILL
Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People - Evelyn UNDERHILL
- Author: Evelyn UNDERHILL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Underhillβs definition of mysticism, her exploration of the stages of spiritual progress along the mystical path, and her argument about the practical application of mysticism for ordinary people. (Summary by Carla Arnell)...
