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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II - John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Education / Philosophy / Psychology
John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: "I see no reason to believe, that the soul thinks before the senses have furnished it with ideas to think on. The dreams of sleeping men are, as I...
Flower Stories - Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
Flower Stories - Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
- Author: Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
- Genre: Animals & Nature / General
This volume contains stories, poems, and facts about lots of different flowers, intended for teaching children. It is divided into thirteen parts, each covering a different type of flower. - Summary by Rachel...
Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch sees the reappearance of Louise and Arthur Weldon after the birth of their first child, Jane. The family lives in California and hire a nurse, a local Mexican woman, much to Uncle John's disapproval. Racial tension is...
The Life of Mozart Volume 1 - Otto JAHN
The Life of Mozart Volume 1 - Otto JAHN
- Author: Otto JAHN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an interesting look at both his family life and his musical career. Summary by Michele Eaton...
Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Satire
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, published in 1893. As in some of his other comedies, Wilde satirizes the morals of Victorian society, and attitudes between the sexes. The action centres around a...
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable - Jean S. REMY
- Author: Jean S. REMY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C) / Modern (20th C)
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jackson to Cleveland to McKinley, Jean S. Remy details the lives of the presidents in as few syllables as...
War Stories for My Grandchildren - John Watson FOSTER
War Stories for My Grandchildren - John Watson FOSTER
- Author: John Watson FOSTER
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than rely on his memory, he conducted research for accuracy. He served as a colonel for the Union Army during the...
A History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco - Frank AITKEN
A History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco - Frank AITKEN
- Author: Frank AITKEN
- Genre: Modern (20th C)
Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the San Francisco area was shaken by a massive earthquake. Over the course of the next four days, fires spread through large swaths of the city, started by broken gas lines, fallen electrical...
Your Mind and How to Use It - William Walker Atkinson
Your Mind and How to Use It - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: Modern
William Walker Atkinson was one of the most prominent contributors to the literature of the New Thought movement, a non-denomination spiritual philosophy which developed in the late Nineteenth Century. Although he achieved eminence in a number of...
The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2) - James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2) - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Historical Fiction
This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of from 500 to 1,500 unarmed Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort...
Rejected Of Men; A Story Of Today - Howard Pyle
Rejected Of Men; A Story Of Today - Howard Pyle
- Author: Howard Pyle
- Genre: Christian Fiction
This is a setting of the story of Jesus as if it had occurred during early twentieth century America. The narrator's point of view is that of an outsider looking in at the story of Jesus. Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911) was an American illustrator and...
Fast in the Ice - R. M. Ballantyne
Fast in the Ice - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Exploration
At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described. In this book he...
William the Conqueror - Jacob Abbott
William the Conqueror - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
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...
Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States - Henry Cabot LODGE
Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States - Henry Cabot LODGE
- Author: Henry Cabot LODGE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works / Political Science
A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 – 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States. He...
Poems - Francis THOMPSON
Poems - Francis THOMPSON
- Author: Francis THOMPSON
- Genre: Poetry
This is the first volume of poems published by the English poet Francis Thompson. It also includes his most famous poem, The Hound of Heaven. - Summary by Carolin...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 3 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 3 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Romance
Clarissa Harlowe, is the tragic heroine of this story, she is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Originally they planned to concentrate the wealth and...
An Outback Marriage - Andrew Barton Paterson
An Outback Marriage - Andrew Barton Paterson
- Author: Andrew Barton Paterson
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGENDBanjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivating, are his warm and funny novels about Australian life. An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a...
Torah (JPSA) 05: Deuteronomy - Jewish Publication Society of America
Torah (JPSA) 05: Deuteronomy - Jewish Publication Society of America
- Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
- Genre: Religion
According to Jewish tradition the 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are read and studied each year. In order to complete the study, the 5 books are separated into sections (parshah). The last book of the...
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life - Homer Eon FLINT
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life - Homer Eon FLINT
- Author: Homer Eon FLINT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
A doctor, an architect, an engineer, and a geologist step into a space car. In their new invention, they set off on an expediton to Mercury, planning to visit Venus on the return voyage. On Mercury they find a strange city eerily abandoned....
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Poetry
American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied...
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...
The New Freedom - Woodrow WILSON
The New Freedom - Woodrow WILSON
- Author: Woodrow WILSON
- Genre: Political Science
The book is not a discussion of measures or of programs. It is an attempt to express the new spirit of our politics and to set forth, in large terms which may stick in the imagination, what it is that must be done if we are to restore our politics...
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...
Morning and Evening: Daily Readings - Charles H. Spurgeon
Morning and Evening: Daily Readings - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary / Christianity - Other
Organized by week, this devotional has a morning and evening meditation for every day of the year. Although these devotions are short in length, they are filled with spiritual goodness. In just a few sentences, Spurgeon is able to convey the wisdom...
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2 - Louis GINZBERG
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2 - Louis GINZBERG
- Author: Louis GINZBERG
- Genre: Religion / Antiquity
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; he died on November 11, 1953, in New York City. Ginzberg taught at the Jewish Theological seminary from 1903...
The Golden Road - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Golden Road - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Children's Fiction
In the sequal to The Story Girl Sara Stanley returns to join the King children in publishing their own local magazine to entertain the town of Carlisle....
Twelfth Night (version 2) - William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (version 2) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy
Shakespeare's great festive comedy, probably written and first performed around 1601, follows the adventures of twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated from each other by a shipwreck. Viola, believing her brother dead, disguises herself as a...
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government - Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government - Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON
- Author: Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON
- Genre: Political Science
What Is Property?: or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (French: Qu'est-ce que la propriété ? ou Recherche sur le principe du Droit et du Gouvernment) is an influential work of nonfiction on the concept of property and its...
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: Romance
In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that rule New York's social life. Under the rules of this society, "being things" is better...
The Flying Stingaree - Harold L. Goodwin
The Flying Stingaree - Harold L. Goodwin
- Author: Harold L. Goodwin
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
First published in 1963, this is another adventure in the Rick Brant Science series, set on Chesapeake Bay and involving mysterious, sting ray-shaped drones and missing persons. (synopsis by Matt Pierard)...
The Purple Land - William Henry HUDSON
The Purple Land - William Henry HUDSON
- Author: William Henry HUDSON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
In W.H. Hudson’s first novel, an Englishman wandering on horseback across the pampas finds adventure and romance in Uruguay. The full title became: “The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The Banda Oriental, in...
Fuel of Fire - Ellen Thorneycroft FOWLER
Fuel of Fire - Ellen Thorneycroft FOWLER
- Author: Ellen Thorneycroft FOWLER
- Genre: Romance / Fantasy Fiction
"Then was there war in the house of Baxendale. Guy had made up his mind to wed the fair daughter of the forester; while Sir Stephen and Dame Alice his wife had made up their minds — with equal firmness — that no son of their noble name should mate...
The Journey of Coronado - Pedro de CASTAÑEDA
The Journey of Coronado - Pedro de CASTAÑEDA
- Author: Pedro de CASTAÑEDA
- Genre: Early Modern / Exploration
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an army from Mexico is search of the fabled golden cities of Cíbola. The Spaniards found no riches—instead, the Grand Canyon, the vast buffalo plains, and the pueblos of Zuni and Pecos. The narratives in...
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....
Cattle Brands - Andy ADAMS
Cattle Brands - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Short Stories / Westerns
Cattle Brands is a collection of 14 entertaining short stories depicting not only the life of cowboys in the wild, wild West, but also the harrowing skirmishes with banditos, thrilling shoot-outs, attempt at and the recapture of stolen chattel from...
Giacomo Puccini - Wakeling DRY
Giacomo Puccini - Wakeling DRY
- Author: Wakeling DRY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This biography of Puccini was written while the composer was at the height of his career. Besides the usual biographical information, the author summarizes and discusses Puccini's works to this point, including Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry / Satire
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
One Day More - Joseph Conrad
One Day More - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Family Life / Drama
A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and saved, outfitting a house for Harry to inherit upon his return, which will be in only "one day more." He has...
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 (小泉 八雲). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this...
