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Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

A Classic Naval Adventure A classic naval adventure novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. The story follows Jack Easy, a naive and idealistic young...

A Comedy Set in the Italian town of Messina, the story revolves around two pairs of lovers: Claudio and Hero, and Benedick and Beatrice. Claudio, a...

The Best Days Are First To Flee The stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, who lives with his grandparents and Antonia Shimerda, the...

The Sierra Nevadas John Muir’s recounting his experiences during the summer of 1869 when he worked as a shepherd in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of ...

The Life and Adventures The story follows Nicholas Nickleby, who, after the death of his father, is left to care for his mother and sister. Seeking...

Catherine A witty satire of Gothic novels and a coming-of-age story. The novel follows Catherine Morland, a naive and imaginative young woman, who ...

Those fields, colored by various grains! The story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants farming the Nebraska prairie at the turn of the ...

A Novel Set in Southern California during the early 20th century and revolves around the oil industry, depicting the rise of an ambitious and ruthl...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Mother Russia Arthur Ransome’s classic retelling of Russian tales. Ransome noted that “the stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tel...

And the Rule of the Puritans in England British Historian Charles Firth’s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth: "knew the ...

Or, The Parish Boy's Progress Orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver trav...

Liberty A philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. It applies Mill’s ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state....

A Fairy Tale A whimsical and satirical fairy tale, it revolves around a princess named Hyacinth who wishes to marry for love rather than political ...

A Tale of Waterloo Set during the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. The story follows the young and coura...

A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick A historical adventure set during the Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691), a conflict between the Catholic King ...

A Tragedie The story revolves around the Moorish general Othello, his wife Desdemona, and his ensign Iago. Set in Venice, the story follows Othello...

A Hand Of Silver Is Better Than A Hand Of Iron The story of Otto Conrad, the son of Baron Conrad, a German robber baron of Castle Drachenhausen (Dr...

Five Little Peppers The last book in the famous Five Little Peppers series, which revolves around the lives of the Pepper family, living in the Lit...

Unconditional Surrender Grant A children's biography of Ulysses S. Grant, from his early life as an American solider, as General of the Union Army ...

A Child’s History of England Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of England starting from the time of the Roman Empire through World War I. The ...

Of Long Ago The story of Hiero, a Athenian boy, laid during the the reign of Pericles when Athens was at the zenith of her power and glory, and whe...