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Mediaeval Builders of the Modern World A series of stories about the early period of the Middle Ages in Europe. The book focuses on the wandering n...

The Russian Civil War Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski’s retelling of his escape from Red Army-controlled Siberia with fellow Poles and White Russians....

The Bard of Avon Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by Edith Nesbit. Each play is retold in a way that is ...

Beauty and the Beast A gentle, moralized version of the classic fairy tale. It tells of Beauty, a kind and selfless young woman who sacrifices her ...

Five Little Peppers The tenth book in the Five Little Pepper series, the story follows Ben Pepper, the oldest of the five Pepper children. Ben is a...

A Story of the Roman Invasion The story of Beric, a young British chieftain, who with his fellow tribesmen bristle under Roman Rule during the reig...

Eyes and No Eyes The fourth of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series.  This book covers bird life found in a variety of habitats....

The Autobiography of a Horse The first person memoirs from Black Beauty. Beginning with his days as a colt on an English farm with his mother to hi...

Jarndyce and Jarndyce The story weaves together a complex web of characters and plots centered around the interminable Chancery court case of Jarnd...

The Last of The Gray Dogs of Kenmuir The story chronicles the rivalry between two sheepdogs, Red Wull and Bob, son of Battle, and their masters, Ad...

A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden A historical adventure set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The story follows Ronald Leslie, a young Scottish no...

Natural History Reader Book I of James Jahonnot’s Natural History Series. The book covers common household and farmyard animals including cats, dog...

A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower A historical adventure set during the turbulent reign of Henry VIII, focusing on the wars between England and Scotl...

The Fortunes of Robert Rushton Robert Rushton is a poor boy working in a factory in the country town of Millville. He supports his widowed mother w...

Mythos Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, published in 1855; The Age of Chiv...

A Story of the Days of Nelson A historical adventure set during the Napoleonic Wars. Will Gilmore is a young man from a small village called Scarco...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic A historical adventure set during the Dutch struggle for independence from Spanish rule in the late 16th century. Th...

Eyes and No Eyes The second of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series.  This book covers animals, insects, and plant life found in...

With Cortez in Mexico Set during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. The story follows a young Englishman, Roger, w...

A Tale of the Ashanti War A historical adventure set in 19th-century Africa. The story follows Frank Hargate, a brave and resourceful young English...

The Gold Fields of California A historical adventure set during the California Gold Rush. The story follows Frank Norris, a young Englishman falsel...

A Story of the Grand Banks Son of a wealthy railroad magnate, Harvey Cheyne, lives a pampered life until one day he is washed overboard from a tran...

Cautionary Tales Amusing advice and rhymes for children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have been compared to the work...

A Golden Key Mary Eliza Haweis’s (Mrs. H. R. Haweis's) introduction to Chaucer’s work and legacy for young readers. The book is widely credited wit...

A Story of Escape from Siberia A historical adventure set in 19th-century Russia, during the turbulent era of revolutionary movements and political...

North and South A semi-autobiographical collection of sketches and stories about cowboy life on both sides of the U.S.–Canadian border. Drawing fro...

Tragedie One of William Shakespeare's lesser-known plays, blending elements of romance, tragedy, and comedy. The story revolves around King Cymbeli...

The Personal History The story of David Copperfield's life and his many adventures including the friends and enemies he meets along the way. The bo...

American Pioneers and Patriots A biographical account of the legendary American frontiersman, soldier, and politician David Crockett. The book trac...

Defender of the Alamo The life and times of David Crockett. After much reading and research into the life of Crockett, the author states: “It is ho...

A Brave Boy’s Fight For Fortune Herbert Carr is the son of a war widow in the small rural town of Wayneboro. After his mother’s position as postmas...

Animal Stories Stories about our animal neighbors found in the home and yard. Each chapter is a story about a different animal including a kitten, ...

Emma Woodhouse Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy, headstrong, and charming young woman living in early 19th-century England. Confident in her matchmaking...

Folk and Fairy Tales A collection of English fairy tales compiled by Joseph Jacobs. Featuring such well-known tales as ‘Jack and the Bean Stock,’ ‘...

A History of English Literature H. E. Marshall guides the reader through the history of English literature starting in the early middle ages and en...

Traces of Travel Brought Home The book recounts Kinglake's journey through the Middle East, particularly focusing on his travels in the Levant (Eas...