by Mary J. Lincoln Purchase Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln was born on July 8, 1844 in South Attleboro, Massachusetts. At the mere age of seven, her father died. She was able to attend school, graduating in 1864 from the Wheaton Female Seminary, now today known as Wheaton College. She married and became a housewife, but… Continue reading The Peerless Cook Book: With Recipes for the Chafing Dish
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Dan, The Newsboy
by Horatio Alger, introduction by Dr. Wallace Boston Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night. But… Continue reading Dan, The Newsboy
Russia: A Study
by A. N. Drew Purchase A. N. Drew spent over twenty-five years doing business in Russia, and picked up the language over time. This work is an attempt at interpreting Russian life, which is the first portion of the book. In it, Drew highlights political issues in chapters such as “Character,” “Morality,” and “Education.” Drew… Continue reading Russia: A Study
The Remains of William Penn: Pennsylvania’s Plea, the Mission to England, Visit to the Grave, Letters, Etc
by George L. Harrison Purchase William Penn was born in London, England, on October 14, 1644, and would become many things, including a father, husband, legal and religious figure. He is most well known for founding the state of Pennsylvania. Penn was born into a family of wealth and political power, and as such, he… Continue reading The Remains of William Penn: Pennsylvania’s Plea, the Mission to England, Visit to the Grave, Letters, Etc
The Life And Works Of Charles Lamb: The Essays Of Elia
by Charles Lamb Purchase Charles Lamb (1775 – 1834) was a popular English author of works for both adults and children. His siblings were fairly spread out in age, so his elder sister Mary, 11 years older, became his closest friend. She taught him to read and would later author books with Charles. Lamb was… Continue reading The Life And Works Of Charles Lamb: The Essays Of Elia
The Soul of a People
by H. Fielding Hall Purchase The Soul of a People was originally released in 1898. Written by Harold Fielding Hall, a British official sent to Burma (now Myanmar) to take part in the Burma Commission. Hall lived for many years in Burma, and wrote this account of the places, people and of Buddhism as he… Continue reading The Soul of a People
Masonry and Protestantism
by Susanna Hopkins Mason Purchase Social history as a corrective to a historiography is often too limited to diplomacy and wars. It began an upward trajectory as early as the 1930s, but it remains constrained by the frustrating cost and availability of materials that even great research libraries lack. This volume is a case in… Continue reading Masonry and Protestantism
Selections From the Letters and Manuscripts of the Late Susanna Mason: With a Brief Memoir of Her Life by Her Daughter
by Susanna Hopkins Mason Purchase Susanna Hopkins Mason grew up in Maryland, with a father who was a member of the Society of Friends and a mother who was a member of the Episcopal church. Mason was fully encouraged by her parents in her educational pursuits throughout her life. Growing up, she made several visits… Continue reading Selections From the Letters and Manuscripts of the Late Susanna Mason: With a Brief Memoir of Her Life by Her Daughter
The Art of England: Lectures Given in Oxford
by John Ruskin Purchase John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900) was a brilliant English writer, artist, thinker and philanthropist. He was born into a family of means, which afforded him an excellent education. His parents were very encouraging of him, and Ruskin benefited from frequent travels throughout his lifetime. He began publishing,… Continue reading The Art of England: Lectures Given in Oxford
The Brockton Hospital Cook Book
by The Ladies Aid of the Brockton Hospital Purchase The Ladies Aid of the Brockton Hospital wrote this work in hopes of improving cuisine in the area, as well as raising financial aid for The Brockton Hospital which was a privately managed, public institution. The cook book features a variety of recipes for the average… Continue reading The Brockton Hospital Cook Book
A Whistling Farmer
by H. W. Randolph Purchase Henry Wheeler Randolph was born in 1851. Not much is known about his life. However, through this book of his poetry, much can be gleamed from him and the circumstances of his life. His poems touch on lost love, farming, criminal justice, the Civil War, religion and the pleasures found in… Continue reading A Whistling Farmer
Sir David Wilkie
by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower Purchase Sir David Wilkie RA was born on November 18, 1785 in Scotland. Although he family was not terribly pleased with his devotion to the arts, they supported his choice to become a painter, and he went on to study at the Trustees’ Academy in Edinburgh. After graduation, he returned home… Continue reading Sir David Wilkie
A Common Sense Manifesto (With a Nod to Thomas Paine, Not Karl Marx)
by Max J. Skidmore Purchase This work examines the political situation in America, and how it came to be. It chronicles the disturbing deterioration of the Republican Party into an extreme and corrupt mechanism ready to receive and incorporate a destructive force that it welcomed wholeheartedly when it appeared in the bombastic, and completely self-centered,… Continue reading A Common Sense Manifesto (With a Nod to Thomas Paine, Not Karl Marx)
US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile Defenses
by Grzegorz Nycz Purchase This book discusses most recent developments in the area of US ballistic missile defense with an eye on its battlefield capacities since the Kuwait war, analyzed from the perspective of deterrence postures encompassing the key post-Cold War security challenges (Middle East, Far East, Eastern Europe). The analyzed cases of missile defense… Continue reading US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile Defenses
All Flowers Bloom
by Kawika Guillermo Buy it here Winner of the 2021 Reviewers Choice Gold Award for Best General Fiction/Novel In a cruise ship stateroom, a soul awakens in the afterlife, still dressed in the Roman servant garbs of his previous life. He can’t remember much, but a silent woman stands out in his memory: his first… Continue reading All Flowers Bloom
Anti-Poverty Measures in America: Scientism and Other Obstacles
Editors, Max J. Skidmore and Biko Koenig Purchase Anti-Poverty Measures in America brings together a remarkable collection of essays in two groups. The first group consists of papers dealing with the inhibiting effects of scientism—an over-dependence on scientific methodology that is prevalent in the social sciences, particularly in political science. Employing the methods of science… Continue reading Anti-Poverty Measures in America: Scientism and Other Obstacles
Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 1
Editor: Wendell C. Wallace, PhD Purchase If your desire is to attain a greater understanding of theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and pragmatic discussions on criminology and criminal justice in the Caribbean, then this is the book for you. This book is a direct response to the call for a Caribbean Criminology as espoused by Ken Pryce… Continue reading Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 1
How Did I Get Here?: A Story of Interspecies Intimacies (In Nepalese Elephant Stables)
by Kim Idol Purchase Kim Idol is a writer/instructor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, partial to dogs, guns, rock-climbing and backpack traveling. She has been in love with Nepal since she first visited 8 years ago. She knew she loved the outdoors and that she would love the Himalayas, but she was unexpectedly charmed… Continue reading How Did I Get Here?: A Story of Interspecies Intimacies (In Nepalese Elephant Stables)
Kingsglaive’s Exploration of World War II, Cultural Trauma, and the Plight of Refugees: An Animated Film as Complex Narrative
by Amy M. Green Purchase Kingsglaive’s Exploration of World War II, Cultural Trauma, and the Plight of Refugees: An Animated Film as Complex Narrative posits that the 2016 film, tied narratively to the video game Final Fantasy XV, merits far more critical attention that it has received. Given that Kingsglaive is both CGI animated and… Continue reading Kingsglaive’s Exploration of World War II, Cultural Trauma, and the Plight of Refugees: An Animated Film as Complex Narrative
Bunker Diplomacy: An Arab-American in the U.S. Foreign Service
by Nabeel Khoury Purchase Nabeel Khoury has written a remarkably cogent memoir. He not only details life in the Foreign Service in a highly entertaining and engaging style, but also provides provocative and telling insights into many of the crises in the Middle East…From Egypt, to ‘The Magic Kingdom’ to Iraq, Morocco and Yemen —… Continue reading Bunker Diplomacy: An Arab-American in the U.S. Foreign Service
Transylvania in 1922: Report of the Commission Sent by the American and British Unitarian Churches to Transylvania in 1922
by Louis C. Cornish Purchase In 1922, a joint commission of US and UK Unitarian Churches traveled to Transylvania after concerns over religions persecution arose in a prior visit in 1920. The Commission was gladdened to see an increase in liberty, but upset to discover that the Romanian government was not wholly supportive of not… Continue reading Transylvania in 1922: Report of the Commission Sent by the American and British Unitarian Churches to Transylvania in 1922
Tales of the Mermaid Tavern
by Alfred Noyes Purchase The Mermaid Tavern was a real place in London. Among other frequenters, a group called the “Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen”, met monthly. They were famed literary figures of the Elizabethan period, Nov 17, 1558 – Mar 24, 1603. In this work, Noyes writes chapters celebrating these figures, including Shakespeare. Alfred Noyes… Continue reading Tales of the Mermaid Tavern
A History of Japanese Mathematics
by David Eugene Smith and Yoshio Mikami Purchase Yoshio Mikami was an authority on wasan, native Japanese mathematics, and published multiple works on the topic in different languages. A colleague of David Eugene Smith suggested he work with Mikami to produce this volume. As Smith states in the introduction, “The aim in writing this work… Continue reading A History of Japanese Mathematics
Contemporaries of Shakespeare
by Algernon Charles Swinburne Purchase Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on April 5, 1837 in London. Having been born into a wealthy family, he enjoyed extensive education, learned multiple languages, such as French and Italian, and knew them well enough to win awards for writing poetry in those languages. Swinburne did attend college, but did… Continue reading Contemporaries of Shakespeare
The Durable Satisfactions of Life
by Charles William Eliot Purchase Born into a wealthy Boston family, Eliot was fortunate enough to concentrate on his studies and have the ability to attend Boston Latin School, and then later graduate from Harvard University in 1853. However, after the Panic of 1857, Eliot’s family lost much of its wealth. Eliot decided to visit… Continue reading The Durable Satisfactions of Life
Early Quaker Education in Pennsylvania
by Thomas Woody PhD Purchase Born on September 3, 1891, in Thorntown, Indiana, to a Quaker family. Woody would remain in Indiana for his B.A., which he obtained from Indiana University. Later he could go on to earn his PhD in 1918 from Columbia University. Woody wrote a great deal about Quakers, formally known as… Continue reading Early Quaker Education in Pennsylvania
A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of Liquors: So as to Render Them More Healthfull to the Body and Agreeable to Nature
by Thomas Tryon Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night. But they hoped for better things… Continue reading A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and Other Sorts of Liquors: So as to Render Them More Healthfull to the Body and Agreeable to Nature
Jack’s Ward; or, The Boy Guardian
by Horatio Alger Jr., Introduction by Dr. Wallace E. Boston Jr. Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night.… Continue reading Jack’s Ward; or, The Boy Guardian
Phil the Fiddler: The Story of a Young Street-Musician
by Horatio Alger Jr., Introduction by Dr. Wallace E. Boston Jr. Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night.… Continue reading Phil the Fiddler: The Story of a Young Street-Musician
The Tin Box and What it Contained
by Horatio Alger Jr., Introduction by Dr. Wallace E. Boston Jr. Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night.… Continue reading The Tin Box and What it Contained
Brave and Bold, or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
by Horatio Alger Jr., Introduction by Dr. Wallace E. Boston Jr. Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night.… Continue reading Brave and Bold, or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
Bound to Rise, or, Up the Ladder
by Horatio Alger Jr., Introduction by Dr. Wallace E. Boston Jr. Purchase The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. Alger’s tales created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves by a flickering candle and late at night.… Continue reading Bound to Rise, or, Up the Ladder
Occultists and Mystics of All Ages
by Ralph Shirley Purchase Ralph Shirley was born on December 30, 1865 into the aristocracy. As a result, he enjoyed the trappings of wealth, and was educated at Oxford University. He went on to become the director of William Rider & Son, a publisher of books on what is today considered New Age topics: occultism,… Continue reading Occultists and Mystics of All Ages
British Sculpture and Sculptors of Today
by M. H. Spielmann Purchase Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann was born in London on May 22, 1858 into quite a large family. Spielmann attended University College School, and later University College London. Shortly after, he began working for the Pall Mall Gazette, from 1883-1890, where he became a celebrated art critic. He later was the… Continue reading British Sculpture and Sculptors of Today
The Image and Other Plays
by Lady Gregory Purchase Isabella Augusta, who went as Lady Gregory, was a famed Irish dramatist. Deeply involved in all things theater, including being a theater owner. She primarily was a writer, and received much accolades for her work, later being recognized for spawning the Irish Literary Revival. In part, this was due to her… Continue reading The Image and Other Plays
Hannah More
by Charlotte M. Yonge Purchase Hannah More was born in 1745 in the village of Fishponds, located near Bristol. Her father was a teacher, which helped to ensure that Hannah and her siblings were educated. She was once engaged, but the nuptials did not take place. Instead, More enjoyed an annual payment from the broken… Continue reading Hannah More
Annals of the Hobby Club of New York City, 1912-1920
by New York Hobby Club Purchase In 1908, the Hobby Club was established as a gentlemen’s club. Planned to be a space for people to showcase their special interests, the “object of the Club shall be to encourage the collection of literary, artistic and scientific works; to aid in the development of literary, artistic and… Continue reading Annals of the Hobby Club of New York City, 1912-1920
Proceedings of the General Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at its Fourth Stated Meeting, August 17-23, 1883
by General Grand Chapter Purchase Social history as a corrective to a historiography is often too limited to diplomacy and wars. It began an upward trajectory as early as the 1930s, but it remains constrained by the frustrating cost and availability of materials that even great research libraries lack. This volume is a case in… Continue reading Proceedings of the General Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star at its Fourth Stated Meeting, August 17-23, 1883
The London Friends’ Meetings
by William Beck and Thomas Frederick Ball Purchase The London Friends’ Meetings is a significant expansion on a lecture given by William Beck in 1856, “The London Friends’ Meeting-houses and Their Associations.” Co-author, Thomas Frederick Ball spent a great time doing research in minute-books and other holdings of the Friends in London. The records offer… Continue reading The London Friends’ Meetings
Charles Francis Adams, 1835-1915: An Autobiography
by Charles Francis Adams Purchase Charles Francis Adams enjoyed a variety of roles during his life. He was born on May 27, 1835 in Boston into a life of prominence, being the grandson of John Quincy Adams. In 1856, Adams graduated from Harvard University. A few years later he served in the Union Army during… Continue reading Charles Francis Adams, 1835-1915: An Autobiography
Old Quaker Meeting-Houses
by John Russell Hayes Purchase John Russell Hayes (1866-1945) was a Quaker educator, poet, and worked as a librarian for Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He was born in 1866, to William and Rachel Hayes, a family of Quaker farmers. Hayes spent much of his time on his family’s farm, which was located near the Brandywine… Continue reading Old Quaker Meeting-Houses
The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
by Jesse Macy Purchase Jesse Macy was born into a large Quaker family in Indiana on June 21, 1842. His family relocated to Lynnville, Iowa, in order to farm. Macy was educated, starting his college career at the age of 17 at nearby Iowa College (which would later become Grinnell College). When the Civil War… Continue reading The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
New Wars for Old: Being a Statement of Radical Pacifism in Terms of Force Versus Non-Resistance: with Special Reference to the Facts and Problems of the Great War
by John Haynes Holmes Purchase John Haynes Holmes was born on November 29, 1879 in Philadelphia, although he spent much of his youth in the Boston area. He grew up within the Unitarian church, and was extremely close to his grandfather, John Haynes. While he initially planned to enter business, as his grandfather did, he… Continue reading New Wars for Old: Being a Statement of Radical Pacifism in Terms of Force Versus Non-Resistance: with Special Reference to the Facts and Problems of the Great War
Pomona’s Travels: A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from Her Former Handmaiden
by Frank R. Stockton (Author), A. B. Frost (Illustrator) Purchase Francis Richard Stockton was born April 5, 1834, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. He was an esteemed writer, using the name, also called Frank Richard Stockton, until he died on April 20, 1902 in Washington, D.C. Born on April 5, 1834 into a Methodist family in Philadelphia, Stockton was deeply… Continue reading Pomona’s Travels: A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from Her Former Handmaiden
British Burma and Its People: Being Sketches of Native Manners, Customs and Religion
by Capt. C.J.F.S. Forbes Purchase In 1879, Nature: The International Journal of Science, offered this review of this work: “This book is offered as the result of thirteen years’ experience derived from close intercourse, both officially and privately, with the people of Burma during that period. Such works are frequently contributed by the pro-consuls of… Continue reading British Burma and Its People: Being Sketches of Native Manners, Customs and Religion
Policy Perspectives from Promising New Scholars in Complexity: Volume III
Dr. Liz Johnson and Dr. Joseph Cochran, Editors Purchase The world is getting more complex causing policy problems to seemingly get bigger and become more intractable. Traditional approaches and conventional methodologies alone are no longer adequate to solve policy problems in our interconnected global environment. Promising new scholars in the field of policy and complexity are… Continue reading Policy Perspectives from Promising New Scholars in Complexity: Volume III
Outlines of Gaelic Etymology
by Alexander Macbain Purchase Alexander Macbain was born July 22, 1855 in Scotland into poverty. His native language was Gaelic, but he attended local schools and learned English. He assisted with the Ordnance Survey in Scotland and Wales from 1871-74, but he enjoyed school and returned to earn an MA in Philosophy from King’s College.… Continue reading Outlines of Gaelic Etymology
Chita: A Memory of Last Island
by Lafcadio Hearn Purchase On August 10, 1856, the Last Island hurricane ravaged the Louisiana coast, claimed at least 183 lives, and split an island in two, officially known as Isle Dernière, but commonly referred to as Last Island. A ship, The Star, was scheduled to pick up vacationers, but ended up being blown ashore,… Continue reading Chita: A Memory of Last Island
Shakespeare and the Makers of Virginia: Annual Shakespeare Lecture, 1919
by Adolphus William Ward Purchase Adolphus William Ward was born on December 2, 1837 in London to a family of means. His father, John Ward, was an English diplomat. After his schooling, he being a professor of history and literature at Owens College. He also helped to found Victoria University and Withington Girls’ School. Additionally,… Continue reading Shakespeare and the Makers of Virginia: Annual Shakespeare Lecture, 1919
An Address Delivered Before the Members of the Anti-Masonic State Convention: Assembled at Augusta, Maine, July 4, 1832
by Moses Thacher Purchase Moses Thacher was born on November 14, 795 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was frustrated with the growing number of people involved with Freemasonry in his religious community. He felt the oats one swore as part of Masonic ritual were incompatible with religious doctrine. It became a serious issue for… Continue reading An Address Delivered Before the Members of the Anti-Masonic State Convention: Assembled at Augusta, Maine, July 4, 1832
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