This unique tale is narrated by a lovely, gentle horse named Black Beauty and has remained a children's classic since it was first published in 1877....
It is popularly supposed that a greater prosperity for individuals or nations can only come through a political and social reconstruction. This cannot...
Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of making contras...
The novel is largely set in and near the town of Dillsborough, in the fictional county of Rufford. The two principal subplots centre on the courtship...
The narrator, an English teacher of languages living in Geneva, is narrating the personal record of Kyrilo Sidorovitch Razumov. Razumov is a student i...
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was...
Edward Granville Browne travelled to Persia (Iran) as a young man who had already studied Farsi and Turkish, who was fascinated by the culture and lit...
The novel follows the character Pelle Karlsson, who immigrates to Denmark from Sweden in 1877 at age eight. At 18, he moves from Bornholm to Copenhage...
I should have thought that no preface would have been required to introduce Mrs. Seacole to the British public, or to recommend a book which must, fro...
It is the emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult...
On arriving at a rural monastery, the monk Ambrosius meets a young girl, Benedicta. She is shunned by the local community for being the daughter of th...
Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of El...
The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature is an 18th-century American sentimental novel written in epistolary form by William Hill Brown and is...
A new book of original essays by this gifted woman dealing with The New Thought in practice. It deals with the practice of New Thought in our daily li...
She came among us without flourish of trumpets. She just slipped into her place, almost unnoticed, but once she was settled there it seemed as if we h...
The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery. A stranger...
It is a story of a mischievous kitten and its adventures. Originally published in the early 20th century, this timeless tale has captivated generation...
It explores the experiences of a radio gunner during World War II. The book was originally published in 1943, at the height of the war, and has since...
Helena Nyblom's "Ja och Nej" is a collection of eight fairy tales published in 1908. The stories, written for children, explore themes of duty versus...
"A Happy Boy" by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is a heartwarming and moving story that follows the journey of a young boy named Øivind as he navigates the com...
'One Among So Many' by Francis William Lauderdale Adams is a collection of poems that reflects the author's deep empathy for the marginalized and down...
This collection of poems by Violet Fane, pseudonym of Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie, explores a range of emotions, feelings, and experiences. The poems...
