Jim Locke
The Pilot
The work, which was admired by Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad for its authentic portrayal of a seafaring life and takes place during the …
Lady Jim of Curzon Street
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give …
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare written in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role…
The Chronicles of America Volume 08 - The Quaker Colonies
The Quaker Colonies describes the Quaker emigration to the colonies in the sixteen and seventeen hundreds and at the same time its involveme…
The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane
Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at t…
My Bondage and My Freedom
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…
The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Volume 3
Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of o…
Epochs of American History: The Colonists 1492-1750
This first of four volumes is a description and detailed analysis of the formation and development of the thirteen colonies of America. A ti…
Biography of an American Bondman, By His Daughter
Josephine Brown's Biography of an American Bondsman faithfully follows the trajectory of her father's life as previously explored in his own…
True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life
The author is aware that she is entering a field which has been diligently cultivated by the best minds in Europe and America. Her design in…
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Noted historian sets out to locate and research a rare manuscript: the French version of -- "The Golden Legend" -- and meets the d…
The Life of Washington, Volume 1
If it be true that it takes a great man to interpret the life of a great man then Bushrod Washington made no mistake in the selection of a b…
Chicago May: Her Story
This is a cold-blooded recital of fact, a plain, unvarnished statement from a client to a lawyer. It is the history of the life of a notorio…
Early Greek Philosophy and Other Essays
The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragme…
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The deaths of five people resulting from the collapse of a bridge over a ravine prompts an observer to investigate the lives of the fallen a…
The Inheritance
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…
Thomas Hobbes
This work is a look at the life and ideas of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher of the seventeenth century. The most important ideas are fo…
The Chronicles of America Volume 12 - Washington and his Comrades in Arms
This twelfth volume in the Chronicles of America (series) follows the lengthy and difficult war against England for independence as led by G…
Cleopatra
The world knows the fate of the classic lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony, so there is no need to announce a spoiler alert. Georg Ebers was a…