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A Republic Without A President, and Other Stories
Set in the 1890's "A Republic Without a President and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories that looks at American polit…
Jerry McAuley: His Life and Work
Jerry McAuley was a missionary and founder of the Water Street Mission (later the New York City Rescue Mission), the first rescue mission in…
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era
Volume 14 is a compilation of essays regarding accomplishments over the 50 years preceding the author's death in 1894. The editorial staff c…
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 7: Great Women
Book Seven of the series focuses on the women of history and includes George Eliot, Joan of Arc and Madame Recamier. - Summary by KHand
A History of American Christianity
Published in 1897, this book describes the advent of Christianity in the United States from the landing of the first explorers with their mi…
Down In Water Street
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…
Wayside and Woodland Trees: Pocket guide to the British Sylva
"The purpose of this volume is not the addition of one more to the numerous treatises upon sylviculture or forestry, but to afford a st…
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on the importance of maintaining forests and those events which pose a danger to for…
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 6: Renaissance and Reformation
Volume 6 blends literature, exploration, science, and the start of Protestantism with discussions of Chaucer, Dante, Luther and others. - Su…
Our Androcentric Culture, or the Man-Made World
This is a book about men—as such. It differentiates between the human nature and the sex nature. It will not go so far as to allege man's ma…
Studies About Trees
In this work Levison aims to create a book that allows beginners to be able to understand how to identify trees, as well as to give informat…
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
Continuing the series with European Leaders, Dr. Lord discusses William IV, Sir Robert Peel, Cavour, Czar Nicholas, Louis Napoleon, Prince B…
Freedom, Truth and Beauty
A collection of sonnets that celebrates patriotism and nationalism loosely arranged in a chronological order based on world conflicts. While…
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12: American Leaders
A continuation of United States history, Volume 12 discusses key US leaders in the time up to and including the Civil War. In this volume a…
A Collection of the Facts and Documents Relative to the Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton
Compiled by William Coleman the first editor of the New York Evening Post, this book includes items that trace a path leading to the death o…
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 2: Jewish Heroes and Prophets
Volume Two of the series, this book focuses on the leaders of the Jewish faith from Abraham to Saint Paul. Summary by KHand
The Dominion in 1983
First published as a booklet in 1883, "The Dominion in 1983" describes the author's ideas of what life in Canada is like one hundr…