On June 2, 1630, Father Urbain Grandier, the parish priest of St.-Pierre-du-Marche of Loudun, France, was accused of witchcraft by a group of Ursuline nuns. Grandier, a politically-influential priest with…

In 1897 a young sociologist who was already marked as a scholar of the highest promise submitted to the American Association of Political and Social Sciences a "plan for the…

The original sequel to HG Wells War of the Worlds as written by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Mentioned multiple times by rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard…

Narrative of the author's experiences as a slave in St. Louis and elsewhere.

Author: George Edward MoorePublisher: Independently PublishedGenre: Ethics MoralePages: 232ISBN: 9780521448482

Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his…

A former slave's intimate memoir of the Lincoln White House, a timeless addition to the canons of African American and Civil War literatureOriginally published in 1868-when it was attacked as…

Originally published in 1953, In the Wet is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian bush is called to…

Based on studies in the Book of Joshua, the author explains how to enter into the spiritual rest and victory which are available to every Christian who is willing to…

Author: Jacob AbbottPublisher: Independently PublishedGenre: History Kings and rulersPages: 302ISBN: 9780341864660

In the early 1900s, when Geronimo was taken prisoner, Barrett commissioned an interpreter to interview the Native American warrior. Told in his own words, this is the story of his…

Author: Robert Hugh BensonPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformGenre: Fiction HistoryPages: 426ISBN: 9781533380609