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"The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon", also known as the "Clavicula Salomonis Regis", or "Lemegeton", is a centuries old spell book or grimoire. The exact source of the work is anonymous and compilations of older texts began appearing in the 16t...

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First published in 1916, "From the Deep Woods to Civilization" is the fascinating life account by Charles A. Eastman. Born in 1858 on a Santee Dakota reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Eastman was educated as a physician at Boston Universi...

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First published in 1885, "Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans" is the charming and engaging American history book for children by Edward Eggleston. Best known for his "Hoosier" series, which depicted the life of a school teacher in rur...

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"Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat" is the fascinating and historically significant cookbook by African-American chef Rufus Estes. Born into slavery in 1857, Estes began working as an attendant, then chef, in private railroad cars before honing his ...

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First published in 1747, "The Art of Cookery" by English author Hannah Glasse is one of the most popular cookbooks of the 18th century. Glasse's classic guide to cooking English-style food was reissued in over forty updated editions for more than ...

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Originally published in two volumes in 1931 and 1934, "Living My Life" is the autobiography of Lithuanian anarchist and political activist Emma Goldman. Written while she was living in France, the work covers her life from her poor and unhappy chi...

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The complete title of this work, "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ, Containing New, Startling, and Extraordinary Revelations in Religious History, which Disclose the Oriental Origin of All the Doctrines, Princi...

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First published in 1920, "Raggedy Andy Stories" by Johnny Gruelle is the second book in the beloved and classic children's series starring Raggedy Ann, her brother Raggedy Andy, and their family and friends. Gruelle was an American artist, childre...

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Written sometime in the fourteenth-century, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by the famed Chinese writer and playwright Luo Guanzhong, is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature and its influence in China and East Asia can be c...

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One of the first novels published by an African American woman, "Iola Leroy" is the progressive 1892 novel by famed American abolitionist, suffragist, teacher, and writer, Frances Harper. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland in 1825, Frances Harper ca...

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Upon his arrival in Japan in 1890, Lafcadio Hearn found himself enamored with the culture, people, and stories of the country, and would make Japan his home until his death in 1904. His collections of stories published during this time became the ...

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First published in 1895, "Wulf the Saxon" is the exciting tale of adventure set during the reign of England's last Anglo-Saxon king by popular and prolific English author G. A. Henty. Best known for his historical adventure stories for youthf...

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First published in 1923, "The Transformation of Philip Jettan" is the charming tale of romance and self-discovery by English author Georgette Heyer. Widely credited with creating the historical romance genre and particularly famous for h...

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First published in 1940, "Five Acres and Independence" by Maurice Kains is the essential and practical guide to small-scale sustainable farming. This indispensable guide has assisted countless farmers, from the novice to the more experienced, to f...

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"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" is the children's classic by Swedish author Selma Lagerlof. Lagerlof published her charming coming-of-age tale in 1906 after being commissioned by the National Teachers Association of Sweden in 1902 to write a ge...

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English artist, illustrator, and poet Edward Lear is most famous for the volumes of limericks and nonsense poems that he published beginning with his first, "A Book of Nonsense", in 1846. These clever and memorable limericks and poems were instant...

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First appearing in 1905, Arsène Lupin is the most famous fictional character of French writer Maurice Leblanc. Gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin is a character who often operates as a force for justice but on the wrong side of th...

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American lawyer and the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as the most important political figures in all of American History. No more contentious political fight has ever existed in American History than ...

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First published in 1925, "The New Negro" is Alain Locke's compilation of important works by early twentieth-century African American writers. Exhibiting the brilliance of early twentieth-century African American writers, "The New Ne...

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"Daphnis and Chloe" is the timeless story of young love by Greek writer Longus. Written sometimes during the 2nd century AD in the Roman Empire and the only work by Longus to have survived the passage of time, "Daphnis and Chloe" is one of the mos...

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Written after 1513's "The Prince," Niccolo Machiavelli's war treatise, "The Art of War", is a dazzling array of war tactics and strategies based on the military strength of the Romans. Machiavelli wrote "The Art of War" as a dialogue between a gro...

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Considered one of the greatest short story writers of her generation, Katherine Mansfield was a prolific and modern writer from New Zealand. Born Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, Mansfield's family was socially pro...

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall achieved some notoriety in the early part of the 20th century for her historical works aimed at younger readers. Notable amongst these include "Our Island Story", which is a history of England from the time of the Roma...

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"The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage" is the mysterious and fascinating grimoire which was first translated into English by S. L. MacGregor Mathers in 1897. Originally written in German sometime in the early 17th century and later t...

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First published in 1963 and winner of the Newbery Award for excellence in children's literature the following year, "It's like this, cat" is the charming and engrossing debut novel by American author Emily Cheney Neville. The story cente...

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First published in Latin in 1687, "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy", commonly referred to as "The Principia", is the groundbreaking work of science and mathematics by Isaac Newton. Consisting of three books, "The Principia" was updat...

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First published in four volumes in Venice in 1570, "The Four Books of Architecture" is the important architectural treatise by the famed Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Often considered to be one of the most important and influential figures in...

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First published in 1925, "Manhattan Transfer" by American author John Dos Passos is an engrossing portrayal of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age. Critically acclaimed and widely considered to be his most imp...

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"The Lost Books of the Bible" is a collection of 17th and 18th century English translations of Apocryphal biblical texts by William Wake and Jeremiah Jones which was first gathered together by William Hone and published collectively in 1...

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Like most Scandinavian sagas the question regarding their accuracy centers on an examination of what part of the saga is based on historical fact and what part is a fanciful retelling. A thorough examination of the "Vinland Sagas" by scholars seem...

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