Collection: 107 books

This book deals with the history of Paleolithic man and his descendants in America. "As the centuries rolled by, and the river lessened in bulk, until it but little more than filled its present channel, there still remained along its shores the more cultured descendants of the primitive chipper...

This book deals with the story of the Maya : their Civilization, Customs and Legends. The ancient Maya emerged probably during the first or second century of the Christian Era. In general it may be said that the Maya culture occupied the peninsula of Yucatan, portions of the states of Tabasco and...

Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America; occupying the extreme northwestern part of North America and the adjacent islands. In the dialect of the natives first encountered by the Russian explorers, the peninsula was called Al-áy-es-ka, the name having become changed through Alaksa...

This book deals with the stories of the deluge found in history and literatures. Deluge is the name given to a submersion of the world, related by various nations as having taken place in a primitive age, and in which nearly all living beings are said to have perished. The expression usually refers...

This clever little volume was devised to provide hints on setting a modest but “well-ordered table” for the “young and inexperienced mistress of a household where a moderate income renders economy advisable.” Self-styled as a “Book of Rechauffes [warmed leftovers] together with many other approved...

Jeanne d’Arc (Joan the Arc) is a national heroine of France who asserted that she had visions from God which instructed her to recover her homeland France from English domination. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years’s War. "Since the writing of...

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization is a registered Organisation that operates and is sustained through...

In the unknown author’s preface, she describes her purpose as to provide ladies with suggestions for what is reasonable for their tables for each day in the week, so they can easily provide an agreeable variety to their families. The menus are organized by month with seasonal considerations, and then...

Sea-Sickness symptoms are experienced by many persons when they are subjected to the pitching and rolling motion of a vessel at sea. Plutarch was, perhaps, the first theorist on the subject. He thought that sea-sickness was caused by the smell of the salt-water; and, following him, men have propounded...

 The unnamed author of this charming almanac/cookbook concoction was as a “lady of [New York] who has kept an extensive Boarding-house, for twenty-two years in Pearl St.” She took her almanac word for word, even using the same typesetting, from the most recent Farmer’s Almanac for 1840 by David...

Le télégraphe électrique annonçait à toute l’Europe un merveilleux succès. Un câble sous-marin qui venait d’être immergé à travers l’Atlantique établissait un lien direct entre les deux continents de l’ancien et du nouveau monde. Les dépêches s’échangeaient d’Europe en Amérique...

Based on the studies of great authors, this book deals with the origin of right or left handedness. "The question "why are we right or left handed?" has exercised the speculative ingenuity of many men. It has come to the front anew in recent years in view of the advances made in the...

De façon générale, l’habitude est un penchant acquis par l’exercice des mêmes sentiments, ou par la répétition fréquente des mêmes actions. Elle éduque la nature et la change ; elle donne de l’énergie aux sens, de la facilité et de la force aux mouvements du corps et aux facultés...

Ce livre présente l’histoire de la Russie sous le tsar Alexandre III ainsi que ses rapports avec les autres nations, particulièrement la République française. Dans la Russie moderne, tout est parti d’en haut, de l’empereur, de la capitale. Depuis Pierre le Grand, le pouvoir s’est...