Samizdat Express: 2864 books

Both collections are edited by Darwin's son, Francis. Includes an autobiogaphical chapter. The Preface begins: "In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the...

The Introduction begins: "The chief object of the present work is to describe and connect together several large classes of movement, common to almost all plants. The most widely prevalent movement is essentially of the same nature as that of the stem of a climbing plant, which bends successively to...

According to Wikipedia: "Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 January 6, 1919), also known as T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York...

Collection of essays about hunting experiences, first published in 1895. Essays include: Hunting in East Arica, To the Gulf of Cortez, A Canadian Moose Hunt, A Hunting Trip in India, Dog Sledging in the North, Wolf-Hunting in Russia, A Bear-Hunt in the Sierras, The Ascent of Chief Mountain, The Courgar,...

Chapters include: A Cougar Hunt on the Rim of the Grand Canyon, Across the Navajo Desert, The Hopi Snake-Dance, The Ranchland of Argentina and Southern Brazil, A Chilean Rondeo, Across the Andes and Northern Paragonia, Wild Hunting Companions, Primitive Man, Books for Holidays in the Open, Bird Reserves...

According to Wikipedia: "Baronne Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (née Necker) (22 April 1766 14 July 1817) (IPA: [stal]), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. She influenced literary tastes in Europe at the turn of the 19th century."

Classic work in defense of Christianity, first published in 1889. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Barber Lightfoot (13 April 1828 21 December 1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot.

Observations of nature in New England, first published in 1857. According to Wikipedia: "Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.[1] He is...

According to Wikipedia: "Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area,[6] and shares land borders with the United...

Addressed delivered to the Lexington, KY, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1909.

According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, including "In the valley of Cauteretz," "Break, break, break", "The Charge...

The author, a Union general at the Battle of Gettysburg, was purported to be the inventor of baseball. According to Wikipedia: "Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 - January 26, 1893), was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense...

The introduction begins: "The literature of our time, as of all the centuries of Christendom, is full of allusions to the gods and goddesses of the Greeks and Romans. Occasionally, and, in modern days, more often, it contains allusions to the worship and the superstitions of the northern nations...

History of the Battle of Crecy (Hundred Years War). According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870[1] 16 July 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early...