Non-fiction Books

Good Newes from New England

Edward Winslow

From thence they departed; and the wind being fair for the Massachusets, went thither, and the rather, because the savages, upon our motion, had planted much corn for us, which they promised not long ..

Forest Trees and Forest Scenery

G. Frederick Schwarz

In the ensuing pages I have made simple inquiries into the sources of beauty and attractiveness in American forest trees and sylvan scenery. In a word, forestry interests us here because, having ..

The Canary Islands

Florence Du Cane

Possibly there are many other people as ignorant as I was myself on my first visit to the Canaries on the subject of cochineal. Beyond the fact that cochineal was a red dye and used occasionally as a ..

Rasputin and the Russian Revolution

Princess Catherine Radziwill

When the book called “Behind the Veil at the Russian Court” was published the Romanoff’s were reigning and, considering the fact that she was living in Russia at the time, the author of it, had her id..

Travels into Bokhara (Volume 3 of 3)

Sir Alexander Burnes

In the year 1830, I entered the desert, accompanied by Lieut. James Holland, of the Quartermaster-general’s department, an officer ably qualified to assist me. After reaching Jaysulmeer, we were overt..

The Whole Truth and Nothing But

Hedda Hopper

Right from the beginning, when Hollywood was a sleepy, neighborly village of white frame bungalows and dusty roads cutting through the orange groves, every top-rank woman star has been fated to regard..

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset

Richard Cannon

The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which all who enter into its service are animated, and consequently it is of the highest importance that an..

The Minor Horrors of War

A. E. SHIPLEY

The contents of this little book hardly justify its title. There are whole ranges of ‘Minor Horrors of War’ left untouched in the following chapters. We are shy of mentioning these organisms in t..