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The House of a Thousand Candles
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Meredith Nicholson
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Gl…
Essay on the Creative Imagination
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Théodule-Armand Ribot
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attemp…
The Eye of Osiris
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R. Austin Freeman
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, th…
The Stillwater Tragedy
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi…
The Book of the National Parks
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Robert Sterling Yard
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
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Fred M. White
A fabulously rich gold mine in Mexico is known by the picturesque and mysterious name of The Four Fingers. It originally belonged to an Azte…
The Sheridan Road Mystery
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Paul Thorne and Paul Thorneandmabel Thorne
A shot rings out in the middle of the night in a quiet Chicago neighborhood. Patrolman Murphy is directed to an apartment where a man says …
The Romance of Modern Chemistry
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James C. Philip
A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of che…
The Crevice
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William J. Burns
The sudden death of wealthy and prominent financier, Pennington Lawton from an apparent heart attack, followed by the shocking revelation of…
A-Birding on a Bronco
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Florence A. Merriam and Florence A. Merriam Bailey
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bir…
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk, an early fictional female detective. It was written…
The Sorceress of the Strand
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L. T. Meade
From the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it so…
Rocks and Their Origins
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Grenville A. J. Cole
Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical compos…
The Red Seal
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound a…
The Fairy Tales of Science
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John Cargill Brough
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…
Chemical Phenomena in Life
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Frederick Czapek
Published in 1911 as part of the "Harper's Library of Living Thought," this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of ce…
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust
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Hallam Hawksworth
This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to …
Bacteria in Daily Life
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Grace Coleridge Frankland
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures
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Arabella B. Buckley
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …