An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce
By Captain James Riley. The incredible true story of an American ship’s crew taken into slavery by the Muslim slave…
The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner: Three and Twenty Years in Captivity among the Moors
By Thomas Pellow. Edited with an introduction and notes by Dr. Robert Brown. The full terror of white slavery practiced…
Polish Fairy Tales
By A. J. Glinski. Translated by Maude Ashurst Biggs and illustrated by Cecile Walton. This beautifully-illustrated edition of A. J.…
The Empire of the Hittites
By William Wright. Decipherment of Hittite inscriptions by Professor Archibald Henry Sayce. Written by a senior biblical scholar at the…
The Hittites: The Story of a Forgotten Empire
By A.H. Sayce. One of the first books to reveal in detail the history of the Hittites—a people once thought…
History of Hortense: Daughter of Josephine, Queen of Holland, Mother of Napoleon III
By John S. C. Abbott. The story of Napoleon Bonaparte’s stepdaughter—and mother of Emperor Napoleon III—is as interesting as those…
History of Madame Roland
By John S. C. Abbott. The astonishing story of one of the leading women of the French Revolution—and of her…
Colloquia Mensalia or the Familiar Discourses of Dr. Martin Luther at his Table Volume II
By Dr. Martin Luther. First published in 1566 in German, the “Table Talk” (as it is now more commonly known)…
Romance of Empire: South Africa
By Ian D. Colvin. Part of the Romance of Empire series produced in London during the first decade of the…
A Brief History of the Warr with the Indians in New England
By Increase Mather. This is a contemporary account of one of the first major conflicts (known as “King Philip’s War”) between the early European colonists and the Indians in New England.
Named after the Indian leader (who appropriated the European-sounding name), the brutal struggle ended in the total defeat of the Amerinds and their near extinction in the colony.