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The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The Story of Mankind is an exploration of civilization from the Dark Age to the contemporary world.  This Newbery Medal winning book was written and illustrated by the Dutch historian Hendrik Willem Van Loon, whose works include The Story of the Pacific, Good Tidings, An Elephant Up a Tree, and The Story of the Bible. This book details the ..

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

by Gelett Burgess

More Goops and How Not to Be Them, is a manual which teaches good behavior to the impolite child, written by the American humorist Frank Gelett Burgess, remembered for coining the word blurb and author of Goops books and other writings such as Goops, and How to be Them, More Goops, and How Not to Be Them, Goop Tales, The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne, a..

The Kitchen Encyclopedia

The Kitchen Encyclopedia

by Various Authors

The Kitchen Encyclopedia is published by Swift and Company.  This is a comprehensive guide written not about just cooking, but a whole lot of information including Recipes, House Cleaning Hints, and Laundry Helps, House plants, Use of Fireless Cookers and Renovating suggestions. Most favorite chapter is about house plants.  While we al..

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary

by Mary Eaton

The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary is written by Mary Eaton. This 700 Page dictionary will serve as great guide for home makers to successfully control and master the art of home making. Each and every part of house keeping is discussed in elaborately including Importance of Domestic Habits and Acquirements, Domestic Ex..

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual

by William Kitchiner

Many people spend little time to take care of our health with respect to the proper and healthy food  than we spend for our pets. Even though we know the fact that  root cause for many chronicle disease are the result of improper and unhealthy diet, we make ourselves busy and bypass the mandatory care of our health.  While the physic..

The King James Version of the Bible

The King James Version of the Bible

by Various Authors

This English translation of the bible is the approved version of English Church authorities.  Commonly called as King James Bible or Authorized Version,  this translation spanned across seven years from 1604 to 1611.  In response to the problems in the translation perceived by the puritans on the earlier translations of King Henry VI..

English Literature

English Literature

by William J. Long

English Literature is a historical exploration of English literature world from the Anglo Saxon period  to the Victorian Era,  Written by the American writer William Joseph Long who has written and co-authored many works including Bibliographies, Reissues and Wood Folk Series.  His notable writings include Wilderness Ways, Fowls of t..

Latin for Beginners

Latin for Beginners

by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge

Latin for Beginners is a fun filled way to learn this language which has influenced the ancient literature.  It is surprised to know from the preface of this book that Italian, Spanish and French are the modernized form of Latin.  More than half of the words in English dictionary are derived from Latin.  Knowingly or unknowingly we a..