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Beeton's Book of Needlework
by Mrs. BeetonBeeton's Book of Needlework is written by Isabella Mary Beeton, an English author remembered as one of the first and best cookery writers with her popular book Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. This book explores the techniques and applying them to master the art of needlework. Separate chapters explore the subtopics with illustrative e..
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
by RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is a work of captivity narratives, which reflects the captive point of view of the horrific experiences of unwarranted life in the jungles. This book narrates the incident which took place during King Philip’s war, Mary (White) Rowlandson, a colonial woman was captured after an atta..
Boat-Building and Boating
by Daniel Carter BeardBoat Building and Boating is a do it yourself kind of guide book on the art of boat building, written by Daniel Carter Beard, an American social reformer and the founder of "Boy Scouts of America". As an illustrator, he has worked in many of the Mark Twain books like Following the Equator, The American Claimant and A Connecticut Yankee in King A..
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de BourrienneMemoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, is the biography of the French Revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte, written as 4 books with chronologically categorized incidents from the year 1769 to 1821. There are already many books have been published on the illustrious name, under various titles of historical memoirs, secret memoirs, and other rhapsodies which ..
Jacobean Embroidery
by Ada Wentworth FitzwilliamJacobean Embroidery is an illustrative guide to the embroidery styles which was flourished during King James I era. It is a form of embroidery used for creating animal shapes, using wool yarn. The authors Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A. F. Morris Hands has given more than 50 plates of illustrative examples to practice this art...
Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest DudeneyAmusements in Mathematics, is a book of mathematical puzzles written by Henry Ernest Dudeney, an English mathematician remembered as creator of mathematical puzzles. This book contains detailed description of various type of puzzles and how to solve them using algebra and mathematics. A huge list of puzzles such as money puzzles, age and kinship..
Hours with the Ghosts
by Henry RidgelyHours with the Ghosts, is an attempt to identify the reality behind the immortality, written by Henry Ridgely Evans, an American author and amateur magician. He exposed the frauds behind the mediums which were trying to prove the communication between the ghost’s worlds through certain forms without scientific proof. The author challenges the sl..
Sex - Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English
by Henry StantonSex: Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English, is a book which explores one of the most inevitable but avoided subject of sexual education for human beings is written by Henry Stanton. This book is a study guide for both men and women, which describes the phenomena of sex right from birth, childhood, adulthood, puberty, marriage and love rela..