Chronological Period/19th Century
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My Bondage and My Freedom
$17.00 Add to cartEx-slave Frederick Douglass’s second autobiography-written after ten years of reflection following his legal emancipation in 1846 and his break with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison-catapulted Dougla… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 4, 2003
- ISBN10: 0140439188
- Language: English
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A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
$16.99 Add to cart“[Manda] Collins is a delight” (Elizabeth Hoyt) in this fun and flirty historical rom-com, where an intrepid female reporter matches wits with a serious, sexy detective — perfect for fans of Tessa Da… [more below]
- Series: Ladies Most Scandalous #1
- Author: Collins, Manda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10, 2020
- ISBN10: 1538736136
- Language: English
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Dracula
$8.00 Add to cartDuring a business visit to Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, a young English solicitor finds himself at the center of a series of horrifying incidents. Jonathan Harker is attacked by three phant… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Stoker, Bram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411095
- Language: English
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane’s Eye–the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick.
Winner of the National Book- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0141001828
- Language: English
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The extraordinary account of James Garfield’s rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author … [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0767929713
- Language: English
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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$21.00 Add to cartHerman Melville’s masterpiece of obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history–a deluxe edition featuring a Foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick and cover art… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
- Author: Melville, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143105957
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
$5.95 Add to cartFrederick Douglass’s dramatic autobiographical account of his early life as a slave in America.
Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crim- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 07 2005
- ISBN10: 0451529944
- Language: English
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Exposing the Expositions 1851-1915- Revised 2021
$15.95 Add to cartExpositions Exposed 2021 is a fully revised and edited version of the 2019 original.
Have we have been lied to? During 1850-1915 Great Expositions (Fairs) were built worldwide including: Chicago 1893,
- Author: Mickoski, Howdie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 09, 2021
- ISBN10: 8269126624
- Language: English
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Running Out of Time
$9.99 Add to cartReturn to the classic middle grade time-bending thriller Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix, almost thirty years following its first publication, with this stunning repackage.
Clifton, In
- Series: Running Out of Time #1
- Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0063306581
- Language: English
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a cou
The award-winning translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel of psychological realism.- Author: Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: October 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1250788455
- Language: English
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Frankenstein
$6.00 Add to cartFew creatures of horror have seized readers’ imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein’s terrible creation and th
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Shelley, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 21, 1994
- ISBN10: 0486282112
- Language: English
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A Christmas Carol
$5.99 Read moreMerry Christmas, everyone
“Bah ” said Scrooge. “Humbug ” With those famous words unfolds a tale that renews the joy and caring that are Christmas. Whether we read it aloud with our family and friends- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01, 1986
- ISBN10: 0553212443
- Language: English
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
$20.99 Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked the
- Series: Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1865-69
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 06, 2001
- ISBN10: 0743203178
- Language: English
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
$25.00 Add to cartNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.–the Jekyl- Author: Chernow, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 1400077303
- Language: English
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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
$24.00 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Wonderful… [Flanders] shines in her readings of literary novels containing criminal and detective elements, such as Oliver Twist, Mary Barton and Tess of the D’Urbervi
- Author: Flanders, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1250048532
- Language: English
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
$18.99 Add to cart*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award*
This New York Times bestseller
*A New York Times Notable Book*
*Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*- Author: Gwynne, S. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 10 2011
- ISBN10: 1416591060
- Language: English
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
$20.00 Add to cart25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION – From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America’s westward expa… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: McCarthy, Cormac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 05 1992
- ISBN10: 0679728759
- Language: English
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The Infernal Devices (Boxed Set): Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
$74.99 Add to cartDon’t miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, now a major motion picture.
Step back in time with the Shadowhunters with this collectible hardcover boxed set of the New York Times bestselling Infe- Series: Infernal Devices
- Author: Clare, Cassandra
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 1520
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1442483725
- Language: English
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
$21.00 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST – From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the cunni… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 10 2004
- ISBN10: 0375725601
- Language: English
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Caddie Woodlawn
$19.99 Add to cartCaddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935, was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Now it is in a bra… [more below]
- Author: Brink, Carol Ryrie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 1973
- ISBN10: 0027136701
- Language: English
