History of the United Co-operative Baking Society Ltd.: A fifty years' record 1869–1919

A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Lynn Thorndike

This volume is a scholarly survey of how magic and experimental science intersected from antiquity through…

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

James Richardson

James Richardson’s work is a nineteenth‑century travel narrative that records his 1845‑46 expedition across…

Pharmacographia A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

Flückiger, Friedrich A. (Friedrich August); Hanbury, Daniel

Pharmacographia is a scholarly survey of vegetable‑derived drugs that were in common use in Britain and…

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself

Olaudah Equiano

The work is an autobiographical narrative by Olaudah Equiano, an African who was enslaved and later freed,…

Rizal's own story of his life

José Rizal

Rizal’s Own Story of His Life is a biographical work by José Rizal, the Filipino nationalist whose life…

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.

Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The work is a first‑person chronicle by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a veteran of the early Spanish expeditions…