Esther
149 books
*Non-fiction
479
George Sutherland - Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast
This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, presents ideas for inventions and new developments in the areas of power,...
6 hours 42 minutes
*Non-fiction
439
Ida Dandridge Bennett - Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore
This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and explains how to grow and care for the traditional garden flowering plants,...
6 hours 26 minutes
Humorous Fiction
543
Stephen Leacock - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The...
5 hours 59 minutes
Science Fiction
500
William Shuler Harris - Life in a Thousand Worlds
A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer of C. S. Lewis, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, after one too many mugs of cocoa....
5 hours 45 minutes
*Non-fiction
602
Joseph Devlin - How to Speak and Write Correctly
This is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not «properly») create sentences, use figures of speech, write letters, and more, all while choosing the right words and doing it with...
5 hours 42 minutes
Science
474
Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration
Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is...
5 hours 41 minutes
*Non-fiction
462
Ida Dandridge Bennett - Vegetable Garden: A Manual for the Amateur Vegetable Gardener
This book is a good reference on vegetable gardening. It covers the economic value of a vegetable garden, planning and locating the garden, maintaining soil fertility, hotbeds, garden tools, sowing seeds,...
5 hours 40 minutes
