Non-fiction Books

De re coquinaria quae extant

Apicius

Apicius is the name of a Roman lover of luxury who lived in the 90s BC and was said to have outdone all his contemporaries in lavish expenditure.[1][2] According to Poseidonius, Apicius was responsibl..

Over Prairie Trails

Frederick Philip Grove

Frederick Philip Grove was a German-born Canadian novelist and translator. He was a prolific translator in Germany, working under his original name Felix Paul Greve and posing as a dandy, before he le..

In Mesopotamia

Maurice Nicoll

Henry Maurice Dunlop Nicoll was a Scottish psychiatrist, author and noted Fourth Way teacher. He is best known for his Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, a multi-vo..

Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade

Great Britain Board of Trade

Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade..

Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health

George E. Waring

In presenting this book to the public the writer desires to say that, having in view the great importance of thorough work in land draining, and believing it advisable to avoid every thing which might..

English Embroidered Bookbindings

Cyril Davenport

A new series of 'Books about Books,' exclusively English in its aims, may seem to savour of the patriotism which, in matters of art and historical research, is, with reason enough, often scoffed at as..

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

John Bernhard Smith

When, some time since, in consequence of continuing demands, the Brooklyn Entomological Society resolved to publish a new edition of its Explanation of Terms used in Entomology, and entrusted the writ..

Documentary History of the Rio Grande Pueblos of New Mexico

Adolph Francis

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was a Swiss-born American archaeologist who particularly explored the indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. ..