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    • Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin

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      by Robert Louis Stevenson — Mem­oir of Fleem­ing Jenkin by Sir Lionel P. Jenk­ins is a heart­felt and rich­ly detailed biog­ra­phy that cap­tures the life of Fleem­ing Jenkin, a renowned Scot­tish engi­neer, math­e­mati­cian, and poly­math. Through the mem­oir, Jenk­ins pro­vides a vivid por­tray­al of Jenk­in’s intel­lec­tu­al achieve­ments, his con­tri­bu­tions to the devel­op­ment of elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing, and his pio­neer­ing work in the field of teleg­ra­phy and sub­ma­rine cables. Fleem­ing Jenkin’s…

    • Flying Machines: Construction and Operation

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      by Frederick W. Lanchester — Fly­ing Machines: Con­struc­tion and Oper­a­tion by the pio­neer­ing engi­neer and inven­tor Fred­er­ick W. Lan­ches­ter is an essen­tial read for any­one fas­ci­nat­ed by the his­to­ry of avi­a­tion and the tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ments that led to the devel­op­ment of flight. Writ­ten in the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry, Lanchester’s work offers a detailed and method­i­cal approach to the prin­ci­ples of aero­dy­nam­ics, the mechan­ics of flight, and the con­struc­tion of…

    • Dream Life and Real Life

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      by Olive Schreiner — Dream Life and Real Life by Olive Schrein­er is a thought-pro­vok­ing and intro­spec­tive nov­el that delves into the com­plex­i­ties of the human expe­ri­ence, blend­ing themes of real­i­ty, dreams, and self-reflec­tion. In this work, Schrein­er explores the inter­nal con­flict between the con­scious, every­day world and the deep­er, often more vivid realm of dreams, rais­ing ques­tions about the nature of per­son­al iden­ti­ty, free­dom, and ful­fill­ment. The…

    • Lazarillo of Tormes

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      by Unknown — Lazaril­lo de Tormes is a clas­sic of Span­ish lit­er­a­ture and an insight­ful social cri­tique, mak­ing it a must-read for any­one inter­est­ed in explor­ing the inter­sec­tion of satire, pover­ty, and human nature. This anony­mous picaresque nov­el fol­lows the life of its tit­u­lar char­ac­ter, Lazaril­lo, a poor boy who must nav­i­gate a world of decep­tion and exploita­tion in 16th-cen­tu­ry Spain. As Lazaril­lo serves var­i­ous masters—from a…

    • For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus

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      by Father Michael G. Koran — For Greater Things: The Sto­ry of Saint Stanis­laus is a com­pelling and deeply inspir­ing account of the life of Saint Stanis­laus of Szczepanów, a 11th-cen­tu­ry bish­op and mar­tyr whose unwa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to truth and jus­tice made him a revered fig­ure in the Catholic Church. This book offers a detailed por­tray­al of his strug­gles against cor­rup­tion, his bold defense of the faith, and his ulti­mate…

    • Derrick Vaughan, Novelist

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      by Edna Lyall — Der­rick Vaugh­an, Nov­el­ist by Edna Lyall is an engag­ing and thought­ful explo­ration of the strug­gles and com­plex­i­ties faced by a writer try­ing to bal­ance per­son­al ambi­tion with social expec­ta­tions. The nov­el cen­ters around Der­rick Vaugh­an, a young and ide­al­is­tic nov­el­ist, who finds him­self caught between the pres­sures of suc­cess, the demands of the lit­er­ary world, and his search for authen­tic­i­ty in his writ­ing. Lyall…

    • Agnes Grey

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      by Anne Brontë — Agnes Grey by Anne Bron­të is a deeply mov­ing and insight­ful nov­el that offers a win­dow into the life of a gov­erness in 19th-cen­tu­ry Eng­land, mak­ing it a must-read for those inter­est­ed in social issues, per­son­al growth, and the role of women dur­ing the Vic­to­ri­an era. The sto­ry fol­lows the tit­u­lar char­ac­ter, Agnes Grey, as she nav­i­gates the chal­lenges of work­ing in the homes…

    • The Devil’s Dictionary

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      by Ambrose Bierce — The Dev­il’s Dic­tio­nary by Ambrose Bierce is a bril­liant and satir­i­cal work that offers a sharp, dark­ly humor­ous com­men­tary on human nature, soci­ety, and the absur­di­ties of life. This col­lec­tion of wit­ty, cyn­i­cal def­i­n­i­tions reimag­ines words with a bit­ing, often iron­ic twist, reveal­ing Bierce’s dis­dain for hypocrisy, pol­i­tics, and con­ven­tion­al moral­i­ty. If you enjoy clever word­play, dark humor, and a satir­i­cal cri­tique of human…

    • Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive

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      by Victor Appleton — Tom Swift and His Elec­tric Loco­mo­tive (1910) is an excit­ing entry in the Tom Swift series, offer­ing a thrilling blend of adven­ture, inno­va­tion, and sci­en­tif­ic explo­ration. If you enjoy sto­ries of young inven­tors tack­ling chal­lenges with inge­nu­ity and deter­mi­na­tion, this book is a fan­tas­tic choice. The nov­el fol­lows Tom Swift, a bril­liant and resource­ful teenag­er, as he designs and tests a cut­ting-edge elec­tric loco­mo­tive,…

    • A Strange Disappearance

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      by Anna Katharine Green — A Strange Dis­ap­pear­ance by Anna Katharine Green is a cap­ti­vat­ing mys­tery nov­el that will appeal to fans of clas­sic detec­tive fic­tion and those who enjoy intri­cate plots with sur­pris­ing twists. Known as one of the pio­neers of the mod­ern detec­tive genre, Green’s sto­ry­telling is sharp, atmos­pher­ic, and full of sus­pense. The nov­el revolves around a mys­te­ri­ous case of a young woman who dis­ap­pears with­out…
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