title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The True Life of Betty Ireland
With Her Birth, Education, and Adventures. Together with Some Account of Her Elder Sister Blanch of Britain. Containing Sundry Very Curious Particulars | Anonymous | en | | | | | 2007-11-09 |
The New York and Albany Post Road
From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against
Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry
Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred
and Five | Hine, C. G. (Charles Gilbert), 1859-1931 | en | | | | Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Description and travel; Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History | 2007-12-14 |
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. | Anonymous | en | | Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes -- An Occurrence at sea -- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba -- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it -- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel -- Loss of the Peggy -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield -- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer -- Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte -- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean -- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank -- Loss of the Royal George -- Loss of the Æneas, transport -- The Absent Ship -- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman -- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen -- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship -- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea -- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice -- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen -- A Man Overboard -- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows -- Tom Cringle's Log -- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War -- Wreck of a Slave Ship -- The Wrecked Seamen -- Adventures of Philip Ashton -- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion -- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune -- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman -- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey -- Early American Heroism -- Fingal's Cave -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies -- Preservation of Nine Seamen -- Capt. Ross's Expedition -- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships -- Wreck of the Ship Sidney -- Loss of the Duke William, transport -- Commodore Barney -- Naval Battles of the United States -- Address to the Ocean. | | Shipwrecks; Mutiny; Pirates; Seafaring life | 2008-07-06 |
Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky
Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 | Green, Jacob D. | en | | | | | 2005-02-21 |
Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies)
A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies | Howie, John, 1735-1793 | en | | | | Church of Scotland -- Biography; Scotland -- Biography | 2009-03-07 |
The Rose of Paradise
Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened
to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous
pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island
of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and
now | Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 | en | | | | | 2010-03-17 |
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries
And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 | Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 | en | | | | | 2001-02-01 |
The Book-Bills of Narcissus
An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne | Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947 | en | | | | | 2004-01-01 |
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1
With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The
Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some
Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From
The Mss. | Collins, David, 1754-1810 | en | | | | | 2004-06-01 |
Vegetable Teratology
An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants | Masters, Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden), 1833-1907 | en | | | | | 2007-11-06 |
Jerry's Charge Account | Wilson, Hazel Hutchins, 1898-1992 | en | | | Geer, Charles [Illustrator] | | 2008-11-26 |
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson
and Norfolk Island (1789) | Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814 | en | | | | | 2005-02-18 |
Our Common Insects
A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests,
Gardens and Houses | Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905 | en | | | | | 2008-01-23 |
Across Mongolian Plains
A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' | Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 | en | | | | Mongolia -- Description and travel; Zoology -- Mongolia; Hunting -- Mongolia | 2009-06-03 |
Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean
From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed
For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People | Park, Marmaduke | en | | | | | 2004-10-06 |
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting | Anonymous | en | | | | | 2006-04-28 |
The Johnstown Horror!!!
or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account
of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin | Walker, James Herbert | en | | | | | 2008-12-31 |
Gipsy Life
being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement | Smith, George, 1831-1895 | en | | | | | 2009-04-09 |
Psychic Phenomena
A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed
in Psychical Research | Bennett, Edward T. | en | | | | | 2010-02-27 |
In the Forbidden Land
An account of a journey in Tibet, capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release | Landor, Arnold Henry Savage, 1865-1924 | en | | | | | 2007-08-01 |
Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury
with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire | Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph), 1860- | en | | | | Tewkesbury Abbey; Deerhurst (England). Priory church | 2007-08-07 |
Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II
With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions
on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects | Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875 | en | | | | Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century; Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | 2006-02-24 |
The Forest of Dean
An Historical and Descriptive Account | Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George), 1825-1867 | en | | | | Technology, History of; Archaeology; England -- History; England -- Description and travel; Dean, Forest of (England : Forest) | 2008-02-03 |
Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives
with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the
United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity | Haensel, Johann Gottfried | en | | | Latrobe, Christian Ignatius, 1758-1836 [Editor] | Moravian Church -- Missions; Nicobar Islands (India) -- Description and travel; Missions -- India -- Nicobar Islands | 2008-10-05 |
The Bacillus of Long Life
a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary
purposes, together with and historical account of the use
of fermente | Douglas, Loudon | en | | | | | 2010-03-18 |