Business & Economics
Triumphant Democracy
Subtitled "Fifty Years' March of the Republic," this is steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie's love letter to America, first published in …
Making Home Profitable
A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…
The American Bee Journal
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
A Battle of the Books
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publis…
The Trial of a New Society
In 1912 textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, mostly immigrants, went on strike in response to a pay cut, speedups, and unsafe working…
The History of the Fabian Society
"The History of the Fabian Society" describes the growth of Socialist theory in England, and the influence of Socialism on the pol…
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…
Tea
Utility, not originality, has been aimed at in the compilation of this work. The obstacles and difficulties its author had met with in his e…
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
Here is the final report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission into the causes of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Two thoroug…
Psychology of the Stock Market
Written in 1912 (before the 1929 crash and way before electronic trading), economist G. C. Selden explores the psychology behind stock marke…
The American Bee Journal
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…
The American Bee Journal
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and s…
When Railroads Were New
This history of American railroads originated as a series of articles in Railroad Man's Magazine before being compiled into a book in 1909. …
Gloves Past and Present
From the preface: "For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one o…
The Great Lakes and the Vessels That Plough Them
The author sets forth the facts of the Great Lakes' largest fleet of freighters in the world, explaining what an enormous role Great Lakes c…
The Seven Stairs
An Autobiography of Stuart Brent, who in 1946 followed his bliss and opened an independent bookstore in Chicago, which became very popular a…
The American Bee Journal
The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…
Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce
"There are few in this room who have not attended [Gilbart's] excellent lectures on 'Ancient Commerce.' I feel what a train of agreeabl…