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General

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Unknown - Ontario Public School Geography

This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politically incorrect in some of its descriptions by modern day standards. (Summary...

David Lawrence and 16 more 12 hours 58 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Unknown - String of Pearls

The tale of Sweeney Todd has had many incarnations, most famously the stage and movie musical by Stephen Sondheim. But it all started in 1846 with a serialized telling of the story titled “The String of Pearls” in...

musil and 13 more 11 hours 41 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Unknown - String of Pearls (dramatic reading)

Todd is a barber who murders his customers and turns their remains into meat pies, sold at the pie shop of his partner in crime: Mrs. Lovett; Todd's barber shop is situated in Fleet Street, London, next to St....

11 hours 11 minutes

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Family Life

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Unknown - Mabel Ross, the Sewing Girl

Orphaned Mabel struggles to raise her sisters by working as a sewing girl for long hours and low wages. She meets her challenges with a calm steady faith while her younger sister chafes against the injustice of their...

Jennifer Fournier 8 hours 56 minutes

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Law

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Unknown - Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland from the early nineteenth century until 1922. About seventy-five percent of...

David Wales 7 hours 41 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Unknown - Fall of the Nibelungs

«The Fall of the Nibelungs» is Margaret Armour's plain prose translation from the middle high German of the «Nibelungenlied», a poetic saga of uncertain authorship written about the year 1200. The story is believed by...

Michael Wolf and 1 more 7 hours 41 minutes

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Ancient

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Unknown - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, «Upa» means «near;» «ni» means «down;» «shad» means «to sit.» Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some...

Jothi Tharavant 4 hours 50 minutes Upanishads

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Unknown - Santa Claus Story Book

This is a collection of fairy tales. The first story is a Christmas story in verse, and of course the Christmas holidays are the best time for fairy tales, but the other stories in this volume are fairy tales that can...

BettyB and 7 more 4 hours 41 minutes

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Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches

Technology & Engineering

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Unknown - Invention And Discovery: Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches

«In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives and labours of inventors and explorers, not of our own country alone, but of others,...

David Wales 4 hours 37 minutes

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Religion

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Unknown - Book of Enoch

The Book of Enoch, is an ancient, non-canonical Jewish work. Estimates vary on the actual dates of authorship. However, Enoch was alive during the Antediluvian period as recorded in the Hebrew Bible. Fragments of the...

CJ Plogue 4 hours 28 minutes

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Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa

*Non-fiction

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Unknown - Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa

Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble...

Ann Boulais 4 hours 2 minutes

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Ancient

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Unknown - Chandogya Upanishad

The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, «Upa» means «near;» «ni» means «down;» «shad» means «to sit.» Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some...

Jothi Tharavant 4 hours 2 minutes Upanishads

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