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Unknown - Beowulf (Hall translation)

The most famous piece of Old English literature, Beowulf was written by an unknown poet at least 1000 years ago and tells how the eponymous hero who is a great warrior defeats the monster Grendel and his mother. He...

clarinetcarrot 3 hours 23 minutes

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Epics

504

Unknown - Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ

This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translation.The Sanskrit original is written in the Anushtubh metre. It has been cast...

Jothi Tharavant 3 hours 16 minutes

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Children's Fiction

571

Unknown - Folklore of the Santal Parganas, Vol. 1

This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its preface implies, this collection is intended to give an unadulterated view of a...

Maria Celano and 18 more 3 hours 6 minutes

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Ancient

473

Unknown - Aitreya-Aranyaka 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 3 hours 4 minutes Upanishads

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Action & Adventure Fiction

534

Unknown - Beowulf

Beowulf. [Translated by Francis Barton Gummere].This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who...

Kara Shallenberg and 6 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Unknown - On the Sublime

This is a classical text on aesthetics and proper style in writing and rhetoric, including commentary on various ancient Greek works such as those of Plato, Homer, and Demosthenes. Authorship of this treatise is...

Amelia Chesley 2 hours 55 minutes

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Philosophy

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Unknown - Bhagavad Gita

The content of the text is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna taking place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra just prior to the start of a climactic war. Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma,...

Chris Masterson and 8 more 2 hours 55 minutes

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Unknown - Beowulf (version 2)

Beowulf was composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. Francis Barton Gummere translates this beautiful poem. Beowulf is an epic poem. The main character, Beowulf, proves himself a hero as he battles against...

Tad E. 2 hours 46 minutes

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*Non-fiction

501

Unknown - 365 Foreign Dishes

Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, from Austria to Egypt, a wide variety of mouth-watering cuisines are...

Lucy Perry and 1 more 2 hours 41 minutes

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Other religions

475

Unknown - Dhammapada (Version 2)

— A Collection of Verses Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists Dhammapada means «The path of Dharma.» The Pali word Dhamma corresponds to the Sankrit word Dharma. It is a collection of the teachings of...

Jothi Tharavant 2 hours 23 minutes

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Poetry

543

Unknown - Something New for my Little Friends

This is a collection of stories in verse for children. Published in 1866 by an author only known by the initials F.F., these poems teach children the virtues, their duties, and what happens to ill-behaving little boys...

Nan Dodge and 7 more 2 hours 18 minutes

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Short Stories and Poems for Children, Original and Select

Poetry

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Unknown - Short Stories and Poems for Children, Original and Select

A collection of short stories and poems for children, filled with sweet but simple life lessons. — Summary by Campbell Schelp

Campbell Schelp 2 hours 11 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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