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Samuel G Goodrich - Life of Benjamin Franklin

This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period....

maryagneskatherine and 10 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Peter Hempson Ditchfield - Books Fatal to Their Authors

This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why...

Anna Simon and 6 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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William Still - Underground Railroad, Part 3

«Never before has the working of the Underground Railroad been so thoroughly explained. Here we have in complete detail the various methods adopted for circumventing the enemies of freedom, and told, as it is, with...

Lynne T and 9 more 8 hours 33 minutes The Underground Railroad by William Still

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Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

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David Brewster - Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revolution during the early modern period. This book throws light upon their...

bala 5 hours 14 minutes

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Autobiography of Goethe Volume 1

This Autobiography of Goethe has a lengthy introduction and short biography of Goethe's life by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) and was translated by John Oxenford (1812-1877) in 1848, which was a year of revolutions in...

Barbara Baker and 4 more 19 hours 12 minutes

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Reuben Gold Thwaites - Daniel Boone (Thwaites)

Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us...

William Tomcho 4 hours 31 minutes

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DeWitt C. Peters - Life and Adventures of Kit Carson

Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide — an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of...

Lynne T and 10 more 15 hours 39 minutes

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Emmeline Pankhurst - My Own Story

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. She was widely criticized for her militant tactics, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving...

Petra and 1 more 8 hours 8 minutes

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William Still - Underground Railroad, Part 2

«This is one of the most remarkable volumes of the century. Its publication has only been made possible by a combination of circumstances which seldom attend the birth of a book. Before emancipation, and while the...

Maria Kasper and 6 more 9 hours 7 minutes The Underground Railroad by William Still

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Edward Weitzel - Intimate Talks with Movie Stars

A collection of interviews originally published in Moving Picture World that aims to give the movie-mad public «intimate pen pictures of the stars of the screen.» Weitzel interviews some of the most renowned film...

Greg Giordano and 6 more 2 hours 42 minutes

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William Still - Underground Railroad, Part 1

”It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still. «Dear Sir:—For most of the years I have lived, the escape of fugitives from slavery, and...

MaryAnn and 8 more 6 hours 44 minutes The Underground Railroad by William Still

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James Boswell - Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV

This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this biography being originally published by James Boswell, and then edited...

Barbara Baker and 12 more 24 hours 58 minutes The Life of Samuel Johnson

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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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