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Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Bibles

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Thomas Jefferson - Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, was a book constructed by Thomas Jefferson in the later years of his life by cutting and pasting with a razor and glue numerous...

Nick Bulka and 3 more 3 hours 8 minutes

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Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

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Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part...

Juliana and 3 more 7 hours Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great

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Leon Ray Livingston - Trail of the Tramp

This book, written by the famous hobo and author, Leon Ray Livingston aka A-No. 1, is built on his own experiences on the road. The first chapter of the book sets up a framing narrative, where Canada Joe promises to...

Kristin Lewis and 3 more 4 hours 4 minutes

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Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup

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John Kendrick Bangs - Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup

Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. «I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the...

Tom Penn and 7 more 2 hours 31 minutes

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley - Women of Achievement

This volume, published in 1919 by the American Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, opens with an introduction spelling out the important work done by African American women. It speaks both to the «invisible work» of...

BettyB and 1 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Plays

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Alexandre Dumas - Paul Jones

Dumas's play talks of American Naval Hero John Paul Jones's romantic entanglements and affairs of honor ashore in France. He later converted it to a novel. — Summary by ToddHW Cast list: The Marquis D'Auray:...

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)

This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to his destruction. He was accused of witchcraft after a series of accusations...

John Van Stan 3 hours 22 minutes

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War & Military

455

Agnes Mary Frances Robinson - Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre

Margaret of Angoulême, Queen of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre), (1492-1549), was the sister of Francis I, King of France. She was highly-educated and was courted by the future Henry VIII of England. However, at the...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 37 minutes

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Jacob Abbott - King Alfred of England

The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of «The Great.» King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions and ushered in an era of learning and progress for the British Isles. Summary by Ryan...

Ryan Cherrick 5 hours 1 minute

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Family Life

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Palmetto Leaves

After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they lived during the winter months. Over the years they expanded their cottage...

Michele Fry and 8 more 5 hours 18 minutes

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 5)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 5...

Jim Locke and 5 more 13 hours 12 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Albert Keim - Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) famously said, «In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.» Pasteur brought to the study of chemistry, microbiology, and applied immunology, a mind open, innovative,...

Pamela Nagami 4 hours 22 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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