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Mildred Duff - Bible in Its Making

One great universal law runs through the realm of nature. Our Saviour gave it in a sentence: 'First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.' It is with the desire to show that the same law rules...

David Barnes and 9 more 2 hours 57 minutes

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536

John Munro - Story of Electricity

In the book's preface, the author writes: «Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service were suddenly to cease, and he cannot fail to appreciate the claims of...

Ruth Golding 6 hours 27 minutes

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Hilaire Belloc - French Revolution

“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both cannot be right. Reasoning men have also protested, and justly, against the...

Ray Clare 6 hours 59 minutes

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Ellen G. White - Steps to Christ

Ellen Gould White (1827 — 1915) was a prolific Christian writer, authoring 40 books in her lifetime. She was active in the Millerite movement, and was one of the principle founders of the Seventh Day Adventist...

Donald Hines 3 hours 5 minutes

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General

561

Charles Morris - Historical Tales, Vol II: American II

Volume II of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This second volume supplements the first with additional stories of the discovery, colonization,...

Kalynda 8 hours 22 minutes Historical Tales

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History

570

William Bradford - Bradford's History of the Plymouth Settlement, 1608-1650

The journal of William Bradford, who served five terms as governor of the Plymouth colony, is an indispensable document of the events of early American history. His eyewitness account includes the stories of the...

David Leeson 11 hours 15 minutes

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History

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Hilaire Belloc - Europe and the Faith

The Catholic brings to history (when I say «history» in these pages I mean the history of Christendom) self-knowledge. As a man in the confessional accuses himself of what he knows to be true and what other people...

Ray Clare 8 hours 11 minutes

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Joseph Munk - Arizona Sketches

An introduction to Arizona from approximately a century ago. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times 4 hours 10 minutes

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Charles Alexander Eastman - Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men will live in...

Laura Caldwell 4 hours 8 minutes

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Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

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Mary White Rowlandson - Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives...

Matthew Scott Surprenant 1 hour 52 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

608

Captain Charles Johnson - General History of the Pyrates

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. It's author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a...

Barry Eads and 10 more 12 hours 47 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

514

Ruth Edna Kelley - Book of Hallowe'en

This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,—such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is...

Sibella Denton 2 hours 45 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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