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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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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

557

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

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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

529

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

602

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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General

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E. Nesbit - Royal Children of English History

From the first chapter: «History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be...

Cori Samuel 1 hour 12 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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