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Bertrand Russell - Proposed Roads to Freedom

Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872 – 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, political activist and Nobel laureate. He led the British «revolt against idealism» in the early 1900s and is...

Todd Garrison and 4 more 5 hours 51 minutes

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Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations, Book 5

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of...

Stephen Escalera 10 hours 51 minutes The Wealth of Nations

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Anonymous - Sketches Of The Fair Sex

Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and disguise of dress....

Colman Shew and 14 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Leo Tolstoy - Slavery of Our Times

This little book shows, in a short, clear, and systematic manner, how the principle of Non-Resistance, about which Tolstoy has written so much, is related to economic and political life. (Summary by Aylmer Maude,...

Luke Meier and 7 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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Charles E. Jefferson - Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers

Charles Edward Jefferson was pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York for 33 years. In Quiet Hints, published in 1901, he provided guidance to young preachers on what we would today call ministerial...

MaryAnn 3 hours 30 minutes

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Third Class in Indian Railways

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil...

Graeme Dunlop and 2 more 1 hour 11 minutes

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James C. Philip - Romance of Modern Chemistry

A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Imperial College of Science and Technology, Kensington,...

J. M. Smallheer 8 hours 42 minutes

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Helen Keller - Story of My Life (Version 2)

An autobiography of Helen Keller published when the author was still in her early 20's. The narrative reveals how her mind developed and matured until she began her studies at Radcliffe College (Summary by George...

George Cooney 4 hours

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William Dean Howells - Little Swiss Sojourn

A charming brief account of a two months' autumnal stay on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Howells, who was there with his family traveling from England to Italy, has a sharp eye not only for scenery and...

Nicholas Clifford 1 hour 38 minutes

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William James - Pragmatism

'Pragmatism' contains a series of public lectures held by William James in Boston 1906–7. James provides a popularizing outline of his view of philosophical pragmatism while making highly rhetorical and entertaining...

Fredrik Karlsson 6 hours 32 minutes

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W. Somerset Maugham - On a Chinese Screen

This is a non-fiction collection of Maugham's observations of life in Asia in the early 20th Century. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times and 7 more 5 hours 8 minutes

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Bahá'u'lláh - Persian Hidden Words

Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (کلمات مکنونه) or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. This work is written partly in Arabic and partly in Persian. The Hidden...

Nicholas James Bridgewater 59 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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