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Business & Economics

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Stuart Chase - Challenge of Waste

«The Challenge of Waste» examines the wasteful nature of the competitive market system, particularly from a Veblenian point of view. He also praises World War I era planning by the Fuel Administration and other...

progressingamerica 1 hour 9 minutes

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King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 3)

The Book of Job, memorably conceived of by C G Jung as the story of one man's struggle to make conscious the undifferentiated contents of the unconscious, is in its own terms an intensive study of the age old problem...

Tony Addison 2 hours 7 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Epistolary Fiction

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Étienne Pivert de Senancour - Obermann

This is a 1903 translation of Étienne Pivert de Senancour's immensely influential work Obermann. Although it was almost completely ignored by the reading public when it was first published during the period of...

Jim Locke and 1 more 17 hours 35 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Richard Middleton - Monologues

This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his ghost stories, he was also an accomplished poet and essayist. The musings...

Scotty Smith and 12 more 5 hours 21 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Barry Pain - Octave of Claudius

One night, Dr. Gabriel Lamb saves the life of Claudius Sandell. He takes him home and treats him excellently, nursing him back to health. However, Dr. Lamb's motives were really not quite altruistic, and Claudius may...

Aaron Rivera and 4 more 6 hours 5 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Bella Duffy - Madame de Staël

Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was the daughter of the Swiss banker and statesman, Jacques Necker. Her mother hosted a popular Paris salon where intellectuals gathered, many of whom contributed to the education...

Pamela Nagami 6 hours 19 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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James Lane Allen - Sister Dolorosa

A Carmelite convent in Kentucky in the nineteenth century. A beautiful immature nun. A handsome immature visitor. A chance meeting. Whither? One might want to compare this story (1890) with an earlier one with a...

David Wales 3 hours 22 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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W. Somerset Maugham - Trembling of a Leaf

A collection of short stories on the South Sea Islands, among which are the famous «Red,» «Rain,» and «The Fall of Edward Barnard,» the last of which contains the basic story of what came to be one of the most...

OCTL7 7 hours 43 minutes

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Plays

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Amice MacDonell - Enterprise of the ''Mayflower''

«Welcome to all! We show the story of how, nearly three hundred years ago, when this country was not so happy as it is now, some people driven by persecution out of England went on a long and dangerous voyage in a...

MaryAnn 1 hour 4 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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James Lane Allen - White Cowl

A Trappist monastery in nineteenth century Kentucky. A young monk. A young woman in distress. Whither? One might want to compare this story (1888) with a later story (1890) with a similar theme, more fully developed,...

David Wales 1 hour 10 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Annie Fellows Johnston - Miss Santa Claus of the Pullman

We all know that Santa Claus has a large family in which to help him in the delivery of presents, peace, and good cheer. So what would you do if you were Miss Santa Claus and met two children on Christmas Eve...

Linette 3 hours

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Chemistry

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John Mastin - Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones

This is a good basic introduction to gemstones and their analysis. Admittedly a lot of the scientific tests have been superseded, but the basic properties never change. The first part of the book concentrates on...

Kevin Green 2 hours 58 minutes

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