Anthologies
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Stories by Foreign Authors - German Authors Volume 1
A collection of short stories, originally written in German, but here translated into English. The stories take us to Egypt and the shadow of Vesuvius, as well as the German homeland. We look into the world of books...
5 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
610
John Tulloch - Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 1
This work addresses the birth and development of a rationalist stream in the Christianity of England in the seventeenth century. In this volume, Tulloch focuses on five latitudinarian churchmen, examining their lives...
11 hours 34 minutes
Science
580
Sir Francis Galton - Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development
Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. In this book, many different faculties, both observable and measurable are...
9 hours 29 minutes
Crafts & Hobbies
547
Thomas Barlow Wood - Story of a Loaf of Bread
According to the author in the preface, he has «ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, milling and baking, subjects on which everyone has his own opinion.» The earlier...
3 hours 28 minutes
Family
496
Laura Lee Hope - Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm
«Bunny! Bunny Brown! Where are you?» Bunny's mother stood on the front porch, looking first in the yard, then up and down the street in front of the house. But she did not see her little boy. «Sue! Sue, dear! Where...
4 hours 20 minutes
Published before 1800
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Frances Milton Trollope - Barnaby's in America: Final sequel to The Widow Barnaby
I scruple not to confess that with all her faults, and she has some, I love her dearly: I owe her many mirthful moments, and the deeper pleasure still of believing that she has brought mirthful moments to others also....
15 hours 49 minutes