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Detective Fiction

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Gaston Leroux - Mystery of the Yellow Room

This crime novel was possibly the first to involve a 'locked room mystery', in which an attempted murder takes place, but with no obvious way for the perpetrator to have escaped. The author, Gaston Leroux, is better...

Jc Guan and 10 more 8 hours 22 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Edward Everett Evans - Masters of Space

The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race who came now to take their place--could they hope to defeat the ancient Enemy of All? (Summary by...

R. J. Davis 6 hours 42 minutes

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Reference

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Hendrik van Loon - Story of Mankind

Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose...

Michelle Crandall and 1 more 13 hours 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 001

Librivox’s Children's Short Works Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Laurie Anne Walden and 4 more 1 hour 37 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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General

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James Baikie - Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt

Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascinating land so many years ago. It has stood well the test of time, being both...

Sibella Denton 2 hours 23 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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E. F. Benson - Miss Mapp

E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series, consists of six novels and three short stories. The novels are: Queen Lucia, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp (including the short story The Male Impersonator), Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's...

Kara Shallenberg and 7 more 8 hours 25 minutes

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Short Stories

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Selma Lagerlöf - Invisible Links

Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. Invisible Links...

Lars Rolander 8 hours 38 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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G. K. Chesterton - Appetite of Tyranny

“Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness. If I set a house on fire, it is quite true that I may illuminate many...

Ray Clare 2 hours 7 minutes

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Young's Literal Translation

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Young's Literal Translation - Bible (YLT) 18: Job

Young's Literal Translation is a translation of the Bible into English, published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young, compiler of Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible and Concise Critical...

Mark Penfold 1 hour 53 minutes Bible (Youngs Literal Translation)

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - At the Earth's Core

This is the first book in the Pellucidar series. Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially involve the adventures...

Great Plains and 2 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Ball and the Cross

The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a «mixture of fantasy, farce and theology.» Gardner continues: «Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired,...

Matthew C. Heckel and 1 more 8 hours 36 minutes

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Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation

Language learning

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Shaykh Hasan - Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation

“This volume is primarily intended to supply a working and practical knowledge of the Persian language, for the benefit of those who have not the time or the inclination to master the grammar, and yet require to use...

Nicholas James Bridgewater 8 hours 40 minutes

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