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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Greece

Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. (Summary by Laura...

Ed Meade and 9 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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War & Military Fiction

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Stephen King-Hall - Diary of a U-boat Commander

Captain Karl von Schenk of the Kaiser's Navy is a stereotypical German nobleman — supremely self-confident, touchy about the divisions of class and any infringement on his place. He thinks he is handsome, has a...

Mark F. Smith 5 hours 22 minutes

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General Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit

Born in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her entire heart in caring for her dear father, until one day her humble path is...

Ellis Christoff 36 hours 10 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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George Bird Grinnell - Blackfeet Indian Stories

The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, and lived in tents covered by hides. Dogs, their only tame animals, were...

Sibella Denton and 6 more 4 hours 2 minutes

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Frank R. Stockton - Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rolicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of the United States. The stories don't cast pirates in the glowing light of...

Sibella Denton and 8 more 7 hours 25 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Arthur B. Reeve - Film Mystery

The Film Mystery is one of eighteen detective novels by Arthur B. Reeve starring his best known character Professor Craig Kennedy and his trusty sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. The pair bears an...

Sibella Denton and 12 more 8 hours 28 minutes

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Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)

Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time...

John Greenman 11 hours 49 minutes

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Modern

884

John Stuart Mill - Subjection of Women

The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill in 1869, possibly jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, stating an argument in favor of equality between the sexes. It offers both...

Andy and 8 more 4 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

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Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its...

Kristine Bekere and 10 more 32 hours 42 minutes

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Middle Ages/Middle History

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Popular History of Ireland, Book 03

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; book 3 begins with the fortune of the family of Brian Boru...

Sibella Denton and 2 more 1 hour 45 minutes Popular History of Ireland - books 1-12

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General Fiction

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Cranford

Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The...

Sibella Denton 6 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

840

Jane Austen - Emma (version 2)

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1816, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as «handsome, clever, and rich» but is...

Sibella Denton 14 hours 3 minutes

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