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Early Modern

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Francis Parkman, Jr. - Half Century of Conflict

Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. Parkman has been hailed as one of...

Richard Carpenter and 5 more 17 hours 3 minutes Parkman - France and England in North America

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Short Stories

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Coffee Break Collection 009 - Autumn

This is the ninth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 1 hour 39 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Cascade Mountains

Travel & Geography

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Mary Roberts Rinehart - Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Cascade Mountains

This is the second of two travelogues published by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Both deal with Glacier National Park, and this book also deals with the Cascade Mountains (The other is entitled Through Glacier...

David Wales 3 hours 46 minutes

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Religion

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Annie Besant - My Path to Atheism

My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open free-thinking of societies, especially for women at that time. It needed a...

Kevin Green 11 hours 13 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Thornton W. Burgess - Adventures of Prickly Porky

A stranger from the North Woods has just arrived in the Green Forest causing a great stir among the woodland creatures who live there. They quickly discover that this odd fellow with the barbed spikes in his fur is...

Diana Majlinger and 6 more 1 hour 45 minutes

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Captain of the Polestar, and other tales

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Captain of the Polestar, and other tales

This is a collection of early Sir Arthur Conan Doyle short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 24 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Sanctuary (version 2)

Edith Wharton's early novella focuses on Kate Orme, who begins the story happily in love with her fiance, only to discover that he hides a terrible secret. — Summary by Elizabeth Klett

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 51 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Sundials and the Statue of Liberty. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Craig Campbell and 11 more 7 hours 32 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Max Brand - Bull Hunter

Bull Hunter was a man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner. But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his...

Richard Kilmer 5 hours 42 minutes

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What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know

Family & Relationships

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John Dutton Wright - What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know

Wright, a pioneer in the education of the deaf, was a strong advocate for acoustic and auricular training. In this little book, he tries to advise the parents of deaf children and reassure them that there can be a...

Rapunzelina 1 hour 44 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Hugh Lofting - Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 3)

After his parrot Polynesia teaches him to speak animal languages, Doctor Dolittle decides to abandon his human practice, and become an animal doctor. — Summary by Karen Savage

Karen Savage 2 hours 24 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)

In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and swears off drink, until his wife and daughter return eighteen years later,...

Alisson Veldhuis 11 hours 29 minutes

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