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Fantasy Fiction

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Lord Dunsany - Book of Wonder (version 2)

The Book of Wonder (1912) is an amazing collection of fourteen tales by one of the pioneers and masters of the fantasy genre Lord Dunsany. Strangeness and humor abound in these delightful stories that were influential...

Sandra Cullum 2 hours 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

778

H. Rider Haggard - Queen Sheba's Ring

A famed archeologist, an aging doctor, and a young army engineer set out across the African desert on a great adventure. Professor Higgs is in search of new archeological discoveries, Dr. Adams seeks to rescue his...

Anfinwen and 4 more 10 hours 15 minutes

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Political Science

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Constantine Panunzio - Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

«The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be unlawfully in the country... Its purpose is to call public attention to practices...

Sue Anderson 3 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Constantine Panunzio - Soul of an Immigrant

Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailor, landing in Boston in 1902. His trials finding work, learning English, and...

Sue Anderson 8 hours 47 minutes

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War & Military Fiction

805

E. M. Delafield - War Workers

This is an early work by the author of «Diary Of A Provincial Lady». During the first world war, in the Midlands, there was a place where soldiers received sandwiches and a bit of comfort. It is run by Miss Vivian, an...

Denise Nordell and 1 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death

Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Franz von Dingelstedt - John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death

This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join him in Mayence, where he lives in poverty. We get to know his enemies and his...

Claudia Salto 2 hours 37 minutes

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Science Fiction

960

Cyrano de Bergerac - Voyage to the Moon

This is an edition by Professor Curtis Page of the Lovell translation of a seminal work of science fiction by Cyrano de Bergerac. Arguably a whimsical forerunner to the adventure stories of Jules Verne, and the French...

Peter Tucker 3 hours 48 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

699

John D MacDonald - Bullet for Cinderella

HER VENEER WAS BIG CITY… But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like...

Winston Tharp 5 hours 40 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

881

Carey Rockwell - Sabotage in Space

This book is part of the on-going adventures of Tom Corbett in the Space Cadet Stories. Tom, Astro and Roger are determined to find the saboteurs but get framed in the process, risking court martial and expulsion from...

KirksVoice 4 hours 57 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Henry Salt - Logic of Vegetarianism

With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his arguments for not eating meat are as compelling today as when they were...

Lee Smalley 4 hours 3 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Anna Matlack Richards - New Alice in the Old Wonderland

In this unofficial sequel to Alice in Wonderland, a different Alice, a young American girl named Alice Lee (a huge fan of the original book), stumbles upon a magical door that leads to Wonderland. There, she meets...

CJ Plogue 4 hours 10 minutes

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Grimm's Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Grimm's Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words

The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a second language. Some you will know and love, others you may never have heard of...

Doug Fajardo and 9 more 2 hours 58 minutes

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