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Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Luke Vol. 1

Christianity - Commentary

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J. C. Ryle - Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Luke Vol. 1

“Expository Thoughts” divides the Gospels into sections of about twelve verses each, from which J. C. Ryle selects two or three prominent points to dwell on and bring to the reader’s attention. In Ryle’s day, there...

MaryAnn 15 hours 43 minutes Expository Thoughts on the Gospel

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Bret Harte - Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories

A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. (Summary by Nick Bulka)

Nick Bulka 4 hours 48 minutes

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Romance

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Oliver Goldsmith - Good-Natured Man

By the playwright of the more popular She Stoops to Conquer, The Good-Natured Man is the comedic story of misguided philanthropy, mistaken identity, and secret romance. Will Honeywell, The Good-Natured Man, see...

2 hours 28 minutes

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Poetry

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Valmiki - Ramayan, Book 6

The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being...

om123 7 hours 45 minutes Ramayan (Ramayana)

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Biography & Autobiography

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Athanasius of Alexandria - Life of Anthony

Anthony (251-356CE) lived in Egypt, and became one of the fathers of Christian desert monasticism. When he was about 18 years old, and having inherited a large fortune, he heard a sermon about Jesus challenging the...

Matthew James Gray 2 hours 35 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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B. L. Farjeon - House of the White Shadows

Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charges against him after the trial has already commenced? And if friends hold a...

Roger Melin 16 hours 47 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Euripides - Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia in Aulis is the last extant work of the playwright Euripides. The Greek fleet is waiting at Aulis, Boeotia, with its ships ready to sail for Troy, but it is unable to depart due to a strange lack of wind....

1 hour 39 minutes

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Guide to Modern Cookery (Le Guide Culinaire) Part I: Fundamental Elements

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Auguste Escoffier - Guide to Modern Cookery (Le Guide Culinaire) Part I: Fundamental Elements

Le Guide Culinaire can be regarded as the ‘Bible’ of modern cooking. It was Escoffier's attempt to codify and streamline the French restaurant food of the day. The original text was printed for the use of...

Marian Cervassi and 6 more 7 hours 10 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Rudyard Kipling - Abaft The Funnel

«Men in pajamas sitting abaft the funnel and swapping lies of the purple seas.» Thirty one early short stories by the master story teller Kipling. (Summary by David Wales and title page)

David Wales 6 hours 51 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Clara Dillingham Pierson - Among the Pond People

Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the «Among the People» series explores the animal inhabitants of a pond. The beautiful writing brings the pond...

Jill Engle and 8 more 3 hours 20 minutes Among the People Series

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Romance

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Myrtle Reed - Shadow of Victory

This is another work by the author Myrtle Reed who is also the author of «The Spinster Book» and «Old Rose and Silver» and was a best-seller during 1903. (Summary by sidhu177)

Lynne T and 6 more 8 hours 1 minute

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Just Sweethearts; A Christmas Love Story

Romance

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Harry Stillwell Edwards - Just Sweethearts; A Christmas Love Story

“Clearly he was one of those rare beings who can radiate energy standing still and convey the impression of impetuous force without motion, a trick of the eyes, a refusal to sag…. King saw her first as she started...

David Wales 1 hour 40 minutes

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