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Education

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Maria Montessori - Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

This is the authoritative book written by Montessori to describe her methods. It gives an overview of the Montessori Method as developed for 3 to 6 year olds. It is a short work, intended as a manual for teachers and...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 43 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mark Twain - What is Man? and Other Essays

«What Is Man?», published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man...

John Greenman 10 hours 37 minutes

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General Fiction

801

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Twice Told Tales

Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first was published in the spring of 1837, and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and...

Bob Neufeld 16 hours 59 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

753

Ludovico Ariosto - Orlando Furioso

Charlemagne's nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica. Angelica's relationship with him and others loosely unifies multiple story lines to produce a rich tapestry of...

Thomas A. Copeland 28 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Mystery Of Cloomber

This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is...

Delmar H Dolbier 5 hours 20 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Eden Phillpotts - Flint Heart

The flint heart is a stone of heart shape, forged in prehistoric times, that changes whoever owns it into a wicked person. The story of the flint heart's ultimate defeat involves multiple trips into fairyland by...

David Wales 6 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

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Robert Grant - Unleavened Bread

A businessman's selfish wife forces her way into upper society. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Bellona Times and 1 more 11 hours 20 minutes

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Science Fiction

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H. G. Wells - In the Days of the Comet

William («Willie») is a student living in the British town of Clayton. As a Socialist, he tries to move power from the upper class to the working class. Interestingly, in a fictitious confrontation Britain declares...

Bigmouth and 5 more 9 hours 50 minutes

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General Fiction

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Daniel A. Lord - Clouds Cover the Campus

On an American college campus, in the early years of World War II, a professor from Germany is murdered and the plans for a new bomb sight he had invented are missing. Who murdered the professor and stole the plans?...

Maria Therese 4 hours 1 minute

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*Non-fiction

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Robert Hugh Benson - Friendship of Christ

Robert Hugh Benson, who was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, was ordained an Anglican priest in 1895 by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Eight years later, after weighty consideration,...

dave7 5 hours 31 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Pádraic Colum - King of Ireland's Son

The King of Ireland's Son is a children's novel published in Ireland in 1916 written by Padraic Colum, and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It is the story of the eldest of the King of Ireland's sons, and his adventures...

Don W. Jenkins 5 hours 56 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass gardening, military history, humor, climate...

Bob Neufeld and 6 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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