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Henry Edward Krehbiel - How to Listen to Music

This book is «not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art». It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues — and when to believe the critics. (Summary by Sarah...

Ruth Golding and 6 more 6 hours 47 minutes

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James Gibbons - Faith of Our Fathers

The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by archbishop James Gibbons, which became a best-selling conversion manual in...

AVG and 10 more 12 hours 48 minutes

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By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860

Travel & Geography

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Lavinia Honeyman Porter - By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860

Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never learned to cook); married to a professional man who knows “nothing of manual...

Sue Anderson 4 hours 52 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Through Russian Snows

There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the enormous loss of life entailed, appeal to the imagination in so great a degree...

Gary Olman 11 hours 42 minutes

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General Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Dawn of a To-morrow

A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city. He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day to purchase a hand gun he had seen in a pawnshop window. The morning...

Linda Andrus 2 hours 3 minutes

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General Fiction

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Zoe Anderson Norris - Way of the Wind

From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes, and endless wind were to greet them. Always, there was the wind cutting...

Roger Melin 4 hours 5 minutes

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General Fiction

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Heinrich von Kleist - Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation)

Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Both the theme (a fanatical quest for justice) and the style (existentialist detachment posing as a...

Greg W. 4 hours 8 minutes

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Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

Travel & Geography

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John William Norie - Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant vessels. The description of landmarks and ports, as well as the rules and...

Pentti Hirvonen and 3 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lord Redesdale - Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 — 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as...

Availle and 15 more 13 hours 40 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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James Baldwin - Old Greek Stories

A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Theseus. (Introduction by Iris McLeod)

Iris McLeod and 8 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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Captain John Smith - Description of New England

Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania. He is remembered...

Algy Pug 2 hours 26 minutes

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Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Oliver Optic - Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida

«Down South» is the fifth and last volume but one of the «Great Western Series.» The action of the story is confined entirely to Florida; and this fact may seem to belie the title of the Series. But the young...

Stevan Simmons 6 hours 42 minutes

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