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Short Stories

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Sapper - Lieutenant and Others

This is a volume of short stories by Herman Cyril McNeile, better known by his pseudonym «Sapper», who is well-known until today for his haunting short stories and novels, set at the front in World War I, and based on...

Stefan Von Blon and 6 more 4 hours 7 minutes

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Romance

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2

The second volume of a romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the...

OliverBoliver and 2 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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School

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Mary C. Hungerford - Friendly Five

«There were neither examinations nor graduation exercises at the Coventry Institute. The only ceremony peculiar to the last day of school, except the farewells, was a little sermon from Mrs. Abbott, the principal,...

Annike Lindhout and 16 more 5 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom

The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circumstances; it is, moreover, a noble vindication of the highest aims of the...

Jim Locke 11 hours 22 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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William Elliot Griffis - Korean Fairy Tales

Everywhere on earth the fairy world of each country is older and perhaps more enduring than the one we see and feel and tread upon. So I tell in this book the folk lore of the Korean people, and of the behavior of the...

NoelBadrian 5 hours 47 minutes

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Ocean of Air - Meteorology for Beginners

Earth Sciences

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Agnes Giberne - Ocean of Air - Meteorology for Beginners

This is an immensely readable book explaining anything to do with air — the atmosphere, wind and clouds, and life. This 1896 explanation has since been overtaken by more specific scientific discoveries, but the...

AlosLovecraft and 8 more 9 hours 52 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Clifton Johnson - Fir-Tree Fairy Book

In this volume, Clifton Johnson has compiled his favourite fairy tales. We hear a lot of animals, because fairy tales with animals in them are Mr. Johnson's favourite stories, but we also hear of fairies, of wizards,...

Greg Giordano and 20 more 6 hours 44 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Just As I Am

The murder has finally been solved. After 20 years, Humphrey Vargas came with his dog, seemingly from no where, and informed the magistrate of the county that he murdered the popular Mr. Blake. He even told the...

annie70 and 1 more 18 hours 54 minutes

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Family

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Richmal Crompton - William Again

Fourteen more stories about William Brown. William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasing in this 1923 publication. The...

David Wales 5 hours 53 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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E. Phillips Oppenheim - Black Box

Sanford Quest, the master criminologist of the world, attempts to bring to justice the murderer of Lord Ashleigh's daughter. But he soon discovers that he has just entered a life-and-death struggle with a mysterious...

Richard Kilmer 11 hours 25 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Archibald Williams - Romance of Modern Mechanism

In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still...

Kristine Bekere and 12 more 11 hours 34 minutes

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Animals

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of reptiles, amphibians, and...

Nichalia Schwartz and 5 more 5 hours 14 minutes

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