Amelia Chesley

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Dan McKenzie - City of Din

A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us physically, mentally, and socially in cities, on railways, at home, in...

Amelia Chesley 2 hours 32 minutes

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Satire

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Gail Hamilton - Battle of the Books

«When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publishers, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that he should declare...

Amelia Chesley and 5 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 10

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Anonymous - Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 10

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

Josh Kibbey and 11 more 10 hours 42 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

Essays & Short Works

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Christopher Morley - Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned

Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic output. This collection of essays is wide ranging in topics, many with his...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 6 hours 49 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Robert Lynd - Art of Letters

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 9 hours 31 minutes

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Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. - 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large...

Larry Wilson and 14 more 8 hours 27 minutes

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Sara Teasdale - Winter Stars

This Weekly Poem is taken from Flame and Shadow, Copyright, 1920 by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. — Summary by David Lawrence

Andrej Antunovic and 16 more 19 minutes

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Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

Action & Adventure Fiction

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William Morris - Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a...

David Lawrence and 11 more 5 hours 27 minutes

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Education

Leonard Cox - Arte or Crafte of Rhethoryke

This text is a reprint of the first English-language book on rhetoric, including an introduction and notes from Frederic Ives Carpenter of the University of Chicago. Cox's original brief treatise covers various themes...

Amelia Chesley 3 hours 2 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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George F. Chambers - Story of Eclipses

Solar eclipses have both frightened and fascinated humankind for thousands of years. At first believed to be caused by angry gods punishing the people on Earth, we now know that a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon...

Availle and 9 more 7 hours 2 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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George Pope Morris - Woodman, Spare that Tree!

George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a poet and songwriter; especially well-known was his poem-turned-song...

Angi Bridges and 10 more 18 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Old Adam

Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midlands 'Five Towns'. Yet when he unexpectedly gains three hundred and forty-one...

Phil Benson and 6 more 9 hours 19 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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