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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1

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Havelock Ellis - Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1

The first of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topics of «The Evolution of Modesty», «The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity», and «Auto-Eroticism». Written as an anthropological and psychological...

Tim Ferreira and 12 more 12 hours 57 minutes

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Sir Isaac Newton - Opticks

The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 — 1672. He worked on refraction of light into colored beams using prisms and discovered chromatic aberration. He also postulated the corpuscular form...

Availle and 10 more 12 hours 13 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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H. C. Bailey - Colonel Greatheart

This is a story of the English Civil War where a witching woman conquerors hearts and marks.

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Detective Fiction

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Anna Maynard Barbour - At the Time Appointed

«Those who remember that excellent detective story, That Mainwaring Affair will expect to find plenty of mystery and exciting incidents in A. Maynard Barbour's latest novel, called At the Time Appointed , and they...

RoseA and 10 more 11 hours 43 minutes

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Mathematics

Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Oliver Lodge - Pioneers of Science

This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of...

Availle and 12 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Animals

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Charles Darwin - Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects of behaviour. It was published thirteen years after On the Origin of Species...

Gaby and 14 more 11 hours 13 minutes

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General Fiction

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Best Russian Short Stories

In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th century Russian literature. As a survey of famous authors at the height of...

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Education

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Geology

Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1846 presents an introduction to geology. The information,...

Mich_elle and 8 more 10 hours 33 minutes

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Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charles Godfrey Leland - Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes

This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; that is to say, of the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine, and of the...

Amy Gramour and 13 more 10 hours 26 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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Marie Corelli - Romance of Two Worlds

The book starts with a young heroine telling her story of coping with a debilitating illness that includes depression and thoughts of suicide. Her doctor is unable to help her and sends her off on a holiday where she...

Amy Gramour 10 hours 22 minutes

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J. Arthur Thomson - Outline of Science, Vol 3

The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects ranging from astronomy to biology to elementary physics in clear, concise and...

JoeD and 11 more 9 hours 56 minutes The Outline of Science

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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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