Amy Gramour

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Historical Fiction

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William Wells Brown - Clotel, or, The President's Daughter

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published in London, England in December 1853. It is often considered the first...

Andrew Symons and 5 more 5 hours 31 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

551

Frederika Richardson Macdonald - Secret of Charlotte Brontë

Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own residence as a pupil in the historical Pensionnat in the Rue d'Isabelle, at...

Lucretia B. and 7 more 5 hours 28 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mildred Aldrich - Told in a French Garden

American friends begin to summer in a beautiful French country house when WWI breaks out. They decide not to evacuate as the war encroaches. Their interactions are interwoven by the stories that they take turns...

Amy Gramour and 6 more 5 hours 20 minutes

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Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

Self-Help

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do you, in fact, have any problem at all? In that case, Ella Wheeler Wilcox might...

Michele Fry and 10 more 5 hours 18 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Leonardo da Vinci - Thoughts on Art and Life

This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einstein. — Summary by A. Gramour

Kathrine Engan and 4 more 5 hours 17 minutes

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Animals

550

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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*Non-fiction

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Botany

The Elements of Botany is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook that presents a solid introduction to plant science....

Amy Gramour and 5 more 5 hours 5 minutes

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Modern

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Immanuel Kant - Anthropology

Immanuel Kant gave a series of lectures on anthropology 1772-1773, 1795-1796 at the University of Königsberg, which was founded in 1544. His lectures dealt with recognizing the internal and external in man, cognition,...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 5 hours 2 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Entomology

The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook from 1845 that presents an introduction to...

Mich_elle and 4 more 4 hours 59 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles Godfrey Leland - Mystic Will

This book presents a method of developing and strengthening the faculties of the mind, through the awakened will, by a simple, scientific process possible to any person of ordinary intelligence (Summary by Charles...

Amy Gramour and 5 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Animals

525

Pliny the Elder - Natural History Volume 2

Naturalis Historia (Latin for «Natural History») is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and...

Chris Danes and 17 more 4 hours 43 minutes The Natural History by Pliny

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Poetry

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Long Poems Collection 007

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Jc Guan & TriciaG

grave_alice and 12 more 4 hours 41 minutes Long Poems Collections

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New

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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