Anna Simon

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Political Science

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Aristotle - Politics

The Politics , by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in developing the...

ontheroad and 8 more 9 hours 15 minutes

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War & Military

611

Xenophon - Anabasis

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having...

Graham Redman and 5 more 9 hours 5 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

442

Herbert George Jenkins - Return of Alfred

The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle and a railway strike he finds himself lost in the county of Norfolk at ten...

Anna Simon 9 hours 1 minute

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Logan Marshall - Myths and Legends of All Nations

This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages.

Mark and 12 more 8 hours 59 minutes

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*Non-fiction

454

Orison Swett Marden - How to Succeed

In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his footsteps. Over 100 years after publication, most of these lessons are still...

Pamela Krantz and 9 more 8 hours 54 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

449

Bram Stoker - Famous Impostors

Aliases. Fraudsters. Confidence tricksters. People pretending to be what they are not, for financial, political or personal gain. Fiction is filled with them to entertain us; but would not be anywhere near as...

Bridget Paul and 8 more 8 hours 48 minutes

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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

Biography & Autobiography

513

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus - Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives, contain twenty-three pairs of...

Graham Redman and 5 more 8 hours 43 minutes Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch

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Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East

*Non-fiction

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Alexander William Kinglake - Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East

A classic of victorian travel writing, Kinglake’s book describes his journey through the Ottoman empire to Cairo, and his residence there in time of plague. [Summary by hefyd]

hefyd and 6 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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General Fiction

442

L. T. Meade - Girls of St. Wode's

This is a story about the life of a school girl. The story centres around the girls' college of St. Wode's, Wingfield. This is the place in all England where women who wish to distinguish themselves should go to...

Michele Eaton and 11 more 8 hours 33 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Anatole France - Gods are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste...

Nicholas Clifford and 12 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Wyndham Martyn - Anthony Trent, Master Criminal

In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes successful crime fiction stories, but this doesn't pay enough for him to do...

Anna Simon 8 hours 21 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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E. F. Benson - Dodo: A Detail of the Day

Fashionably controversial bestseller at the time of appearance (1893), portraying London «society» in the Fin de Siècle. Dodo is a young woman who enjoys belonging to the high society. At the start of the book, she is...

Anna Simon 8 hours 18 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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