Anna Simon

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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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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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*Non-fiction

448

Hugo Münsterberg - Psychotherapy

Talking about viewing the Ocean «If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemical elements which I do not see; and if I take the attitude of physical...

Availle and 10 more 12 hours 12 minutes

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Detective Fiction

426

Wilkie Collins - Jezebel's Daughter

A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was researching, while Mrs. Wagner is left with her husband's mental health...

Tim Ferreira and 9 more 11 hours 26 minutes

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Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw

General Fiction

468

Frances Milton Trollope - Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw

The novel begins with the arrival of a family staking a claim in the black delta of the Deep South. Whitlaw is a brutish sort who bullies his cowering wife into working herself to death. Shortly after giving birth to...

Anna Simon and 8 more 17 hours 26 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

473

F. Anstey - In Brief Authority

Satiric comedy from 1915 about a nouveau riche British family and their nanny who get whisked off to Maerchenland ('the land of Fairy Tales') one evening in a car drawn by storks. The matron of the family, a thorough...

Anna Simon 11 hours 13 minutes

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Modern

431

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Conduct of Life

This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience. The Conduct of Life ostensibly is a set of essays about how to live life, but...

Daniel Christopher June and 1 more 6 hours 7 minutes

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471

James Boswell - Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. III

This is the third volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this biography being originally published by James Boswell, and then edited...

Brendan Stallard and 11 more 25 hours 58 minutes The Life of Samuel Johnson

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Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1

Exploration

483

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1

The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. «Celebrated travels and travellers» tells the story of geographical discovery in the same well...

William Tomcho and 15 more 18 hours 23 minutes

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Romance

650

Edward P. Roe - He Fell in Love with His Wife

James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida marries a man only to find out he's already married. She's so undone when she...

Lee Smalley and 8 more 10 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

522

G. A. Henty - Curse of Carne's Hold

When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during this time he rescues a family from death. The family then return to England and...

Michele Eaton and 8 more 11 hours 27 minutes

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*Non-fiction

447

Aubertine Woodward Moore - For Every Music Lover

A series of essays for music lovers, covering many topics. From music appreciation, to violin and symphony, music education, to piano and, in fact, the very origins of music, there is sure to be something for...

Patrick Wells and 8 more 4 hours 46 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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