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Education

John S. Hart - In the School Room

In the first place, teaching is not simply telling. A class may be told a thing twenty times over, and yet not know it. Talking to a class is not necessarily teaching. I have known many teachers who were brimful of...

Joseph Abell and 13 more 8 hours 11 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

558

Alexander Herrmann - Herrmann's Book of Magic

Black Art Fully Exposed. A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art. (Summary by Prof. Herrmann)

A * L * E * X and 9 more 4 hours 5 minutes

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Nature

443

Isabella L. Bird - Among the Tibetans

Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeavours were risky and dangerous even for men and large, better equipped...

Availle 3 hours 8 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

495

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Craig Campbell and 17 more 5 hours 49 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 5

Anthologies

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 5

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...

Availle and 17 more 18 hours 43 minutes Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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Biography & Autobiography

466

Harry A. Lewis - Hidden Treasures

«Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor.» A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have...

Lynne T and 17 more 16 hours 39 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

506

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, slavery, science, education, humor,...

Sue Anderson and 12 more 4 hours 26 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

History

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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches found on Project Gutenberg that are by or about African...

MaryAnn and 13 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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*Non-fiction

437

Christiaan Huygens - Treatise on Light

Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what...

Availle 4 hours 43 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3

Travel & Geography

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3

National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania Topographic Models International Literary Contest...

MaryAnn and 5 more 3 hours 58 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

479

Sabine Baring-Gould - Curious Myths of the Middle Ages

This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-Gould's most successful publications. (Summary by Carolin)

TriciaG and 8 more 5 hours 38 minutes

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Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946: Vol. I

War & Military

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International Military Tribunal - Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946: Vol. I

Recognizing the importance of establishing for history an authentic text of the Trial of major German WWII war criminals, the International Military Tribunal, consisting of members from Great Britain, the USA, Russia,...

Availle and 12 more 17 hours 39 minutes

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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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