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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 049

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carnivorous plants, tadpoles, tent caterpillars, flights of birds, horse training,...

Roger Melin and 7 more 3 hours 29 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Political Science

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between...

Michele Fry and 5 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Short Stories

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Lewis Carroll - Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll (1832 — 1896) is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford for 27 years. 'A tangled tale'...

Availle 3 hours 18 minutes

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Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be

Family & Relationships

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Annie Besant - Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be

In this short pamphlet, Annie Besant — a well-known British women's rights activist — lays down British marriage laws as they were at her time. She opposes the view of married women as mere property of their husbands,...

Tony Addison and 1 more 3 hours 12 minutes

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Nature

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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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Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 3

Science

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Charles Darwin - Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 3

III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION. Part 3 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on...

Rory Lawton and 3 more 3 hours 6 minutes Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

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Edwin E. Slosson - Easy Lessons in Einstein

Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in...

Availle and 6 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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General Fiction

Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink

This is the sixth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like...

Availle and 14 more 2 hours 50 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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General Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 011 - Science

This is the eleventh collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 2 hours 44 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Law

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Emmerson W. Manning - Practical Instruction for Detectives

Having been connected for many years with two of the largest and most successful private detective agencies in this country, both as an operator and as an official, and having been requested to outline briefly and...

fiddlesticks and 4 more 2 hours 38 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 3, March 1901

] «Birds and Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

BettyB and 6 more 2 hours 32 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 2 February 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Diana Schmidt and 10 more 2 hours 32 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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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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