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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

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, politics, cooking, humor, medicine,...

Betsie Bush and 9 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Literary Fiction

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José Rizal - Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer)

Noli Me Tangere (Latin for Touch Me Not) is a novel by the National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José Rizal. It was originally written in Spanish, and first published in Germany in 1887. Noli Me Tangere exposed the...

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John Phin - Seven Follies of Science

The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions,...

tmkenny and 12 more 6 hours 34 minutes

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Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

Essays & Short Works

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William Hazlitt - Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays...

Bob Gonzalez and 16 more 20 hours 30 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022

A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, science, women's...

Daniel Christopher June and 14 more 5 hours 7 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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General

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James Parton - Captains of Industry

In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised them or by the noble use they made of the leisure which success in them...

Issa Deas and 8 more 9 hours 56 minutes

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Science

Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration

Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is...

Michael Packard and 16 more 5 hours 41 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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Michael Faraday - Chemical History of A Candle

The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday — a chemist and physist, and regarded as the best experimentalist in the...

Availle 4 hours 32 minutes Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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Harrison Weir - Our Cats and All About Them

The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890. Our Cats and all...

Availle and 15 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Henry Edward Krehbiel - How to Listen to Music

This book is «not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art». It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues — and when to believe the critics. (Summary by Sarah...

Ruth Golding and 6 more 6 hours 47 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lord Redesdale - Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 — 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as...

Availle and 15 more 13 hours 40 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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