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Health & Fitness

534

D. de Quelus - Natural History of Chocolate

The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Virtues of its Fruit. Wherein the Errors of...

jftocanada and 9 more 2 hours 4 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

445

George William Curtis - From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the...

Matthew Squaire and 11 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 5, May 1900

«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...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 2 hours 29 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Essays & Short Works

536

Lafcadio Hearn - Shadowings

This is another of the popular books that Lafcadio Hearn wrote on various Japanese subjects. The first part «Stories From Strange Books» is a collection of Japanese tales about ghosts and strange occurrences. In the...

Availle and 7 more 5 hours 4 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

523

Ferdinand de Lesseps - History of the Suez Canal

A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is the translation of a lecture given before the Societe de Gens Lettres in...

Availle 1 hour 37 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

450

Why do we need a public library?

Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirror site in Canada to ensure IA's availability to all users. The IA is a vast...

Michele Fry and 14 more 16 hours 25 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

447

Harold Jacoby - Practical Talks by an Astronomer

The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for serious students as well as the general reader; but they are necessarily...

Availle and 11 more 4 hours 57 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 047

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought — Plato, Aristotle, Leonhard Euler, Henri Amiel, and the French Rights of Man; adventure...

Availle and 6 more 4 hours 59 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 1, January 1900

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

Larry Wilson and 9 more 2 hours 28 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. VI, No 5, December 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...

BettyB and 5 more 2 hours 12 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Report)

True Crime

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The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Report)

The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind.... This Commission was created on...

Availle and 7 more 23 hours 37 minutes United States Government Reports

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Essays & Short Works

486

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 046

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include meteor showers, smallpox inoculation, telegraphy, fear of death, church bell change-ringing, painting as a...

Garth Burton and 8 more 6 hours 47 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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