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Essays & Short Works

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Orville Wright - Early History of the Airplane

The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the...

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*Non-fiction

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Third Class in Indian Railways

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil...

Graeme Dunlop and 2 more 1 hour 11 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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, science, literature, sports,...

Gregg Margarite and 10 more 5 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge

Short Stories

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Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) fiction or non-fiction works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is HodgePodge: humor,...

Bellona Times and 12 more 1 hour 43 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Life Sciences

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Gregor Mendel - Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno. His seminal paper «Experiments in Plant Hybridization» presents his results of studying genetic traits in pea plants. It is the ground...

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Oliver Lodge - Pioneers of Science

This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of...

Availle and 12 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Modern

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Inazō Nitobe - Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Bushido: The Soul of Japan written by Inazo Nitobe was one of the first books on samurai ethics that was originally written in English for a Western audience, and has been subsequently translated into many other...

Availle 3 hours 50 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, government,...

Bellona Times and 9 more 3 hours 50 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Medical

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W. G. Aitchison Robertson - Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

A 1922 source-book for British criminal pathologists, this will be of particular interest to fans of popular police forensics television shows, films, and murder mysteries.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times and 10 more 5 hours 35 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'...

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*Non-fiction

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Robert Leighton - Dogs and All About Them

This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets — as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of dog in a detailed and systematic way, with complete notes on show-dogs....

Availle and 22 more 13 hours 37 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics,...

Utek and 8 more 4 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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