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Edward Tyas Cook - Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of «The...

Michele Fry and 12 more 20 hours 13 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Ocean Waifs

«The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon an object that has attracted his attention. It is a raft, with a disc not...

Anton and 19 more 12 hours 41 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Marshall Saunders - "Boy" The Wandering Dog

Another 'dog's-eye view' book for children by this early activist for the American Humane Society. In this tale, we follow the travels and adventures of Boy, a loveable and loyal wire-haired fox-terrier in city and...

Lynne T and 10 more 9 hours 13 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896

Travel & Geography

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles: The Work of the United States Board on Geographic Names, by Henry Gannett The Seine, the Meuse, and...

BettyB and 5 more 1 hour 24 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Animals

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George S. Anderson - American Big-Game Hunting

The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Note: «Hunting big game in the wilderness is, above all things, a sport for a...

Michele Fry and 6 more 6 hours 44 minutes

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Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

General Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

This is the twelfth 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...

Son of the Exiles and 10 more 2 hours 25 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Travel & Geography

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Nathaniel Parker Willis - American Scenery, Vol. 2

Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description of the site and location. These vignettes give us rare glimpses of scenic...

mpvoice and 6 more 5 hours 5 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett - Some Eminent Women of our Times

Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical sketches of 23 influential women from Jane Austen and Elizabeth Barrett...

Pamela Nagami and 13 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Detective Fiction

814

Sylvanus Cobb, Jr - Smuggler of King's Cove

Young Percy Maitland is a naval pilot and guides his late father's brig to safety, thereby saving the ship, her crew and cargo despite being pursued by the King's excise collectors. But has his father's successor...

Phil Splendid and 8 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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Animals

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William T. Hornaday - Mentor: Game Animals of America

This is Vol. 4, No. 13, Serial No. 113 of The Mentor, published Aug 15, 1916. This edition of the Mentor Magazine is devoted to big game animals in North America. There is an emphasis on preservation of these...

Larry Wilson and 4 more 1 hour 6 minutes The Mentor

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Science Fiction

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Ray Cummings - Astounding Stories 16, April 1931

Contents of this issue :- MONSTERS OF MARS EDMOND HAMILTON — Three Martian-Duped Earth-Men Swing Open the Gates of Space That for So Long Had Barred the Greedy Hordes of the Red Planet. (A Complete Novelette.)...

Khaghbboommm and 8 more 8 hours 53 minutes Astounding Stories Magazines Issues 1-20

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 022

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

David Wales and 9 more 3 hours 11 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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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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