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John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works

This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill's life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral...

Bill Boerst 2 hours 33 minutes

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Walter W. Bryant - Kepler

This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at his early years. Two chapters deal with his working relationship with Tycho...

Bill Boerst 1 hour 47 minutes

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General Fiction

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Richard William Church - Bacon

This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor...

Bill Boerst 6 hours 58 minutes

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General Fiction

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Francis Bacon - New Atlantis

In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where people were kind, knowledgeable, and civic-minded. Part of this new land was...

Bill Boerst 1 hour 37 minutes

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Andrew Carnegie - James Watt

This biography of the inventor James Watt covers his early years, successes and failures, and legacy. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Bill Boerst 5 hours 51 minutes

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Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 06

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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H. P. Nichols - Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 06

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

K.G.Cross and 16 more 12 hours 45 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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George Gissing - Paying Guest

George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism, which closely pictures the class struggles of the time. The Novel opens...

Nigel Boydell and 4 more 2 hours 36 minutes

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Family

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Fair Barbarian

The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)

Linda Andrus and 13 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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George MacDonald - Mary Marston

Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston's unswerving commitment to love, God, and others is contrasted with a...

Marea Brook and 15 more 17 hours 30 minutes

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Henry James - Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2

This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty,...

Isabelle Brasme and 9 more 16 hours 48 minutes

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Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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H. P. Nichols - Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No...

Lars Rolander and 9 more 17 hours 43 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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H. G. Wells - Modern Utopia

H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying...

Alisson Veldhuis and 8 more 10 hours 11 minutes

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