Diana Majlinger

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Middle Ages/Middle History

466

Edward Foord - Byzantine Empire

A concise and comprehensive guide to the Byzantine empire from Constantine to its dissolution. Foord explores in an accessible manner why it was important to history, the significance of noteworthy events, and how it...

Beth Thomas and 6 more 14 hours 32 minutes

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Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Christianity - Biographies

377

William S. Nelson - Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. In this short works, as the title suggests, he gives glimpses into his life as...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 3 hours 1 minute

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History

373

Henry Charles Lea - History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 4

The fourth and final volume of Lea's monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. This volume discusses how the Inquisition dealt with mysticism, solicitation of illicit relationships, bigamy, theological propositions,...

Larry Wilson and 14 more 25 hours 46 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

413

Emily Dickinson - Troubled About Many Things

The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called «the Poetry of the Portfolio,»—something produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of...

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 14 minutes

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Poetry

381

Sara Teasdale - Rivers to the Sea

This is Sara Teasdale's third published collection of poetry. The collection was published in 1915, and contains the famous poem «I Shall Not Care», the melancholy and dark tone of which is often connected with her...

Anusha Iyer and 12 more 1 hour 51 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

408

Rudyard Kipling - White Man's Burden

Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th...

3Dad and 10 more 31 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

386

Isaac D'Israeli - Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts of things which, in the opinion of Mr. Disraeli, a writer or a reader can do...

Jim Locke and 23 more 24 hours 2 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

427

Amy Lowell - Gift

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. Though she sometimes wrote sonnets, Lowell was an early...

Algy Pug and 15 more 13 minutes

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History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 3

Middle Ages/Middle History

468

Henry Charles Lea - History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 3

The 3rd volume of Lea's monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. This volume covers torture practices; the trial process; punishments; Jews, Moriscos, and Protestants; and censorship. — Summary by Sienna

Larry Wilson and 11 more 25 hours 8 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

347

Arthur Gray - Little Tea Book

After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their figures to prove that other fruits of the soil—agriculturally and...

Rosslyn Carlyle and 6 more 1 hour 41 minutes

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Single author

366

James Elroy Flecker - Forty-Two Poems

This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. — Summary by Carolin

Ian King and 19 more 1 hour 26 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

480

Robert Louis Stevenson - Where Go the Boats

Where Go the Boats is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a Scottish author famous for writing Treasure Island. He also wrote many poems, including this one, which was published in A Child's Garden of...

James Koss and 20 more 18 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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