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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

485

Ghost Story Collection 002

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles...

BroBry and 4 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

557

Jules Verne - Topsy-Turvy

Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889). This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from “Earth to the Moon”...

Anna Simon and 12 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Chemistry

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Justus von Liebig - Familiar Letters on Chemistry

Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters “were...

J. M. Smallheer and 5 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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Children's Fiction

487

Augusta Huiell Seaman - Mystery at Number Six

A mysterious girl, a mysterious pool, and a mysterious businessman combine to send two Florida teens to adventureland in this pre-Nancy Drew tale for young people.(Summary by Sibella)

Sibella Denton and 5 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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*Non-fiction

456

Olive Green - Spinster Book

A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin...

Kristin Hughes and 8 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Modern (19th C)

497

The New York Times - Mounties in the News

A newspaper account of the activities in the Western Canada during the Riel Rebellion and some of the aftermath, articles dating from August 1880 to January 1895. (Summary by David Lawrence) Readers for this project...

Esther and 1 more 4 hours 1 minute

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Memoirs

538

George Pearson - Escape of a Princess Pat

Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book...

Esther and 5 more 3 hours 58 minutes

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Erotica

486

Marie Stopes - Married Love

«Married Love» is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, and was one of the first publications to openly discuss issues such as variations in male...

David Lawrence and 7 more 3 hours 57 minutes

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Children's Fiction

536

Kenneth Grahame - Golden Age

The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and originally published in book form in 1895, in London by The Bodley Head, and in Chicago by Stone & Kimball. (The Prologue...

Erin Hastings and 9 more 3 hours 57 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812

Modern (19th C)

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William Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of 1812

«International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of opposing rights. But, when there are rights on both sides; it is usually found...

Esther and 4 more 3 hours 57 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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*Non-fiction

545

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006

A collection of fifteen 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,...

Mark F. Smith and 10 more 3 hours 37 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline

Early Modern

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Arthur G. Doughty - Chronicles of Canada Volume 09 - The Acadian Exiles: A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline

The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or maritime part of New France from the western part, which began with the St...

J. M. Smallheer and 5 more 3 hours 36 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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New

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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