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Self-Help

569

Henry Stanton - Sex

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help...

Maire Rhode and 9 more 1 hour 44 minutes

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Detective Fiction

591

Arthur B. Reeve - Film Mystery

The Film Mystery is one of eighteen detective novels by Arthur B. Reeve starring his best known character Professor Craig Kennedy and his trusty sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. The pair bears an...

Sibella Denton and 12 more 8 hours 28 minutes

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General Fiction

525

Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its...

Kristine Bekere and 10 more 32 hours 42 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

521

Jacques Futrelle - Elusive Isabel

Elusive Isabel is a novel by Jacques Futrelle (April 9, 1875 — April 15, 1912) first published in 1909. Set in Washington, D.C., it is a spy novel about an international conspiracy of the «Latin» countries against the...

J. M. Smallheer and 7 more 4 hours 45 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

656

Anne Brontë - Agnes Grey

The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in...

Melissa and 6 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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*Non-fiction

514

Immanuel Kant - Critique of Practical Reason

The Critique of Practical Reason ( Kritik der praktischen Vernunft ) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his...

Sibella Denton and 9 more 6 hours 43 minutes

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Detective Fiction

747

E. W. Hornung - Dead Men Tell No Tales

Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921) was an English author. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough. He was educated at Uppingham during some of...

Cori Samuel and 11 more 6 hours 10 minutes

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Detective Fiction

527

Edgar Wallace - Daffodil Mystery

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over...

J. M. Smallheer and 11 more 6 hours 59 minutes

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Detective Fiction

491

Short Mystery Story Collection 001

Librivox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Mark Nelson and 8 more 7 hours 18 minutes Short Mystery Collections

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Detective Fiction

628

Charles Norris Williamson - Second Latchkey

Jewelry thefts, society parties, clairvoyance, and romance marks this mystery, which is set in England and the US in the early 20th century. (Summary by Gesine)

Esther and 5 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 01

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

607

Anonymous - Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 01

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

Peter Yearsley and 10 more 13 hours 39 minutes Thousand Nights and a Night

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*Non-fiction

654

Cornelia Mee - Exercises in Knitting

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At...

Sarah Jennings and 16 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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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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