J. M. Smallheer

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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John Meade Falkner - Lost Stradivarius

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title...

Clarica and 6 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute to Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and discourses on gravitation and relativity...

Phil Schempf and 8 more 5 hours 19 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Detective Fiction

460

Jennette Lee - Green Jacket

An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 and was also featured in two later books, The Mysterious Office in 1922 and...

J. M. Smallheer 5 hours 11 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

A collection of sixteen 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,...

Caroline Shapiro and 9 more 5 hours 11 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Children's Non-fiction

716

Hallam Hawksworth - Adventures of a Grain of Dust

This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to enrich the soil for farmers — each in its own special way. Join our...

J. M. Smallheer 5 hours 9 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

475

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022

A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, science, women's...

Daniel Christopher June and 14 more 5 hours 7 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ranging from a description of a Coney Island elephant colossus to meditations...

Gerwin Kramer and 9 more 5 hours 5 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 058

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. The human condition is variously explored in Chesterton's essay «The Contented Man,» Shōtoku Taishi's «Laws» outlining the...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 5 hours 3 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Detective Fiction

392

Reginald Wright Kauffman - Miss Frances Baird, detective

Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to «The Maples» to guard a valuable set of diamonds during the festivities leading up to the marriage of...

J. M. Smallheer 5 hours

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

501

Robert Eustace - Sorceress of the Strand

From the moment Madame Sara arrived on the scene, she has taken London society by storm. Madame is both beautiful and mysterious, but it soon becomes clear to both Dixon Druce and his friend, police surgeon Eric...

J. M. Smallheer 4 hours 59 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Marion Zimmer Bradley - Colors of Space

Bart Steele, Space Academy graduate, is on his way home to his father's business — he runs a fleet of spaceships for interstellar travel. The secret for fast interstellar travel though is still tightly kept by the...

Ana Simão and 4 more 4 hours 59 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Harold Jacoby - Practical Talks by an Astronomer

The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for serious students as well as the general reader; but they are necessarily...

Availle and 11 more 4 hours 57 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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