Jim Locke

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Humorous Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Inimitable Jeeves

When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all was to turn to Jeeves — Bertie's Man. He understood human nature, especially...

Beth Thomas and 9 more 7 hours 12 minutes

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History

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Isaac D'Israeli - Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays...

Jim Locke and 7 more 25 hours 53 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 7...

MaryAnn and 5 more 13 hours 3 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Historical Fiction

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Edmund Flagg - Monte-Cristo's Daughter

«Monte-Cristo's Daughter,» a wonderfully brilliant, original, exciting and absorbing novel, is the Sequel to «The Count of Monte-Cristo,» Alexander Dumas' masterwork, and the continuation and conclusion of that great...

Jim Locke 9 hours 37 minutes

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Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century

Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Agnes Mary Clerke - Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century

Melanie T and 9 more 23 hours 50 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. III

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap...

Lynne T and 24 more 46 hours 11 minutes

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History

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E. A. Wallis Budge - Book of the Dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead, or the Book of Coming Forth by Day, is an Ancient Egyptian funerary text consisting of spells to protect the soul on its journey to Duat, or Afterlife.

Patrick Saville and 1 more 16 hours 29 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Georg Ebers - Cleopatra

The world knows the fate of the classic lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony, so there is no need to announce a spoiler alert. Georg Ebers was a German Egyptologist who deftly applied his comprehensive knowledge of Rome...

Jim Locke 15 hours 8 minutes

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Other religions

Max Arthur Macauliffe - Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 5

This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. MacAuliffe had extensive access to manuscripts of the Sikh sacred writings (the Granth), as well...

Jim Locke 11 hours 36 minutes Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors

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Poetry

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings

Included herein are 35 charming short stories or humorous sketches, some written as exercises for the literary Semi-Colon Club of Cincinnati which Stowe belonged to for years, others published in magazines of the...

Michele Fry and 7 more 14 hours 33 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Alice Meynell - Children

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing...

Jim Locke and 5 more 1 hour 56 minutes

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Family Life

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Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - Concerning Isabel Carnaby

Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of her because she is an orphan. But she will surprise everybody. — Summary by...

MaryAnn and 3 more 11 hours 39 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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