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Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)

Cooking

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Maurice Grenville Kains - Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)

Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kains gives a thorough introduction the the subject considering the history of...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 4 hours 17 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Abbie Farwell Brown - Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts

Poems and Christian stories of the animal encounters of various saints. — Summary by Wikipedia

Phil Chenevert and 9 more 4 hours 9 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book

«In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a „flat“ by people who, because they are grown up, do not know any better, live the Little Lady and the Story Teller. The Little...

Elizabeth P. and 10 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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History

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T. W. H. Crosland - Wild Irishman

History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opinions of Englishman, Thomas Crosland. Remember this was written in the late...

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Christianity - Biographies

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Louise Imogen Guiney - Blessed Edmund Campion

Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (1540 – 1581) was an English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry to the persecuted Catholics of Elizabethan England, Campion was arrested by priest...

KevinS and 6 more 3 hours 48 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Bill Nye - Bill Nye's Cordwood

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his...

John and 9 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

Religion

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George Herbert - Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest. In The Country Parson he describes the roles of the priest and offers practice advice to English clergymen about how to fulfill their duties. — Summary by...

Karen Clausen-Brown and 4 more 3 hours 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Sophia Morrison - Manx Fairy Tales

A collection of fairy tales regarding myths and legends of the Isle of Man. Sophia was considered one of the key figures of the Manx cultural revival. — Summary by afutterer

Foon and 15 more 3 hours 20 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Sarah Doudney - Nelly Channell

Another fascinating book by the author of A Vanished Hand. Rhoda returns home after the death of her employer to find out that her cousin Helen, with whom she was raised, also returned home. Her husband stole 300...

jenno and 2 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects

Animals

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Edward Saunders - Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects

An overview of bees and stinging insects — Summary by Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson and 11 more 2 hours 58 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Thornton W. Burgess - Mrs. Peter Rabbit (version 2)

This charming story chronicles the life of Peter rabbit and the many other woodland creatures that live in and around the brier batch. Peter finds himself not wanting to eat and finding everyday activities of life a...

Kelley007 and 3 more 2 hours 47 minutes

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Science

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Margaret Warner Morley - Bee People

«The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots» Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, their way of living and their many contributions to the world and to ourselves. The...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 2 hours 38 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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