Jon Smith

15 books

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Channing Arnold - American Egypt

Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote «the first book ever written by Englishmen on Yucatan—that Egypt of the New World, where, it is now generally admitted,...

Lynne T and 5 more 19 hours 46 minutes

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Christian Fiction

487

George MacDonald - Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Republished in modern times as «The Curate's Awakening». A young man (Thomas Wingfold) «enters the church» through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he...

John Schuurman and 17 more 18 hours 48 minutes

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Detective Fiction

465

American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of «The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes» released on Librivox, here is a collection of stories starring his contemporary American rivals. Brought together and re-published in a...

K.G.Cross and 11 more 12 hours 24 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

500

Humorous Ghost Stories

Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough — The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde — The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess — «Dey ain't no ghosts» / by Ellis Parker Butler — The transferred ghost / by...

Madam Fickle and 15 more 10 hours 50 minutes

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Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them

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Hereward Carrington - Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them

Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. «It must be distinctly understood … that I believe the vast bulk of...

Chuck Williamson and 18 more 10 hours 40 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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R. M. Ballantyne - Iron Horse

“Is that your bundle, sir?” repeated Mr Blunt a little louder. “Eh? yes, yes—all right,” replied Edwin, annoyed at the interruption, and thinking only of Emma Lee, to whom he turned, and went on—“Well, when Colonel...

Susan Morin and 10 more 9 hours 51 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

438

Sarah Knowles Bolton - Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty is no barrier to success. It usually develops ambition, and nerves people to...

Pamela Krantz and 15 more 9 hours 31 minutes

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John T. Morse - John Quincy Adams

This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. The second tells of his two careers as Secretary of State and President. The...

shalclark and 8 more 7 hours 31 minutes

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Travel & Geography

490

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Afloat on the Ohio

Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo. There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife, our Boy of ten and a half years, the Doctor, and I. My object in...

David Lawrence and 9 more 7 hours 21 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jules Verne - Abandoned

Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a wounded animal--one which must have been fired within the previous three...

Masch1 and 13 more 7 hours 1 minute

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King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms (version 2)

The book of Psalms is a collection of the works of at least six authors. The book of Psalms has been a source of inspiration to all those believers who seek guidance. Apart from this they have provided comfort to...

peaceuntoyou and 19 more 5 hours 47 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages Volume 2

Religion

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George Hodges - Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages Volume 2

In this second volume, Hodges uses stories of the lives of fourteen well-known saints and heroes of the faith to continue the history of the church from the end of the Reformation through the 1700s. These stories...

JoeBlu and 9 more 5 hours 28 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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