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World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I

Political Science

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William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...

Phil Schempf and 7 more 6 hours 28 minutes World's Famous Orations

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History

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 8: Great Rulers

Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Elizabeth, Henry of Navarre, Gustavus Adolphus, Richelieu, Cromwell, Louis XIV,...

KHand 8 hours 11 minutes

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Nature

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Gifford Pinchot - Training of a Forester

Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of «forest», what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest service both on the state and national levels, and the training required to be a...

KHand 1 hour 58 minutes

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General Fiction

476

Émile Zola - Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes

“The Jolly Parisiennes” by Émile Zola is a very clever, brilliant and interesting romance of a “grande passion” with an undercurrent of political intrigue. The plot is ingenious both in conception and execution, while...

MaryAnn and 6 more 8 hours 46 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Dash for Khartoum

When a nursemaid mixes up her baby boy and the baby of the family she works for, the family decides to keep both. Years later, the nursemaid returns, intent on using the boys to get money. When the boy she chooses...

deongines and 2 more 13 hours 15 minutes

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Romance

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L. Frank Baum - Last Egyptian

Published anonymously during Baum's lifetime as he did not want his adult adventure stories to detract from his children's fantasy stories, the story takes the limited points of view of three protagonists in the field...

Delmar H Dolbier and 11 more 6 hours 37 minutes

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Short works

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Nora Archibald Smith - Tales of Laughter

Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. A LAUGHING SONG When the greenwoods laugh with the voice of joy, And the...

Lynne T and 14 more 15 hours 53 minutes

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History

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 7: Great Women

Book Seven of the series focuses on the women of history and includes George Eliot, Joan of Arc and Madame Recamier. — Summary by KHand

KHand 7 hours 51 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Samuel Butler - Note-Books of Samuel Butler

Early in his life Samuel Butler began to carry a note-book and to write down in it anything he wanted to remember; it might be something he heard some one say, more commonly it was something he said himself. In one of...

Kristin Lewis and 8 more 15 hours 56 minutes

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Poetry

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Tom Kettle - Poems & Parodies

Tom Kettle was an Irish economist, journalist, barrister, writer, poet, soldier and Home Rule politician. All these varied interests helped him compose beautiful and very witty poetry, until his death at the Western...

Elizabeth P. and 4 more 43 minutes

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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

War & Military

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Anonymous - Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making — all far from home, while pitting themselves against the elements. The romance of the...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 14 hours 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 048

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought--Phtah-Hotep, Petrarch, Diderot, Bertrand Russell, and the Weymouth New Testament;...

Craig Campbell and 10 more Short Nonfiction Collections

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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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