Kevin W. Davidson

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Nature

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Story Book of Science

The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, «The young in heart...

Frances Brown and 12 more 10 hours 51 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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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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Modern

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Bertrand Russell - Analysis of Mind

A neat work on philosophy of mind by the 20th century analytic philosopher Bertrand Russell. (Summary by sidhu177)

Bob Neufeld and 11 more 9 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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William Still - Underground Railroad, Part 2

«This is one of the most remarkable volumes of the century. Its publication has only been made possible by a combination of circumstances which seldom attend the birth of a book. Before emancipation, and while the...

Maria Kasper and 6 more 9 hours 7 minutes The Underground Railroad by William Still

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Detective Fiction

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Lawrence L. Lynch - Last Stroke

Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the mysterious disappearance of schoolmaster, Mr. Brierly. The under-teacher and...

Philippe and 8 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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William Henry Hudson - Idle Days in Patagonia

Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period of idleness to recover, hence the title of the book. It's not just a work of...

Kevin W. Davidson 6 hours 55 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Joseph Jacobs - Indian Fairy Tales

This book is a fine collection of Indian fairy tales, some are folklore, some are from the Jataka tales, and some from panchatantra. (Summary by sidhu177)

Gabriela Cowan and 10 more 6 hours 38 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Ivan Goncharov - Oblomov

Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the novel, often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic...

Kevin W. Davidson 6 hours 32 minutes

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General Fiction

Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov - Hero of Our Time

A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will again tell me that a human being cannot be so wicked, and I will reply that...

Kevin W. Davidson 6 hours 27 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

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Charles Ross Jackson - Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murder. There are reports of a tread on the stairs and shady figures disappearing...

Lynne T and 8 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

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Thomas De Witt Talmage - Abominations of Modern Society

The title gives an accurate description of the book! It is full of old and forgotten words and phrases, Amusing at times, but addressing the problems mentioned in the chapter titles in detail. The troubles of his...

Christopher Smith and 9 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)

The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever...

Lady Maria and 7 more 5 hours 54 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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