Kristine Bekere

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3

Political Science

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3

In «Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius», posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the...

Josh Kibbey and 8 more 5 hours 47 minutes

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Children's Fiction

470

Arthur M. Winfield - Rover Boys on the Ocean

The hearty, all-American Rover Boys sail by yacht to Africa in search of their kidnapped father. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times and 7 more 5 hours 20 minutes

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Early Modern

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Immanuel Kant - Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

Kant's Prolegomena, although a small book, is indubitably the most important of his writings. It furnishes us with a key to his main work, The Critique of Pure Reason; in fact, it is an extract containing all the...

Kristine Bekere and 4 more 5 hours 17 minutes

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Children's Fiction

639

Eva March Tappan - Heroes of the Middle Ages

«The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, and to make familiar the names of the most important figures in those scenes. I...

Kristine Bekere 5 hours 5 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of the Middle Ages

“THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in memory will the lesser features fall into their appropriate places and assume...

David Kleparek and 10 more 4 hours 40 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Rome

Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (summary by Laura Caldwell)

Laura Caldwell and 8 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

509

John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Greece

Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. (Summary by Laura...

Ed Meade and 9 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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War & Military

492

Thomas Carlyle - Early Kings of Norway

«The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies,...

Laura Koskinen and 2 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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James Baldwin - Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources,...

Clarica and 17 more 3 hours 28 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla (Version 2)

Laura grew up on a castle in the Austrian mountains with her father, slightly lonely as there are no potential companions around. Her loneliness is at an end when a carriage accindent close by their castle brings a...

ashleighjane and 3 more 3 hours 11 minutes

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Religion

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 7

Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to «the hundred greatest men in Great Britain» asking them this question: «If for any reason you were to spend a year absolutely alone, in a...

Esther and 9 more 2 hours 55 minutes Hurlbut's Story of the Bible

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Biography & Autobiography

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Frances Alice Forbes - Life of Saint Paul

A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Larry Wilson and 4 more 2 hours 30 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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