Laurie Anne Walden

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Frank R. Stockton - Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rolicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of the United States. The stories don't cast pirates in the glowing light of...

Sibella Denton and 8 more 7 hours 25 minutes

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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes

Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes

In this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective continues doing what he does best: averting political scandals, tracking down murderers, dragging Dr. Watson into unpleasant situations. As always,...

Kalynda and 7 more 6 hours 38 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Jules Verne - Round the Moon

Around the Moon, Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, is a science fiction novel continuing the trip to the moon which left the reader in suspense after the previous novel. It was later combined with...

Laurie Anne Walden and 6 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles

What really killed Sir Charles Baskerville? Is his nephew, Sir Henry, in danger from the legendary family curse, a gigantic black hound? Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the case in this classic mystery, set...

Laurie Anne Walden 5 hours 53 minutes

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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

History

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Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1

This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches found on Project Gutenberg that are by or about African...

MaryAnn and 13 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina, Book 2

In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to pursue each other and become the talk of polite society, to the chagrin of...

willem and 10 more 5 hours 39 minutes Anna Karenina (Garnett English Translation)

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Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Medical

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W. G. Aitchison Robertson - Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

A 1922 source-book for British criminal pathologists, this will be of particular interest to fans of popular police forensics television shows, films, and murder mysteries.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times and 10 more 5 hours 35 minutes

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Science Fiction

570

Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. It tells the story of three well-to-do...

Alex Patterson and 7 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Helen M. Urban - Woman as Decoration

A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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Short Stories

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F. Scott Fitzgerald - Selected Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the changing mores of American society. In «Bernice Bobs Her Hair,» wallflower...

Laurie Anne Walden 4 hours 30 minutes

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Performing Arts

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Harry Houdini - Miracle Mongers, an Exposé

«A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc.», [by Harry Houdini, from the subtitle].

Peter Eastman and 7 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson

Philosophy

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John Charlton Hardwick - Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson

This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores the ways mankind has explained the natural world during the last few centuries, whether by spiritual interpretation or through advances in science. From...

Laurie Anne Walden 4 hours 19 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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