Lucretia B.

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Francis Marion Crawford - Khaled, A Tale of Arabia

Khaled is a powerful jinn, or genius, but he has a good heart. When he sees that Zehowah, the beautiful, virtuous daughter of the king is about to accept a foreign prince as husband, who lied about converting to...

Angelique G. Campbell and 3 more 6 hours 2 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

514

Michael Combrune - Theory and Practice of Brewing

This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr. Combrune was a master of his art. After reading his work on this topic, a...

BettyB and 21 more 9 hours 23 minutes

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

History

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

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 his present. As the title mentions, the...

Pamela Nagami and 10 more 5 hours 57 minutes

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Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery

Biography & Autobiography

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Charles Raymond Beazley - Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery

Prince Henry was a significant explorer and adventurer in a period of enlightenment and expansion of European trade and knowledge of the world beyond its borders. He is considered a prime instigator of what has become...

Kathleen Nelson and 5 more 10 hours 9 minutes

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Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter.

History

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Constance Campbell Petrie - Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837). Recorded by his daughter.

Tom Petrie (1831-1910), explorer and grazier, arrived in the then convict settlement of Moreton Bay in 1837. His reminiscences of what was to become the colony of Queensland were recorded by his daughter, Constance,...

Barbara Baker and 7 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Daniel Wallace Culp - Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

The object of this book is… (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, who are interested in the Negro race, a better idea of the extent to which he...

Devorah Allen and 13 more 32 hours 6 minutes

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Historical Fiction

546

Wilhelm Meinhold - Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author assures us that the story he has to tell is based on a manuscript he found in...

Mark Nelson and 9 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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Nature

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Robert Hooke - Micrographia

Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to the Latin of other publications of the time like Newton's 'Principia...

DrPGould and 22 more 17 hours 11 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Animals

535

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany written by Marion E. Latham. The section on Zoology examines the development,...

Nichalia Schwartz and 7 more 11 hours 11 minutes

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Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

Biography & Autobiography

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Hamilton Fyfe - Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here at Librivox. (Refer to the etext for cast lists of plays — through 1901 —...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 4 hours 17 minutes

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Business & Economics

507

Alfred Owen Crozier - U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Republican-RI) was chair of the commission. He, in secret enclave with a group of...

MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood and 10 more 16 hours 24 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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J. C. Ryle - Practical Religion

The present volume contains a series of papers about «practical religion,» and treats of the daily duties, dangers, experience, and privileges of all who profess and call themselves true Christians. (Summary from the...

SDG and 8 more 19 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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