Mary Schneider

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Published 1800 -1900

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Frederic Werden Pangborn - Alice; or The Wages of Sin

This book is given to the reader, as the exposition of a terrible possibility in actual life. Should there be found, in its pages, any warm tints, any cheering or amusing passages, the author will be glad to know that...

Ashley M. and 4 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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Short Stories

461

Im Bang - Korean Folk Tales

«To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are...

Lynne T and 11 more 5 hours 23 minutes

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Short Stories

477

Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev - Little Angel and Other Stories

This is a volume of short works by Leonid Andreyev. — Summary by Carolin

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

441

Julian Sharman - Cursory History of Swearing

This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account given, but also several excursions are made into other languages and certain...

Alimay and 7 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

461

Rosalie Kaufman - Our Young Folks' Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives is a series of fifty biographies of famous Greek and Roman men written around 100 AD. In Our Young Folks' Plutarch , Rosalie Kaufman has adapted these biographies for young readers. In the preface...

April Walters and 14 more 18 hours 40 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

551

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Dark Night's Work

Love, murder and class commentary in Mrs Gaskell's usual brilliant style! This novel was originally serialised and published by Charles Dickens, with whom Mrs Gaskell had several disagreements. She chose to avoid...

fiddlesticks and 8 more 6 hours 35 minutes

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American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker

Memoirs

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Cornelia Stratton Parker - American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker

In a memoir marked by joy, love, and an unbending sense of adventure, Cornelia Stratton Parker reveals the heart of a unique man and their life together. As a member of California's turn-of-the-20th-century...

Mary Schneider 5 hours 16 minutes

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Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Technology & Engineering

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National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi - Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of...

Availle and 9 more 17 hours 5 minutes United States Government Reports

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David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career

Biography & Autobiography

411

Robert Edgar Long - David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career

An authorized biography of D.W. Griffith, the self-proclaimed «Father of Filmmaking.» Written in collaboration with the director, Robert Edgar Long's biographical sketch traces Griffith's early life, his career as an...

Chuck Williamson and 1 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

570

Charles F. Horne - Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History.” The set is edited by...

Greg Giordano and 15 more 11 hours 46 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Virgil - Aeneid, prose translation

The Aeneid is the most famous Latin epic poem, written by Virgil in the 1st century BC. The story revolves around the legendary hero Aeneas, a Trojan prince who left behind the ruins of his city and led his fellow...

Bob Neufeld and 9 more 10 hours 42 minutes

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Animals & Nature

514

Olive Beaupre Miller - From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse

Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the «My Bookhouse» series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited...

Anastasiia Solokha and 20 more 15 hours 21 minutes My Bookhouse Series

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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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