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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Theodore Hook - On Punning

Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first...

aravagarwal and 10 more 37 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

480

Charles John Tibbits - Folk-lore and Legends: Oriental

The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while to preserve. The conditions under which the people live are most...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 4 hours 51 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Samuel Logan Brengle - When the Holy Ghost Is Come

«The writer, Colonel Brengle, gives us not only of the fruit of an orderly and well-stored mind on the great subject before us, but— and this is the more important—he tells us of the actual work of the Holy Spirit...

Beth Thomas and 10 more 5 hours 15 minutes

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Animals & Nature

480

Sarah Noble Ives - Dog Heroes of Many Lands

Dogs are great, everyone knows that. And they can be heroes, too! This book brings together eleven dogs from around the world who have proven themselves heroes. — Summary by Carolin

Scotty Smith and 7 more 5 hours 23 minutes

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War & Military

440

John Watson Foster - War Stories for My Grandchildren

After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than rely on his memory, he conducted research for accuracy. He served as a colonel...

Lynne T and 8 more 5 hours 4 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052

Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery, rose oil, large type books for low vision, the pulmotor, and the method of...

Lynne T and 7 more 5 hours 5 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Writing & Linguistics

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Frances Jermain - In the Path of the Alphabet

Language: we all use it and few of us think about the form it takes on the page. But how did the transmittal of ideas in written form evolve from Egyptian hieroglyphics to the ABCs in use in most countries around the...

Lynne T and 5 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 8)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 8...

Jim Locke and 6 more 13 hours 42 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith

Christianity - Commentary

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Reuben Archer Torrey - Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith

We were having a great many accessions to our church. While many of these came by letter form other churches, many of them were new converts and had had practically no systematic instruction in the fundamental truths...

MaryAnn 7 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

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Émile Zola - Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes

“The Jolly Parisiennes” by Émile Zola is a very clever, brilliant and interesting romance of a “grande passion” with an undercurrent of political intrigue. The plot is ingenious both in conception and execution, while...

MaryAnn and 6 more 8 hours 46 minutes

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Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 2

Political Science

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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activi - Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 2

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign...

Maria Kasper and 6 more 17 hours 38 minutes United States Government Reports

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 05. May 1897

Travel & Geography

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 05. May 1897

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles: A Winter Voyage Through The Straights Of Magellan, by the late Admiral R. W. Meade, U.S.N. Admiral...

Availle and 3 more 1 hour 23 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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New

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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