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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain,...

Son of the Exiles and 9 more 5 hours 18 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Biography & Autobiography

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Edward Tyas Cook - Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of «The...

Michele Fry and 12 more 20 hours 13 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Arthur Hugh Clough - Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

Arthur Hugh Clough (kluf) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to ground-breaking nurse Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough, who became principal of Newnham...

ABabington and 13 more 18 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Hamlin Garland - In the Autumn Grass

LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is the fortnightly poem for November 8, 2015.

Algy Pug and 14 more 19 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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John William Streets - Challenge

The editor of the volume Made in the Trenches includes these poignant notes: Corporal Streets, in submitting these sonnets some months ago, wrote: «They express not only my feelings but the feelings of thousands...

Algy Pug and 14 more 18 minutes

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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896

Travel & Geography

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National Geographic Society - National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles: The Work of the United States Board on Geographic Names, by Henry Gannett The Seine, the Meuse, and...

BettyB and 5 more 1 hour 24 minutes National Geographic Magazines

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Mathematics

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Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

General Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

This is the twelfth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...

Son of the Exiles and 10 more 2 hours 25 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Mary Shauffler Labaree - Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands

Chapters follow the progression of a child from birth through working years.Thus, Chapter 1 traces the child from newborn to toddler stage in the home. It includes assumed rights of children and mothers,...

Bill Boerst and 2 more 7 hours 18 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Harold Speed - Practice and Science of Drawing

This book is an attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with intuition and vision, Harold Speed explains line and mass drawing, and how rhythm is conveyed in art by means of balance and...

ogbog and 13 more 7 hours 48 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Robert W. Chambers - Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories

An eclectic collection of 8 stories by one of the early masters of the weird tale, Robert W. Chambers. The stories include a range of topics including war, romance, humor and even fishing. The title short story, “The...

Ryan Finch and 5 more 9 hours 11 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Jeremy Taylor - Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying

Written by a Church of England clergyman in the time of Cromwell, this work is praised for both its style and content. Taylor's work was much admired by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for its devotional...

KHand and 13 more 10 hours 22 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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