Pamela Nagami

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Family Life

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Walter Besant - Stories of Successful Marriages

A collection of short stories by celebrated authors on the subject of successful marriages. Pieces originally appeared in other publications between 1858 and 1900 and were brought together by Walter Besant. — Summary...

Lynne T and 4 more 3 hours 40 minutes

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Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality. To Gentlemen

Family & Relationships

624

Mary Edwards Walker - Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality. To Gentlemen

Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in...

Pamela Nagami 3 hours 36 minutes

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Antiquity

612

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Speeches Against Catilina

This volume contains the four speeches delivered by Cicero in 63 BC, when he was a consul, against the conspiracy headed by L. Sergius Catilina. Catilina was scheming to bring about a general uprising in the country...

Phil Schempf and 4 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Political Science

466

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between...

Michele Fry and 5 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Animals

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Fleming Mant Sandwith - Sleeping Sickness

In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children and a hazard to tourists in East African game parks.The protozoan parasite...

Pamela Nagami 2 hours 29 minutes

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Political Science

444

Bertrand Russell - Political Ideals

This is a book by the famous 20th century British philosopher Bertrand Russell on Political Ideals. It was written during the course of World War 1 and contains a critique on the politico economic situation of then...

Pamela Nagami and 4 more 2 hours 26 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 1, January 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Kimberlie Sasan and 10 more 2 hours 24 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Biography & Autobiography

451

Percy Bysshe Shelley - History of a Six Weeks' Tour

Full titled History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni , this small journal...

BettyB and 2 more 2 hours 19 minutes

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Poetry

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Robert Herrick - Idyllica

This is a volume of poetry by Robert Herrick. The volume «Idyllica» was arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. The 17th century English poet is continuing to inspire readers of his poetry. — Summary by Carolin

Pamela Nagami and 6 more 2 hours 16 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis (version 5)

Inexplicably, young Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning having turned into a large bug. The story follows how him and his family deal with the absurdity of such a situation, leading the reader on a bizarre, dreamlike...

David Derida and 2 more 2 hours 2 minutes

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Poetry

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Oscar Wilde - Charmides, and Other Poems

This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in the second part of the book. — Summary by Carolin

Tomas Peter and 7 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Maria Hackett - My Travels, A Family Story

This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, their pedigree. It is the story of the mother of a family who led a very...

BettyB and 3 more 1 hour 11 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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