Phil Schempf

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's «Preparation for a Christian Life» and Jung's...

Availle and 8 more 4 hours 8 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Stories

Sapper - Lieutenant and Others

This is a volume of short stories by Herman Cyril McNeile, better known by his pseudonym «Sapper», who is well-known until today for his haunting short stories and novels, set at the front in World War I, and based on...

Stefan Von Blon and 6 more 4 hours 7 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

Geoffrey Chaucer - Chaucer Storybook

Geoffrey Chaucer's classic «Canterbury Tales» has here been rendered into clear and contemporary English prose. These classic stories are now available to those who would like to read them without struggling through...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Francis Thompson - Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem «Hound of Heaven,» included in this selection of his poems. After submitting some poems to the magazine «Merrie England,» the editors, Wilfrid...

Larry Wilson and 18 more 3 hours 52 minutes

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Walter De la Mare - Collected Poems 1901-1918

Early poems written by Walter de la Mare. de la Mare is best remembered for his works for children. This collection includes: Poems: 1906 The Listeners: 1914 Motley: 1918 Songs of Childhood: 1901 (Summary by...

Claire Schreuder and 19 more 3 hours 46 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Howard R. Garis - Uncle Wiggily's Travels

This is the second of 79 Uncle Wiggily books published and contains another selection of bedtime stories from those originally published in the Newark Evening News every day except Saturday for over 40 years. Uncle...

Claire Schreuder and 9 more 3 hours 45 minutes Uncle Wiggily Stories

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Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther

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Martin Luther - Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther

When Martin Luther promulgated his “95 Theses” 1n 1517, he probably did not envision the initiation of the historical division of the indivisible Church, beginning what we now know as the Protestant Reformation. For...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 3 hours 45 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Bill Nye - Bill Nye's Cordwood

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his...

John and 9 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Poetry

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Benjamin King - Ben King's Verse

This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous during his lifetime, and is still widely referenced and quoted until today....

Larry Wilson and 11 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051

Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spinoza, and Epictetus; science and invention--the Wright brothers, Leibniz,...

VfkaBT and 9 more 3 hours 35 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Nature

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Nessmuk - Woodcraft

George Washington Sears, who many know better by his pen name «Nessmuk», was an outdoor writer during the last half of the 19th century, writing most often for the magazine «Field and Forest», the predecessor of...

Phil Schempf 3 hours 29 minutes

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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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