Rita Boutros

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Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1

Essays & Short Works

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William Cowper Brann - Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast, Volume 1

William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to be pompous and self-serving. He settled in the wild and wooly West Texas town...

William Allan Jones and 13 more 12 hours 37 minutes

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Religion

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George Frederick Kunz - Curious Lore of Precious Stones

Full title is «The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal...

BettyB and 11 more 12 hours 31 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

Robert Barr - Sword Maker

Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizenry. The one thing Frankfort does have is the best three sword-makers in the...

Roman Noble and 10 more 11 hours 44 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Smith Burnham - Hero Tales from History

This volume celebrates stories of great heroes from the pages of history from Moses and David through Clara Barton and Henry Longfellow. It is divided into nine sections: Mighty Men of Long Ago, Heroes of the Middle...

Larry Wilson and 18 more 10 hours 50 minutes

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Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery

Biography & Autobiography

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Charles Raymond Beazley - Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery

Prince Henry was a significant explorer and adventurer in a period of enlightenment and expansion of European trade and knowledge of the world beyond its borders. He is considered a prime instigator of what has become...

Kathleen Nelson and 5 more 10 hours 9 minutes

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Book of American Explorers

This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the early discoverers and explorers of the American continent from the Northmen...

Larry Wilson and 12 more 9 hours 54 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Mary Roberts Rinehart - K.

«K» is the initial of the mysterious lodger without a first name who rents a room from Sidney to escape his past. Sidney herself refuses the proposals of Joe in order to become a nurse and do useful work in the...

Beth Thomas and 16 more 9 hours 51 minutes

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Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Lucan - Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili , more generally known as the Pharsalia , is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The title given by posterity to the poem refers...

Dave Gillespie and 7 more 9 hours 23 minutes

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War & Military

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Marguerite Yerta Méléra - Six Women and the Invasion

A true tale of the wartime resilience of six Frenchwomen whose country town was invaded by the Germans during World War I. — Summary by Jael Baldwin

Jael Baldwin and 5 more 8 hours 44 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Gene Stratton-Porter - Freckles (Version 2)

Freckles is a young man who has been raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage. His one dream is to find a job, a place to belong and people who accept him despite his youth and the disability of having only one...

Murray Rupp and 7 more 8 hours 3 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

Henry Blake Fuller - Cliff-Dwellers

Between the former site of old Fort Dearborn and the present site of our newest Board of Trade there lies a restricted yet tumultuous territory through which, during the course of the last fifty years, the rushing...

Bhavya and 12 more 7 hours 28 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Emily Sarah Holt - Lady Sybil's Choice

This historical novel is set in the 1100s in France and Jerusalem, following the First Crusade. Part of the story of Guy of Lusignan (a real historical character) is told through the eyes of his fictional sister,...

Rachel and 5 more 7 hours 21 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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