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Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 10 - Legal

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Robert G. Ingersoll - Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 10 - Legal

For those who like courtroom drama, here are Ingersoll’s Opening and Closing arguments on the most famous trials of his career--the Star Route Trials which stretched over 2 years, revealing high government...

Michele Fry and 5 more 24 hours 36 minutes

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Animals

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American Book of the Dog

Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884) which firmly established breed standards, and the development of bench shows and field...

Michele Fry and 16 more 24 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

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Thomas Peckett Prest - Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2

Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula , which it heavily influenced. Flora...

Roger Melin and 14 more 22 hours 45 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Don Quixote - Vol. 2

Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in the character of the Morisco historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli, whom he...

Denny Sayers and 23 more 21 hours 52 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Theodore Roosevelt - Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography

In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of...

Marfschen and 15 more 21 hours 51 minutes

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General Fiction

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Thomas Peckett Prest - Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1

This is volume 1 of 3. Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula , which it...

Annika Feilbach and 21 more 21 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Wings of the Dove

«The Wings of the Dove,» published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old--if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young--motive; I can scarce remember the time when the situation on which this long-drawn...

Aaron Elliott and 12 more 20 hours 11 minutes

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board - Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1

In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two decades. During the STS-107 mission, Columbia and its crew traveled more than...

MaryAnn and 10 more 19 hours 3 minutes United States Government Reports

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Detective Fiction

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Frank L. Packard - Adventures of Jimmie Dale

Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 – February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. He worked as a civil engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He later wrote a series of mystery novels,...

Maire Rhode and 6 more 19 hours 1 minute Jimmie Dale

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World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 24 more 18 hours 54 minutes World's Story

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Nature

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William T. Hornaday - Our Vanishing Wild Life

We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of «civilized» man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are sick of tales of slaughter and pictures of carnage. It is time for a sweeping...

Laura Caldwell and 17 more 18 hours 42 minutes

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Literary Fiction

Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carrie (1900) is his first novel and tells the story of a young country girl who...

J. M. Smallheer and 6 more 17 hours 48 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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