Roger Melin

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Biography & Autobiography

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Jesse Pomeroy - Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy

Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massachusetts. He was sent to reform school for a year and released. Shortly after...

Roger Melin 3 hours 35 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 049

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carnivorous plants, tadpoles, tent caterpillars, flights of birds, horse training,...

Roger Melin and 7 more 3 hours 29 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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General Fiction

423

Jessie Benton Frémont - Will and the Way Stories

Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where there's a will, there's a way'. (Summary by Roger Melin)

Roger Melin 3 hours 28 minutes

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Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

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President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing - Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

In light of recent events that have exposed rifts in the relationships between local police and the communities they protect and serve, on December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama signed an executive order...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 7 more 3 hours 25 minutes United States Government Reports

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration

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W. Stewart Wallace - Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration

Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the Crown of England during and after the American Revolution. While the vast...

Roger Melin 3 hours 19 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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William R. Lighton - Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Columbia enters the Pacific, and dedicated to...

Roger Melin 3 hours 14 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

485

Richard le Gallienne - October Vagabonds

Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the train on the 430 mile trip to the city, the two decide to walk the route,...

Roger Melin 3 hours 13 minutes

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General Fiction

449

Albert Payson Terhune - His Dog

Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a journalist. Some of his collie lines survive to this day. His Dog is...

Roger Melin 3 hours 11 minutes

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Glenn D. Bradley - Story of the Pony Express

The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of...

Roger Melin 3 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

450

Isabel Ostrander - Anything Once

An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some apparent 'rules' during the journey, while Lou seemed in need of better...

Roger Melin 3 hours 3 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 04: 1806

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story...

Roger Melin and 3 more 3 hours 2 minutes War and Peace (Maude Translation Books 1-17)

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General Fiction

483

Roswell Field - Romance of an Old Fool

A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintances and perhaps reflect on his successes since his departure. This visit,...

Roger Melin 2 hours 58 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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