Roger Melin

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General Fiction

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Romain Rolland - Pierre and Luce

Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted pacifist, and Luce, the free spirited artist in training, and both confused...

Roger Melin 2 hours 50 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Murray Leinster - Mad Planet

It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the interior of the planet into the atmosphere. Over the millenia this would...

Roger Melin 2 hours 45 minutes

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James H. Collins - Great Taxicab Robbery

In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the transfer occurred in a New York City taxicab. This factual account...

Roger Melin 2 hours 41 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 07: 1810-1811

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...

eva and 4 more 2 hours 38 minutes War and Peace (Maude Translation Books 1-17)

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Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains

Short Stories

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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains

A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face , written in 1850 and revolves around the 'Old Man of the...

Roger Melin 2 hours 22 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Robert Smythe Hichens - Return of the Soul

Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not believe it could be so, and yet was in love with the returned soul? The Return of...

Roger Melin 2 hours 20 minutes

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Charles A. Siringo - Billy the Kid

A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history. When a bullet pierced his heart he was less than twenty-two years of age, and had killed twenty-one men, Indians not...

Roger Melin 2 hours 19 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Robert F. Young - Knyght Ther Was

«But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile — timewise! — than it had any business being!» In 2178, once time travel had become a...

Roger Melin 2 hours 18 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 056

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the impact of World War I on human society and endeavor: In 1916, Woodrow Wilson declares that «real glory»...

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E. Luscomb Haskell - Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy

«The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law» by E. Luscomb Haskell was published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1892 by the Harvard Law School Library, and is part...

Roger Melin 2 hours 12 minutes

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Family & Relationships

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Frank Allaben - Concerning Genealogies

Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) to research and compile a family history. As stated in the preface of the...

Roger Melin 1 hour 56 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Hamlin Garland - Spirit of Sweetwater

Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share his success with some deserving soul, and one day found a young dying woman...

Roger Melin 1 hour 54 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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