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Business & Economics

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J. Laurence Laughlin - Principles of Political Economy

The Principles of Political Economy , first published in 1848, was one of the most important texts on the subject of economy at that time. It is broken up into five books; Production, Distribution, Exchange,...

Aaron Rivera and 19 more 25 hours 2 minutes

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Business & Economics

546

Herbert Spencer - Social Statics

Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath Herbert Spencer. In it, he uses the term «fitness» in applying his ideas of...

Nesanel Bechhofer and 9 more 17 hours 53 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Death Shot

Long time since this hand hath penned a preface. Now only to say, that this romance, as originally published, was written when the author was suffering severe affliction, both physically and mentally—the result of a...

Larry Wilson and 11 more 16 hours 6 minutes

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Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

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Allen H. Godbey - Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

«Mankind is constantly astonished by reports of mishaps and disasters of manifold character, when there is seldom room for astonishment. A large proportion of the calamities reported from day to day are directly due...

Mike Pelton and 13 more 15 hours 27 minutes

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Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

Biography & Autobiography

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John Gilmary Shea - Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

«It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small...

laurencetrask and 8 more 11 hours 59 minutes

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Education

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Charlotte Mason - Home Education Series Vol. I: Home Education

This is the first volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled: The Education of Children under Nine Years of Age. The series is used today by many...

rachelrw and 21 more 11 hours 50 minutes

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Education

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Geology

Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little textbook from 1846 presents an introduction to geology. The information,...

Mich_elle and 8 more 10 hours 33 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 5: Biology

Life Sciences

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Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 5: Biology

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fifth volume is on Biology written by Caroline E. Stackpole. It discusses biology being the science of life and life’s nature and origins. It furthers...

realisticspeakers and 6 more 10 hours 22 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Poison Island

Mysterious old Captain Coffin not only has a wild story about a Honduran island where treasure lies, he has a map. But they must be wary because it also holds “a poison that kills a man and keeps him fresh as paint”....

Daniel Goodson and 10 more 9 hours 10 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Lucien Poincaré - New Physics and Its Evolution

The end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century marked a new era in the study of physics. It seemed as though everything that was thought to be known was being called into question. This book attempts to...

MaryAnn and 8 more 8 hours 52 minutes

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Antiquity

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Jacob Abbott - History of Genghis Khan

This book provides the history of one of the most renowned emperors of all time. The Great Khan. This was a man born Temujin to a clan leader father who was later poisoned. The family was left unprotected and without...

deongines and 1 more 7 hours 10 minutes

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Antiquity

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William Jennings Bryan - World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece

This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Francis Whiting Halsey. The first volume concerns ancient Greece, and contains such...

Jason in Panama and 12 more 7 hours 8 minutes World's Famous Orations

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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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