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Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

Memoirs

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Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon - Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was the famous survey that took place in 1913-14 to follow the path of the Rio da Dúvida («River of Doubt») in the Amazon basin. The expedition was jointly led by Theodore...

KevinS and 5 more 6 hours 17 minutes

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Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers

History

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Harry A. Franck - Zone Policeman 88; A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and Its Workers

Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World , he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Panama as a census-taker and police officer. This work is a series of...

ToddHW and 3 more 6 hours 15 minutes

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Historical Fiction

447

Sir Walter Scott - Black Dwarf

The Black Dwarf is the first of the “Tales of My Landlord” series, which also includes The Bride of Lammermoor and The Heart of Midlothian. The third preliminary chapter depicts two horsemen arriving at the Wallace...

tbragg and 5 more 6 hours 15 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

443

Charles Ross Jackson - Quintus Oakes: A Detective Story

There have been a series of assaults at the manor house, one sending the mistress of the house insane with fear, another escalating to murder. There are reports of a tread on the stairs and shady figures disappearing...

Lynne T and 8 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

446

Thomas Wallace Knox - Talking Handkerchief, and Other Stories

This is a collection of 22 stories of action and adventure. We follow the narrators as they escape pirates and cannibals, overcome natural disasters, and are attacked by wild animals. Cunning plans are executed and...

Michael F. Plueger Sr. and 9 more 6 hours 4 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

522

Ambrose Bierce - Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of «Fables of Zambri, the Parsee,» «Brief Seasons of Intellectual...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Christianity - Other

486

Frank W. Boreham - Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies

In this collection of essays, Frank Boreham shares with us his musings on how everyday items such as boots and linoleum, or a cozy fire, or even Nothing at all, can enrich our spiritual lives and draw us closer to our...

Beth Thomas and 8 more 5 hours 56 minutes

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General Fiction

478

Wilkie Collins - My Lady's Money

Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about to complete the letter with which she is to send the note off, an emergency...

ToddHW and 9 more 5 hours 55 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

510

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)

The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever...

Lady Maria and 7 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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Single author

491

Amy Lowell - Men, Women and Ghosts

This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. — Summary by Carolin

Little Tee and 13 more 5 hours 45 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Edward Everett Evans - Planet Mappers

The Carver family are out in space, travelling to new worlds to check them out for colonization. But, when Mr. Carver has an accident, and remains out of commission for the trip, his sons, Jon and Jak, step up and...

ToddHW and 9 more 5 hours 44 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

489

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 030

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include botany, dreams, farming, history, literature, nature, and religion. (summary by Sue Anderson)

Rachel Gatwood and 13 more 5 hours 41 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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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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