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Essays

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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne - Essays book 1

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. He...

Martin Geeson and 17 more 17 hours 5 minutes Essays by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

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Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Technology & Engineering

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National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi - Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of...

Availle and 9 more 17 hours 5 minutes United States Government Reports

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Historical Fiction

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton - Last Days of Pompeii

Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the...

Ric F and 11 more 16 hours 45 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Anthony Trollope - Macdermots of Ballycloran

This is the story of the Macdermots of Ballycloran the story is about the tragic demise of a landowning family. Larry Macdermot lives in a dilapidated mansion in Co. Leitrim, whose mortgage to Joe Flannelly he cannot...

Bob Neufeld and 8 more 16 hours 41 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

455

Harry A. Lewis - Hidden Treasures

«Some succeed while others fail. This is a recognized fact; yet history tells us that seven-tenths of our most successful men began life poor.» A selection of mini-biographies teaches us how some successful men have...

Lynne T and 17 more 16 hours 39 minutes

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Business & Economics

514

Alfred Owen Crozier - U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Republican-RI) was chair of the commission. He, in secret enclave with a group of...

MacKenzie Nikol Greenwood and 10 more 16 hours 24 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

447

George Manville Fenn - Peril Finders

In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there...

Elaine Webb and 9 more 16 hours 21 minutes

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Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

*Non-fiction

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John Dewey - Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the different methods for achieving quality in education. After its initial...

Tim Ferreira and 13 more 16 hours 20 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 002

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

MaryAnn and 14 more 16 hours 2 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 003

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

TriciaG and 9 more 15 hours 48 minutes

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Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 1

Psychology

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Hans Gross - Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 1

Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on criminal investigation. This treatise covers everything from the qualities of...

Availle and 13 more 15 hours 44 minutes

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Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History

*Non-fiction

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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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