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Family Life

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Grace Livingston Hill - Marcia Schuyler

A compelling love triangle. Marcia is young & sweet. Her older sister Kate is vain & selfish. Marcia deeply admires the man that Kate is to marry: handsome & respected David Spafford. But on the eve of the wedding,...

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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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Memoirs

451

Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris - Old Rail Fence Corners

Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct...

Jill Engle and 15 more 11 hours 48 minutes

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Children's Fiction

481

J. M. Barrie - Sentimental Tommy

«J. M. Barrie is most noted for being the author of Peter Pan, the beloved book about a child who does not want to grow up. The two Tommy novels, as they are collectively referred to, are also about a child who does...

Sandra Cullum and 10 more 11 hours 45 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Archibald Williams - Romance of Modern Mechanism

In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still...

Kristine Bekere and 12 more 11 hours 34 minutes

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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Herman Melville - Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee , and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which...

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British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Wirt Sikes - British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appointed Consul to Wales and thus began his fascination with Welsh folklore....

Lynne T and 11 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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History

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Flavius Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 1

Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. It is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. Beginning...

Create and 12 more 11 hours 27 minutes The Antiquities of the Jews

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History

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Flavius Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 4

Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the Jews is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus'...

Ann Boulais and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes The Antiquities of the Jews

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Historical Fiction

530

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Christina is an ordinary girl who lives with her aunt and uncle. Life is normal until one day when her father appears and plans to take Christina away to live with him at a robber baron's castle. Her peaceful life has...

Mike Justice and 6 more 11 hours 21 minutes

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 3)

Children's Fiction

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Mark Twain - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 3)

The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The drifting journey of Huck and his...

Ted Kaouk and 16 more 11 hours 20 minutes

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Mathematics

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Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 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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