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History

468

William Byron Forbush - Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs

The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was...

TriciaG and 7 more 9 hours 32 minutes

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Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2

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496

John Calvin - Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2

Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in...

David Lawrence and 10 more 14 hours 30 minutes Institutes of the Christian Religion

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*Non-fiction

430

Helen M. Urban - Woman as Decoration

A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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War & Military

436

Ward Muir - Observations of an Orderly

Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eyes of the orderly we get to see the processes that kept the wards running,...

skoval and 6 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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*Non-fiction

484

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history,...

Caroline Shapiro and 9 more 5 hours 11 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Humorous Fiction

476

Stephen Leacock - Nonsense Novels

Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG 3 hours 27 minutes

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Christianity - Other

407

Westminster Assembly - Westminster Larger Catechism

The Westminster Larger Catechism, along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism, is a central catechism of Calvinists in the English tradition throughout the world. The Westminster Shorter Catechism was to be «easier...

Chris Engelsma and 1 more 1 hour 51 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

511

Andrew Lang - Arabian Nights Entertainments

The Arabian Nights is a collection of Perso-Arabic folk tales and other stories. The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (or purporting to be drawn from it), became widely known in the West from the...

Neeru Iyer and 15 more 10 hours 34 minutes

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Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

General Fiction

426

Stephen Leacock - Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG 3 hours 48 minutes

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Christianity - Other

474

Irenaeus - Against Heresies

St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, describes several schools of Gnosticism which were prevalent among pre-Nicene Christianity. He then refutes these beliefs as heresies by contrasting them with what he describes as...

JoeD and 15 more 25 hours 39 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

461

Tobias Smollett - Expedition of Humphry Clinker

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work. Published in London on 17 June 1771, it is an epistolary...

David Lawrence and 7 more 17 hours 32 minutes

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Christian Fiction

437

Pansy - Overruled

Sequel to " Making Fate ". We continue the story of Marjorie Edmonds and those who surround her: Mr. Maxwell, her mother's boarder; Ralph and Estelle Bramlett, with Ralph's impulsiveness and Estelle's...

TriciaG 8 hours 54 minutes

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New

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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