William Tomcho

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James Parton - Captains of Industry

In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised them or by the noble use they made of the leisure which success in them...

Issa Deas and 8 more 9 hours 56 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Hiram Bingham - Inca Lands

Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Peak in the Andes of Peru. There is nothing new under the sun, they say....

elmay and 4 more 9 hours 55 minutes

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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Humorous Fiction

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Ellis Parker Butler - Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons...

Margaret Espaillat and 7 more 9 hours 3 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Burton Egbert Stevenson - American Men of Mind

“American Men of Mind” is a collection of short biographies of men of note in various disciplines. It is an absorbing collection of short biographies of men who made a difference in American history; most beginning...

William Tomcho 8 hours 59 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Adolphus W. Greely - Explorers and Travellers

“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but very complete histories of men who risked life and fortune to discover more...

William Tomcho 8 hours 51 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Louis Joseph Vance - False Faces

This is the second book in the Lone Wolf series. Michael Lanyard had turned his back on his career as gentleman-thief and started a respectable life, when World War I wrecks his life. With his family dead and the spy...

William Tomcho and 7 more 8 hours 45 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Burton Egbert Stevenson - American Men of Action

In this book, Burton Egbert Stevenson writes a brief biography of some of the most noteworthy men in American history. He begins at the very beginning of the history of America with Christopher Columbus and proceeds...

William Tomcho 8 hours 42 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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H. G. Wells - World Set Free (version 2)

Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay could be sped up. The book may have encouraged scientists to explore...

Jules Hawryluk and 1 more 8 hours 4 minutes

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General Fiction

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Louis Joseph Vance - Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf is the first of eight books in a series featuring the jewel thief turned private detective Michael Lanyard. With his identity betrayed and the police on his heels, he must fly from Paris, which is made...

William Tomcho and 6 more 8 hours 3 minutes

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John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Herbert George Jenkins - John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional methods bewilder and embarrass the officials at Whitehall, where, according to him,...

William Tomcho and 3 more 7 hours 55 minutes

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Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

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Isabel Anderson - Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

Isabel Anderson has written a most interesting travelogue of Hawaii and The Philippines. Actually it is more of a history lesson. Anyone with any interest whatsoever in the South Pacific will find this book very...

William Tomcho 7 hours 43 minutes

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War & Military

Frederick A. Talbot - Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War

«Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War» is an interesting read of the beginnings of air warfare in World War I. Anyone interested in early aviation and armament will find this a fascinating work. By William Tomcho.

William Tomcho 6 hours 48 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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