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Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The...

Delmar H Dolbier and 38 more 49 hours 49 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Vasco de Lobeira - Amadis of Gaul

Amadis of Gaul (Amadís de Gaula, in Spanish) was not the first, but certainly one of the best known knight-errantry tales of the 16th century. Not only is its authorship doubtful, but even the language in which it was...

Leni and 14 more 29 hours 18 minutes

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Sigmund Freud - Interpretation of Dreams

A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in the dreaming state. Covering lots of topics, the Austrian psychoanalyst's...

rookieblue and 20 more 23 hours 29 minutes

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Principles of Economics with Applications to Practical Problems

Business & Economics

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Frank Albert Fetter - Principles of Economics with Applications to Practical Problems

Frank Albert Fetter was an American economist of the Austrian school, but referred to himself as a member of the “American Psychological School” instead. Fetter contested the position that land is theoretically...

April Gonzales and 17 more 21 hours 33 minutes

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War & Military

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC and ending with the Battle of Waterloo of 1815....

Ernst Schnell and 18 more 19 hours 25 minutes

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Exploration

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer - Woman's Journey Round the World

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into several languages. «The Woman's Journey Around the World, from Vienna to...

Lynne T and 12 more 19 hours 24 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Vixen

This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, are childhood sweethearts. However, Rorie's family wants him to marry...

CaprishaPage and 9 more 18 hours 38 minutes

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Psychology

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Sigmund Freud - General Introduction to Psychoanalysis

These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational. Freud sets forth with a frankness almost startling the difficulties and limitations of psychoanalysis, and also describes its main...

ashleighjane and 8 more 17 hours 52 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Otto Jahn - Life of Mozart Volume 1

An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an interesting look at both his family life and his musical career. Summary by...

NoelBadrian and 12 more 17 hours 35 minutes

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General Fiction

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Benjamin Disraeli - Henrietta Temple

The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the family estate with large debts, which his father did not manage to diminish....

Linda Andrus and 18 more 17 hours 31 minutes

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Philosophy

John Locke - Essay Concerning Humane Understanding Book I

John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes the notion of innate ideas and argues against a number of propositions that...

bala and 10 more 17 hours 23 minutes

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Ernst Haeckel - Riddle of the Universe

The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the nature of reality, and the connection between physiology and thought. (Summary by...

April Gonzales and 10 more 13 hours 44 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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