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Memoirs

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Rabindranath Tagore - My Reminiscences

These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he...

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Historical Fiction

874

Anatole France - Gods are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste...

Nicholas Clifford and 12 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

Biography & Autobiography

840

Diogenes Laertius - Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6. There is a number of interesting anecdotes on the lives of Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Monimus, Onesicritus, Crates of Thebes,...

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Memoirs

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Franz Liszt - Life of Chopin

Chopin was a romantic era Polish composer. This work is a memoir by Liszt who knew Chopin both as man and artist. This memoir gives a unique understanding to the psychological character of the compositions of Chopin....

bala and 2 more 6 hours 12 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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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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Romance

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Wilkie Collins - Two Destinies

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each...

acousticwave and 12 more 10 hours 9 minutes

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General

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Our Little Jewish Cousin

In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. They live among us here in America. They also dwell in the countries far away...

Kara Shallenberg and 3 more 1 hour 19 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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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...

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Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

Biography & Autobiography

840

David Brewster - Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler

“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revolution during the early modern period. This book throws light upon their...

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - Fairy Book

The sleeping beauty in the wood — Hop-O'-My-Thumb — Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper — Adventures of John Dietrich — Beauty and the Beast — Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes — Jack the...

Woolly Bee and 20 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)

Religious Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - What Men Live By and Other Tales (Version 2)

This is a collection of 4 stories by Leo Tolstoy, all dealing with the question asked in the title of the first story: What Does Man Live By. What is the purpose of life? How are we expected to live with others? What...

bala and 1 more 1 hour 58 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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