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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. III

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap...

Lynne T and 24 more 46 hours 11 minutes

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Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

Performing Arts

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P. T. Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the «Greatest Show on Earth,» P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a...

DrPGould and 13 more 27 hours 17 minutes

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Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II

Education

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John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II

John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: «I see no reason to believe, that the soul thinks before the senses have furnished it with ideas to think on....

Pamela Nagami and 14 more 14 hours 39 minutes

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*Non-fiction

466

Letters from Victorian Pioneers

A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria in response...

Beth Thomas and 15 more 12 hours 44 minutes

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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Animals

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Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany written by Marion E. Latham. The section on Zoology examines the development,...

Nichalia Schwartz and 7 more 11 hours 11 minutes

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Education

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George Herbert Betts - Mind And Its Education

«We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material things about us; for we can see it, touch it, weigh it, or measure it. But how are we...

Mike Justice and 11 more 10 hours 23 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

Literary Collections

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Millard Fillmore - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

Owen Cook and 4 more 9 hours 4 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

Literary Collections

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Andrew Johnson - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

garybclayton and 4 more 8 hours 26 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

Political Science

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William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. V: Great Britain - III

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...

T. P. Zahm and 12 more 7 hours 27 minutes World's Famous Orations

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

Literary Collections

523

James Buchanan - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

garybclayton and 2 more 6 hours 49 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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War & Military

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Heywood Broun - Our Army at the Front

During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by notable New York Tribune war correspondent, Heywood Broun. Although Broun better...

Delmar H Dolbier and 9 more 6 hours 38 minutes

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Technology & Engineering

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Harry Chase Brearley - Time Telling Through the Ages

A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock through the key inventions driving advances in the accuracy of clocks and watches...

Claudia Salto and 6 more 6 hours 23 minutes

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