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How Bessie Kept House

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Amanda Minnie Douglas


Bessie desperately wants to be trusted with taking care of the house alone, instead of being bossed by Cousin Jane, while her mother goes on…

The Birds of the Air

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John Frost


In this book, aimed at children, the author provides a brief profile of 35 different bird species. Strangely for a book titled The Birds of …

The Ghost Hunters

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Allen Upward


Mr. Hargreaves, during the course of his work as a real estate agent, encounters a variety of haunted properties. Why are the buildings haun…

Atomic!

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Henry Kuttner


"What nuclear war may do to the world we know is a closed book to mankind—but here’s what coming eras may bring!"After nuclear war…

History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 4

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Gaston Maspero


History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…

Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

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William Pittenger


Written a year after the events, this is an eyewitness account of the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Early in the American Civil War, in Ap…

Israel and Hamas Conflict in Brief

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Jim Zanottiandjeremy M. Sharp


This short report, written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate, covers the Israel-Hamas…

TikTok: Collected Reports

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Various


This is a collection of reports on TikTok written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate. …

The Peaceful Atom

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Bernice Kohn Hunt


In this children's science book from the early 1960s, the concept of atoms and the science behind them is introduced. The book recounts the …

Poems by a Slave

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George Moses Horton


This book of poems, published originally in 1829 and reprinted in 1837, was the second book written by George M. Horton. It addresses themes…

Railroads from the Investor's View Point

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Federal Securities Corporation


This small booklet was written in 1921 as a guide for Americans interested in investing in railroad securities. The majority of the book is …

Copyright Law of the United States, Preface, Sections 101-102

In Insomnia Collection Vol. 004

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United States of America


Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

Robin Cockscroft

In Mary Anerley

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore


It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…

On Lamp-Posts

In The Uses of Diversity

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the &…

Jerusalem, 70 AD

In The Book of Famous Sieges

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Tudor Jenks


History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in suc…

Before Edgehill Fight - Read by ES

In Before Edgehill Fight

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Rudyard Kipling


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Before Edgehill Fight by Rudyard Kipling.This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 7, 2019…

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 Decided March 27, 1898 Part 1

In Supreme Cases from 1803-2018

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United States Supreme Court


These cases involved questions that came before the Supreme Court that needed answers. The questions in order of appearance in this project …