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A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay
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Watkin Tench
Watkin Tench was an officer of the British Marines in the First Fleet to settle NSW. This is an interesting and entertaining account of his …
Ein Vade mecum für den Hrn. Sam. Gotth. Lange Pastor in Laublingen
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Lessings Kritik an der Horazübersetzung des seinerzeit bekannten Pastors Lange ist unerbittlich und von fast brutaler Genauigkeit. Aus …
Von der Muße des Weisen (De Otio)
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
De Otio, ist ein philosophischer Dialog. Darin äußert sich Seneca über seine Ansichten bezüglich des otium, wobei die &…
The Marvels of Divine Grace
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Alice Lady Lovat
These are Alice Lady Lovat's meditations on the treatise "Del Aprecio y Estima de la Divina Gracia," written by the prolific Roman…
The Wonders of the Jungle
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Sarath Kumar Ghosh
How do elephants drink? What is the Law of the Jungle at the water hole? How does an elephant baby learn to feed and learn to swim? How do t…
Notes of a War Correspondent
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Richard Harding Davis
Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African …
The Journal of John Woolman
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John Woolman
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks
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Jean de la Fontaine
Several of La Fontaine's fables, translated into English by W. T. Larned. (Summary by bge1234)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Volume 02
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United Nations
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais…
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation
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Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
Writing Wrongly
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Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
My Mark Twain
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William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) became fast friends with Mark Twain from the moment in 1869 when Twain strode into the office of The Atlant…
An Alphabet of History
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Su…
I, Mary MacLane
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Mary Maclane
Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a yo…
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 4 chapter 18 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
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Margaret Burnham
Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dr…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit
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Wilhelm Von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswe…
On Life
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Leo Tolstoy
What is the "good life" for us mortal beings? Two months spent recovering from a severe injury allowed Tolstoy to develop and orga…