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The Elements of Botany

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William Ruschenberger



The Elements of Botany is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a s…

A Short History of the World

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H. G. Wells



A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…

A Horse's Tale (Version 2)

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Mark Twain



A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…

Zanoni

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton



Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pis…

La Commune

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Louise Michel



Louise Michel était une anarchiste française très active dans la Commune de Paris de 1871. Son livre "La Commune&q…

Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)

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שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem



Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…

Stickeen

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John Muir



A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …

Quiet Talks about Jesus

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S. D. Gordon



So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book o…

Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1

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Thomas Stevens



Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

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Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield



Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding gover…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

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James Boswell



Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

Poezdka v Polesye

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Ivan Turgenev



To tell the truth, this story — “A trip to Polesye” — is not so much complicated with philosophical or psychological ideas. In this story au…

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass



These two articles were reproduced as an e-book by Project Gutenberg in 2008 to supplement "...several articles by Frederick Douglass,…

Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

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John Stuart Mill



This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the…

The Wonder-Worker of Padua

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Charles Warren Stoddard



This is the inspiring story of Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). The son of a wealthy Portuguese family, he was initially ordained a pries…

Four Great Americans

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James Baldwin



Written for children, James Baldwin's history of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln brings these men to life in a way that will be i…

Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears

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Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani



Padre Quadrupani was an Italian priest and member of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, also known as the Barnabites, from their association w…

The Faith of Our Fathers

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James Gibbons



The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by a…

Army Life in a Black Regiment

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson



These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …

The Secrets of the Italian Language 2 - I Segreti della Lingua Italiana per Stra…

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Antonio Libertino



Have YOU ever wanted to listen to real Italian, read it and understand it? How can YOU understand Italian even if YOU are an absolute beginn…

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