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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)

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…

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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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

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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…

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…

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…

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

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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

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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…

Epistolae, the letters of Dante

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Dante Alighieri



This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controv…

Indian Frontier Policy

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General Sir John Miller Adye



"The subject of our policy on the North-West frontier of India is one of great importance, as affecting the general welfare of our East…

The Prospective Mother

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J. Morris Slemons



A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection

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Various



This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings o…

The United Empire Loyalists

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W. Stewart Wallace



Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …

Australian Miscellany

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Various



A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…

The Death of Lord Nelson

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William Beatty



"The Surgeon of the late illustrious Lord NELSON feels himself called upon, from the responsible situation which he held on the eventfu…

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