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The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
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John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …
Life in a Thousand Worlds
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William Shuler Harris
A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer o…
Warlord of Kor
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Terry Carr
Terry Carr never really shone as a writer, though he did write some remarkably thoughtful stories. However, his talents as an editor and ant…
Dope
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Sax Rohmer
A minor lord is killed and a rich socialite is missing, and they are both tied to the enigmatic Kazmah the Dream Reader, who has also disapp…
As in a Mirror
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Pansy
A wealthy and successful author, John Stuart King is preparing to write his next book, which includes a homeless tramp. He has done all the …
Birds of Prey
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The first part of the book builds the characters of four con men who become interconnected and attempt their schemes on each other. This boo…
Clog Shop Chronicles
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John Ackworth
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
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Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
Cottage Economy
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William Cobbett
How can you tell when your pig is fat enough? Why should you never buy mustard? What's wrong with eating potatoes? Which is better, beer or …
ABC of Vegetable Gardening
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Eben Eugene Rexford
This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and col…
A Book of Scoundrels
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Charles Whibley
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
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Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Biltmore Oswald
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J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
The Crimson Thread
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Roy J. Snell
Lucile has a job in a department store book department for the holiday season before she returns to college for the next term. What could ha…
The Welsh And Their Literature
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George Borrow
Originally an article in the US Edition of the London Quarterly Review, George Borrow offers a sweeping history of Welsh literature, beginni…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…