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Inventions Of The Great War

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Alexander Russell Bond


“… this war was not one of mere destruction. It set men to thinking as they had never thought before. It intensified their inventive faculti…

Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Bo…

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M. R. James


M R James was a well regarded English scholar who studied the medieval period (he also wrote great ghost stories!). Apocryphal books are a…

A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron

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Rudyard Kipling


[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fle…

Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays

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Charles Maclaurin


This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…

Pep: The Story Of A Brave Dog

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Clarence Hawkes


This 1922 adventure story for youth and dog lovers will delight anyone with just a little suspension of disbelief. Sentimental and anthropom…

Letters From America

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Rupert Brooke


"[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at…

The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War

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Dame M. Columban


“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…

Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

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John Calvin


If ever there was a time when the consolations derived from religious instruction were necessary, what other resource is left to the most he…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (Londo…

The Cloud of Unknowing

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Anonymoustranslated Byevelyn Underhill


The Cloud of Unknowing (Middle English: The Cloude of Unknowyng) is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in th…

Campfire Tales of Jackson Hole

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G. Bryan Harry


Tales of the fur traders and mountain men who explored Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, and the Teton Mountain Range. ( David O)

Contagion

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Katherine Maclean


Minos was such a lovely planet. Not a thing seemed wrong with it. Excepting the food, perhaps. And a disease that wasn't really. Originally…

Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 2

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John Clare


John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England's greatest nature po…

The Pilgrimage Of Etheria

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Etheria


This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It…

The Obedience of a Christian Man

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William Tyndale


"The obedience of a Christian man" begins by contrasting the life of a true Christian to those holding high positions within the R…

The Count of Monte Cristo (version 3)

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Alexandre Dumas


Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Selection Of Stories

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Lucy Maud Montgomery


This work is a selection of Christmas stories (or sometimes chapters) of Lucy Maud Montgomery from different sources and different times. Th…

Just Sweethearts; A Christmas Love Story

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Harry Stillwell Edwards


“Clearly he was one of those rare beings who can radiate energy standing still and convey the impression of impetuous force without motion, …

A Cruise in an Opium Clipper

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Lindsay Anderson


Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. …

Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary

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Unknown


The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…

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