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Vices are not Crimes

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Lysander Spooner


Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of the …

Five Months at Anzac

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Joseph Lievesley Beeston


A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force . From his leaving Australi…

The Amateur Emigrant

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Robert Louis Stevenson


In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland,…

A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53

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Ellen Clacy


"If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852,…

Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin

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Hans Aanrud


Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the stor…

037 - Recipes. Chapter 17. Part 1.

In The Book of Household Management

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Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton


"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

Book 4, Chapter 29: The Next Morning

In Adam Bede

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George Eliot


Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…

06 - Deliverance 1776

In Chronicles of Canada Volume 12 - The Father of British Canada; A Chronicle of …

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William Wood


Carleton’s first eight years as governor of Canada were almost entirely occupied with civil administration. The next four were equally occup…

Concious Metal

In The Metal Monster

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Abraham Merritt


The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel.Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, …

A Was Once an Apple Pie

In Soup of Alphabets, Volume 002

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Edward Lear


A second helping of Alphabet Books! This collection has a wide-ranging variety of short books, and not only for younger readers, but also fo…

Book 01 As Seen By Two Strangers Chapter 03 The Man

In Initials Only

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Anna Katharine Green


Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective f…

29 - The Inferior Nasal Concha; The Vomer

In Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 1 (Gray's Anatomy)

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Henry Gray


Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded th…

174 - A Curious Combination.

In The Lincoln Story Book

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Henry L. Williams


Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…