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The Hawaiian Archipelago

Read by Jane Bennett

Isabella L. Bird

Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird

Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV

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Frantz Funck-Brentano

The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…

Uncle Jack's Story by Mrs. E. M. Field

In The Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

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Variousandwilliam Patten

This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The storie…

Chapter III Giovanni di Bicci, part 1

In The Medici, Volume 1

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G. F. Young

This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…

Chapter 11

In My Actor-Husband

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Anonymous

In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…

The Murder of Escovedo

In Historical Mysteries

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Andrew Lang

Edited by Andrew Lang, Historical Mysteries is a collection of infamous unsolved mysteries from various points in history.

The Third Night of the Month

In The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 11

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Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

Preface

In Scottish Reminiscences

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Archibald Geikie

Archibald Geikie was a geologist in Scotland by profession, and a writer. While most of his writings were professional, this is a more perso…

Chapter XX Catherine de Medici, part 3

In The Medici, Volume 2

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G. F. Young

This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…