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How Bessie Kept House

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Amanda Minnie Douglas


Bessie desperately wants to be trusted with taking care of the house alone, instead of being bossed by Cousin Jane, while her mother goes on…

The Birds of the Air

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John Frost


In this book, aimed at children, the author provides a brief profile of 35 different bird species. Strangely for a book titled The Birds of …

The Ghost Hunters

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Allen Upward


Mr. Hargreaves, during the course of his work as a real estate agent, encounters a variety of haunted properties. Why are the buildings haun…

Atomic!

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Henry Kuttner


"What nuclear war may do to the world we know is a closed book to mankind—but here’s what coming eras may bring!"After nuclear war…

History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 4

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Gaston Maspero


History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in t…

Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure

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William Pittenger


Written a year after the events, this is an eyewitness account of the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Early in the American Civil War, in Ap…

Israel and Hamas Conflict in Brief

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Jim Zanottiandjeremy M. Sharp


This short report, written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate, covers the Israel-Hamas…

TikTok: Collected Reports

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Various


This is a collection of reports on TikTok written for the Congressional Research Service with the aim of informing U.S. legislative debate. …

The Peaceful Atom

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Bernice Kohn Hunt


In this children's science book from the early 1960s, the concept of atoms and the science behind them is introduced. The book recounts the …

Poems by a Slave

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George Moses Horton


This book of poems, published originally in 1829 and reprinted in 1837, was the second book written by George M. Horton. It addresses themes…

Railroads from the Investor's View Point

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Federal Securities Corporation


This small booklet was written in 1921 as a guide for Americans interested in investing in railroad securities. The majority of the book is …

Chapter 14

In Zofloya

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Charlotte Dacre


Victoria de Loredani lives the life of a fairy tale princess in Venice. She has everything one might desire and more, until the sinister Cou…

Capítulo XVIII

In Persuasión

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Jane Austen


Una de las novelas famosas de Jane Austen. - Summary by kathrinee

Allan Quartermain Hears of Mameena

In Child of Storm

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H. Rider Haggard


Child of Storm is a 1913 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot is set in 1854-56 and concerns Quatermain hunting in…

Captain Carroway

In Mary Anerley

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore


It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…