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Lives of the Presidents of the United States in Words of One Syllable

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Helen W. Pierson


This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 3

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 2

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 7

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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Unsung Heroes

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Elizabeth Ross Haynes


This book consists of 17 biographies of remarkable men and women who, in 1921, were "unsung." Some of them are now pretty well kno…

Marge Askinforit

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Barry Pain


A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…

Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction

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Various


A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…

Women of Achievement

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


This volume, published in 1919 by the American Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, opens with an introduction spelling out the important w…

Sweet Clover

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Edgar Lee Masters


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Sweet Clover by Edgar Lee Masters.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 30, 2023.…

McClellan's Own Story

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George Brinton Mcclellan and George Brinton McClellan


Memoirs of General George Brinton McClellan, commanding general of the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the American Civil War.…

Good Stories for Great Birthdays

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Frances Jenkins Olcott


"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South A…

Voyage en Corse

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Gracieux Faure


La Corse, cette île de la mer Méditerrannée, nous fait immédiatement penser à la nature indomptée, …

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States

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Benjamin Griffith Brawley


Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literat…

Les quarante fauteuils de l'Académie Française 1634-1886

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Charles Barthelémy


Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634…

Ben King's Verse

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Benjamin King


This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous…

The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume V

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François-René de Chateaubriand


The memoirs of Chateaubriand continue in Volume 5, with the author, now a grand hommes des lettres, still in the thick of political events, …

The History of Mary Prince

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Mary Prince


Mary Prince was born into slavery in the West Indies. As a free woman in England she wrote her memoirs, which sold well and supported and pu…

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