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The Beasts of Tarzan

Read by James Christopher


Edgar Rice Burroughs


This is the third of Burrough's Tarzan novels. Originally serialized in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914, the novel was first published i…

The Scarlet Plague

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Jack London


Known mainly for his tales of adventure, this work of science fiction by Jack London is set in a post-apocalyptic future. It's 2072, sixty y…

Simple Sabotage Field Manual

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United States Office Of Strategic Services


Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gath…

A Story of the Stone Age

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H. G. Wells


This story is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history. . .(Summary from the text)

Gulliver of Mars

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Sir Edwin Arnold and Edwin Lester Arnold


This escapist novel first published in 1905 as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation follows the exploits of American Navy Lieutenant Gull…

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION (800 words)

In The Sleeper Awakes

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H. G. Wells


The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, b…

12 - The House-Boat Disappears

In A House-Boat on the Styx

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John Kendrick Bangs


The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up until the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of …

26 - Chapter 37

In Around the World in Eighty Days (version 3)

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Jules Verne


Enigmatic Phileas Fogg accepts a wager about whether it's possible to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or under. The book charts his adve…

The Clotho Spider

In The Life of the Spider

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J. Henri Fabre and Jean-Henri Fabre


Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an auto…

The Cliff Dwellers - fromArizona Sketches

In Local Color Collection Vol. 001

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Joseph A. Munk and Joseph Munk


In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

Introduction: Of the Idea of a Critique of Practical Reason

In The Critique of Practical Reason

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Immanuel Kant


The Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788…

Chapter 29

In Men of Iron

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Howard Pyle


Men of Iron by Howard Pyle is historical fiction that transports us back to the 1400's, a time of knighthood and chivalry. Myles Falworth is…

CHAPTER 27

In The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

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Charles Dickens


The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…

The Doctrine of Fascism

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018

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Benito Mussolini


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