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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
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Frank Benton
Frank Benton, himself a wealthy rancher, provides a series of first-hand sketches of cowboy life of the late 19th and early 20th century fro…
Recollections of Imperial Russia
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Meriel Buchanan
In this memoir, Meriel Buchanan (9-5-1886 to 2-6-1959) links the history of Russia to powerful, lingering memories of her years living there…
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
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James E. Seaver
Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them …
A Short History of Wales
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Owen M. Edwards
A Short History of Wales is a book published in 1906 by Owen Edwards. It aimed to provide an introduction to Welsh history, to those who may…
Great Britain at War
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Jeffery Farnol
The book follows Jeffery Farnol as he visits a number of key locations around Britain and on the continent, each demonstrating how members o…
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…
Spy Proof America!
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J. Francis Logan
A very impassioned piece from the first World War, introducing a volunteer civilian anti-spy organization to root out enemy spies from the U…
The Story of Japan
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Robert van Bergen and Robert Van Bergen
Robert van Bergen was one of the first Americans to enter Japan after the country opened its borders to foreign visitors following centuries…
Prophecy Blossoms
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Brenda Wamsley
Surviving her first year as a vampire, Jane prepares for what should be the happiest day of her life. But doubt and secret's trouble her. In…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 03)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state…
With Fire and Sword (Byers)
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Samuel H. M. Byers
Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…
A General View of Positivism
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Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…
1950-1959 Radio News
WA4CZD
News from the 1950's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1950's new…
WWII News and Related Sound files from 1939
Various
Old Time Radio Programs. WWII News and Related Sound files from 1939
Chronicles of Canada Volume 18 - The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson Bay
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Agnes C. Laut
The fur hunters were explorers who had blazed a trail across a continent and penetrated to the uttermost reaches of a northern empire the si…
The Copyright Question
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George Morang
This is a letter to the Toronto Board of Trade regarding Canadian copyrights. Morang requested an appearance before the Toronto Board of Tra…
Paul the Dauntless
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Basil Joseph Mathews
“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…
Visits To The Dead In The Catacombs Of Rome
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George Washington Greene
This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59,…