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Prayer: Its Necessity, Its Power, Its Conditions

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Ferreol Girardey



Redemptorist Father Ferreol Girardey's book, which bears an imprimatur, is a broad introductory treatise on the subject of prayer. He discus…

The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 4

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Agnes Strickland



The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by he…

Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

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Jacob Abbott



Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…

Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time

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JJ Semple



JJ Semple doesn’t just wake up one day and say to himself, “I’m going to crack the coded mysteries in The Secret of the Golden Flower.” He s…

History of the United States, Vol. VI

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Charles Austin Beard



Charles Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and inte…

The Large Catechism

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Martin Luther



Luther's Large Catechism consisted of works written by Martin Luther and compiled Christian canonical texts, published in April of 1529. Thi…

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

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Lawrence Beesley



This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…

The History of Standard Oil: Volume 2

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Ida M. Tarbell



The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Com…

Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

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Clement Clarke Moore



LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summ…

Four Girls at Chautauqua

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Pansy



Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-lovi…

The Legends of the Jews, Volume 2

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Louis Ginzberg



Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution

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Peter Kropotkin



Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England…

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 2

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Charles Darwin



Part 2 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great boo…

Richard II, Makers of History

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Jacob Abbott



Chronicles the life of Richard II, born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, who later wore the crown of King of England. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

A Thousand Miles up the Nile

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards



Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in …

Have We Been Played? The Hidden Game Revealed

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John Berling Hardy



THIS BOOK IS MOST LIKELY NOT FOR YOU! It will NOT guarantee success – Life holds no promises! It will NOT guarantee happiness – I…

The Dawn of a To-morrow

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Frances Hodgson Burnett



A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…

The Concept of Nature

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Alfred North Whitehead



In The Concept of Nature, Alfred North Whitehead discusses the interrelatedness of time, space, and human perception.The idea of objects as …

Sketches Of The Fair Sex

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William James Mcglothlin



Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the …

The Discovery of New Worlds

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M. B. Synge



This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of…

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