Essays & Short Works
First and Last
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Hilaire Belloc
“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the c…
Reviews
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Oscar Wilde
Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would hav…
The Will and the Way Stories
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Jessie Benton Frémont
Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 021
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache" übersetzt v…
Bird Stories from Burroughs
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John Burroughs
What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essa…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 045
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.
Certain Personal Matters
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H. G. Wells
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
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…
On Anything
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Hilaire Belloc
Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days…
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3
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Charles Dickens
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…
Lettre à un magistrat sur le commerce de la librairie... et Lettre sur les aveugles...
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Denis Diderot
Deux Lettres écrites avec tout le talent de Denis Diderot.1/ Sur les lois régissant le commerce de librairie, les droits, les …
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 037
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 14 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Warum das Meerwaßer salzig ist" und "Osten…
Modern Essays
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Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Is Mars Habitable?
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Alfred Russel Wallace
In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 028
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Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Giftmischer" übersetzt von Margarete JacobiDie &…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020
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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 re…
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,…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 017
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
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Walter Pater
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well …