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The Land of Midian (Revisited)

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Richard Francis Burton

The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality a…

The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia

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Harry W. French

A gripping, coming-of-age tale with youthful heroism, wisdom and fortitude on the Arabian Peninsula, somewhat in the style of One Thousand A…

The Literature of Arabia

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Epiphanius Wilson

A collection of many romantic stories: it has no epic unity. It will remind the reader of the "Morte d'Arthur" of Sir Thomas Malor…

GENERAL TREPOFF AND THE RUSSIAN STUDENTS

In The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes

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George Barton

Excerpt: "Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished fiction. Crime, in itself, is painful and sometimes r…

FOREWORD

In You Can't Win

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Jack Black

'You Can't Win' is an autobiography that was serialized in the San Francisco Call and Post (1925). It became so popular that it was publishe…

Harry S. Truman, January 4, 1950

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1946 - 1953)

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Harry S. Truman

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…