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Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical
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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin
This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…
The Easter Mystery Of Jesus Christ; A Miscellany Of Readings, Poems, And Hymn T…
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Various
The story of Jesus Christ is a treasure of Western civilization. Understanding that life and story is necessary for a proper understanding …
My Religion
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Arnold Bennett, J. D. Beresford, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Arthur Jones, Compton Mackenzie, E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Hugh Walpole, Rebecca West and Israel Zangwill
This 1926 collection of sixteen essays on religion by well-known people (mostly authors) in the early 20th century brings together articles …
William The Conqueror
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Richmal Crompton
William is at it again. The world’s most chaos-creating and confident eleven year old boy. Thirteen more humorous stories in this 1926 col…
Jeremy At Crale; His Friends, His Ambitions And His One Great Enemy
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Hugh Walpole
This 1927 work is the third and final in Walpole’s Jeremy series. (The others are Jeremy and Jeremy And Hamlet.) Jeremy’s home is in Polches…
Tall Tales Of Cape Cod
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Marillis Bittinger
“The title of this volume is perhaps misleading. Tall Tales of Cape Cod they are, yes, but in a broader sense that are the feel and the basi…
Winnowed Wisdom
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Stephen Leacock
This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales
Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect
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Lawrence Weaver
This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor.…
Combat Lessons Number 1: Rank And File In Combat: What They're Doing, How They …
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United States Army War College
This 1942 Army manual, published during the course of World War II, consists of quotations from soldiers in the field concerning their exper…
A London Mosaic
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Walter Lionel George
An idiosyncratic view of various aspects of London, England, published in 1921. Walter Lionel George (1882 – 1926) was an English writer, c…
Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…
The Children's Book Of Christmas
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J. C. Dier
This 1911 collection is of snippets from many different sources and genres: myths, songs. poems, hymns, book sections, etc. The sources are…
How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
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Abram J. Dittenhoefer
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
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Alexander K. Mcclure
“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…
The British Soldier: His Courage And Humour
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Edward John Hardy
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…
Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays
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Charles Maclaurin
This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…
A Christmas Miscellany 2023
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Various
Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales
King Edward I of England: Three Essays
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Thomas Frederick Tout
Edward I (1239 – 1307), was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The eldest son of Henry III, Edward was involved from an early age in the p…
Strange Stories Of The Civil War
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Various
Here are twelve narratives of some events in the American Civil War, most told by a participant or contemporary observer. - Summary by David…
On Reading The Bible
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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…