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Books & documents
- The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus — Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion — Epictetus Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell — Dante Alighieri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete — Dante Alighieri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) — Plutarch Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Song of Hiawatha — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Poetical Works of John Milton — John Milton Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- On the Sublime — active 1st century Longinus Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology — C. G. Jung Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Daddy-Long-Legs — Jean Webster Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius — Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Purgatory — Dante Alighieri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Alice's Adventures Under Ground — Lewis Carroll Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4) — Plutarch Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Paradise — Dante Alighieri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- English Literature — William J. Long Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Strenuous Life — Theodore Roosevelt Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Misplaced Battleship — Harry Harrison Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete — Dante Alighieri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Olive Fairy Book — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine — George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Two doors down (2007) — McCartney, Annie Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- [SHOCKFIC] "The Detroit Manuscript" (Unfinished) - Underground Community Archive (Item #25) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp79-00927a004500020003-0: FINALND'S AGRARIANS SQUABBLE ON EVE OF PARTY CONGRESS (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp88-01315r000300080029-3: EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM SPEECH BY GEORGE BUSH DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AT COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp81m00980r001900070058-2: EXECUTIVE ORDER ON NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- End Of An Era: Valley Outdoor Drive In (1985) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The empty medicine cabinet : the pharmacist's guide to the hidden danger of drugs and the healing powers of food (2014) — Rudolph, Dustin Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Getting rough : monkey business trio (2016) — Parker, C. L., author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Dimension W (2016) — Iwahara, Yuji, author, illustrator Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Durable Slum : Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai (2014) — Weinstein, Liza Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Letter from Wm B. Stevens, dated 1862-03-01 (1862) — Wm B. Stevens Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Q in Matthew : ancient media, memory, and early scribal transmission of the Jesus tradition (2016) — Kirk, Alan (Alan K.), author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Embarrassed! Candice in the Hallway!(Comission) (2017) — Pinkandpeachy Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000302330029-3: SOVIETS FOUND DEVELOPING BETTER CHEMICAL WEAPONS (1985) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84b00049r001102640010-6: LDC DEPT PROBLEMS (1982) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp84b00049r000200290010-3: LAW OF THE SEA (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, 23rd Co., I.Y.. A record of incidents connected with the services of the first contingent of the D.L.O.Y.C. in the South African Campaign of 1899-1900-1901-1902 [British Army] (1902) — L. H. Johnson Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Manichithrathazhu Door Locks - Thrissur, Kerala (2016) — Prof. Bibhudutta Baral, Divyadarshan C. S. and Ranjitha M. C., NID, Bengaluru Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp85b00552r001100110059-5: LETTER TO ADMIRAL TURNER: FROM JOHN F. BLAKE (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Goddess of the rose (2011) — Cast, P. C Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Fowl Feathered Review 252 (2026) — Fowlpox Press Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]
- Magical thinking about democracy: part 4 – power and corruption (2023) — Victor Munoz Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp91-00561r000100010060-4: THE US-FIRST SYNDROME (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Ethan (2011) — Palmer, Diana Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Been so long (2018) — Jorma Kaukonen Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been so long (2009) — Ché Walker Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been down so long it looks like up to me (1966) — Richard Fariña Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been so long (1998) — Che Walker Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been So Long (2011) — Adrienne Thompson, Alyndria Mooney Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been So Long 4 (2016) — Adrienne Thompson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been So Long III (Whatever It Takes) (2014) — Adrienne Thompson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been So Long 2 (Body and Soul) (2013) — Adrienne T Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been in the storm so long (1979) — Leon F. Litwack, Leon F. Litwack Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Little Sister (Cleo's Story - a Companion Novel to Been So Long) (2013) — Adrienne Thomp Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Little Sister (Cleo's Story - a Companion Novel to Been So Long) (2013) — Adrienne Thompson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- So Long, Insecurity (2010) — Beth Moore Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- So long been dreaming (2004) — Nalo Hopkinson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- An important question (1847) — James Freeman Clarke Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- [Letter] (1981) — Walker, Edmund Sir Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- [Letter] (1898) — B. E. Walker Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Catch-22 (1961) — Joseph Heller Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Been down So Long It Looks Like up to Me (1966) — Richard Farina Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- So Long, Insecurity (2016) — Pricilla Shirer Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- So, How Long Have You Been Native? (2015) — Alexis C. Bunten Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Prophecy and lamentation; or, A voice from the East (1845) — Maria Theresa Asmar Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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