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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]
- You Are Your Father's Daughter: The Longing When It's Lost (1994) — Dr. Earl R. Henslin Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Tall singer (1975) — Gray, Genevieve, Jones, Gary B Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- More than he expected (2012) — Laurence, Andrea Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Dog star (2007) — Nimmo, Jenny Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Dust or fire (2016) — Faber, Alyda, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Formaldehyde — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- Nostalgia for the Present - Ethnography and Photography in a Moroccan Berber Village (2014) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Between summer's longing and winter's end (2012) — Persson, Leif G. W Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The noise of infinite longing : a memoir of a family--and an island (2004) — Torregrosa, Luisita López Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Crescendo — yakfrost Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A peace of my mind (2010) — Briscoe, D. Stuart Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The honest whore : with the humours of the patient man, and the longing wife (1616) — Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632, Boston Public Library. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection of Shakespeare Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A place for Ben (1999) — Titherington, Jeanne Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Shared solitude : the painful and romantic longing for the reunion with that from which we have been separated (1995) — Blyler, D. A. (David A.) Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Princess for hire (2011) — Leavitt, Lindsey Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Prodigals : stories (2016) — Jackson, Greg, 1983- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Unconditional Embrace, God's Redemption Without Permission (2026) — Barry Laney Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- LONG LIVE ACTION (2026) — Şerif Erginbay Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/]
- The Lost Diary - Unfinished Stories of Love and Pain (2025) — Deepjyoti Upadhayay Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- THE MONK WHO GAMBLED ON THE GAME OF LIFE — Suresh Kumar Soni Kali Kaivalya Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The secrets she carried (2013) — Davis, Barbara, 1961- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- How to find fulfilling work (2013) — Krznaric, Roman Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hungry heart : adventures in life, love, and writing (2016) — Weiner, Jennifer, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A Discourse on Diaspora: Exploring Identity and Alienation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Ikigai (2016) — Héctor García, Francesc Miralles Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The long earth (2012) — Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Haul (2014) — Jeff Kinney Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Long Cold Winter (1982) — Penny Jordan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Walk (1979) — Stephen King Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A Long Way Gone (2007) — Ishmael Beah Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Winter (1940) — Laura Ingalls Wilder Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Goodbye (1953) — Raymond Chandler Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988) — Douglas Adams Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A Long Walk to Water( Linda Sue Park) (2008) — Linda Sue Park, Ginger Knowlton Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Too long a sacrifice (1988) — Yvonne Whittal Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Long Walk to Freedom (1994) — Nelson Mandela Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) (1985) — Stephen King Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) — Becky Chambers Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long War (2013) — Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow (2022) — Zoulfa Katouh Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Long time coming (1989) — Sandra Brown Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Mars (2014) — Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Game (2022) — Rachel Reid Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- So long, and thanks for all the fish (1984) — Douglas Adams Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Far away and long ago (1918) — W. H. Hudson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Long Night's Loving (1997) — Anne Mather Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Long Patrol (1997) — Brian Jacques Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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