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Books & documents
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- The Blue Castle: a novel — L. M. Montgomery Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Grimms' Fairy Tales — Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The innocence of Father Brown — G. K. Chesterton Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Blue Fairy Book — Andrew Lang Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault — Charles Perrault Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The tale of Genji — Murasaki Shikibu Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Mother Goose in Prose — L. Frank Baum Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Monday or Tuesday — Virginia Woolf Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Blue Lagoon: A Romance — H. De Vere Stacpoole Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- North of Boston — Robert Frost Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A pair of blue eyes — Thomas Hardy Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Tales of Terror and Mystery — Arthur Conan Doyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow — Jerome K. Jerome Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- When we were very young — A. A. Milne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories — Mark Twain Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The mystery of the Blue Train — Agatha Christie Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland — John Gregorson Campbell Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Yellow Fairy Book — Andrew Lang Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Tales of Mother Goose — Charles Perrault Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Popular Tales from the Norse — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Forest dark : a novel (2017) — Krauss, Nicole, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Civil War : a traveler's guide : experience the history, follow the battles (2016) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Date With Destiny (2013) — Dixon, Mason (Novelist), author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The cat-of-a-lifetime mystery : with vocabulary builder activities (2017) — Stoutmorrill, Betsy Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The sea keeper's daughters (2015) — Wingate, Lisa, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Is the Bermuda Triangle really a dangerous place? : and other questions about the ocean (2011) — Stewart, Melissa Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Letter from Harry Massey to Barbara Massey [Dec. 29, 1940] (1940) — Massey, J. H. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode]
- Letter from Elizabeth Stoddard to Julia C Dorr (1881) — Stoddard, Elizabeth, 1823-1902 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode]
- The ecology of fungi infecting untreated sapwood of Pinus radiata (1968) — Jean-François Ponge Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/]
- Pastoral address of the Rt. Rev. James Doyle, &c. &c. to the Catholic clergy and laity of the dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin (1826) — Doyle, James Warren, 1786-1834 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- Blue (2021) — ArtsySpaceGhost Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA248284: Visual Acuity with Second and Third Generation Night Vision Goggles Obtained from a New Method of Night Sky Simulation Across a Wide Range of Target Contrast (1992) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA209379: Chemical Characterization and Toxicologic Evaluation of Airborne Mixtures: Chemical Characterization of Colored Signal Smokes (1988) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA520789: Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement (2010) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA586802: Modeling Large Scale Circuits Using Massively Parallel Descrete-Event Simulation (2013) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA603573: Development of a Guided-Wave Technology Capable of the Detection of Open Cracks and Microcracks in Embedded Trunnion Anchor Rods (2014) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA599355: Proteomic Analysis to Identify Functional Molecules in Drug Resistance Caused by E-Cadherin Knockdown in 3D-Cultured Colorectal Cancer Models (2013) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA473117: Surface-Modified Quantum Dots Enhanced Luminescence Polymer Nanocomposites Light Emitting Diode (2006) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA543763: Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement (2011) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-00809a000600060343-5: LAUNDRIES/BRIEF CASES/WRIST AND POCKET WATCHES (1954) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-00810a004700680004-5: MECHANIZED DIVISION EGGESIN (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp79t00935a000400270003-9: QUARTERLY ESTIMATE OF THE PRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT IN THE SINO-SOVIET BLOC JANUARY-MARCH 1957 (1957) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (Blue Book- September 2008) Updated March 2011 PDF — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- More Than Blue, More Than Yankee (2024) — Amy Fried, Erin O'Brien Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Meer dan blauw (2015) — Karin Kievit, Suzanne Klüver, Tucker, Janey (Translator) Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Aaliyah (2001) — Christopher John Farley Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The blue ribbon brides collection (2016) — Carrie Fancett Pagels, Angela Breidenbach, Darlene Franklin, Gina Welborn, Jennifer AlLee, Becca Whitham, Niki Turner, Amber Stockton, Cynthia Hickey Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Guitar man (2006) — Will Hodgkinson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Why some politicians are more dangerous than others (2011) — James Gilligan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More deadly than war (2018) — Kenneth C. Davis Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Becoming more than a good Bible study girl (2009) — Lysa TerKeurst Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Black women and music (2007) — Eileen M. Hayes Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- National Geographic book of nature poetry (2015) — J. Patrick Lewis Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Little Blue Book of Grieving (2016) — Elizabeth Letchworth Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Blue Streaks & Little Giants (2013) — Vince Guerrieri Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More Than Pink & Blue (1998) — Linda Karges-Bone Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More than just the blues (2002) — Joseph Rey Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More than a blues singer (1996) — Jackie Washington Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More than the blues (2010) — Carla Mooney Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The complete book of mixed drinks (1993) — Anthony Dias Blue Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Blue and the Gray on the silver screen (1996) — Roy Kinnard Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Your Mind Knows More Than You Do (1999) — Sidney Friedman Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Cooks Country Blue Ribbon Desserts Rediscover More Than 120 Heirloom Treasures And Regional Favorites (2011) — Editors of Cook's Country Magazine Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- More Animal Than Human (2025) — Mary A. Rogers, Candice Louisa Daquin, Christine E. Ray Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Blue Is More Than a Colour (2021) — D. Dorothy Chasie Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Green chips make more money than blue chips (1988) — Graeme, and Wilson, Carl Little Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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