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Books & documents
- Penguin Persons & Peppermints — Walter Prichard Eaton Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls — Various Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- From an Easy Chair — Sir E. Ray Lankester Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Yesterday House — Fritz Leiber Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Thoughtless Yes — Helen H. Gardener Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Good dog : poems (2005) — Gottfried, Maya, Zakanitch, Robert, 1935- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- See See I Am Helping America Get Out Of Debt (2026) — @superzar_pro 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]
- Fowl Feathered Review 252 (2026) — Fowlpox Press Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/]
- James Maser (Picante Berkeley); Laura Waters (Picante Berkeley); Michael Charles Ferguson (Ferguson & Berland); Jennifer Sherman (Edible Schoolyard); Hector Salazar (H&X Builders); Leah Simon-Weisberg (Berkeley Rent Board) (2022) — Deepak Moorjani Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
- Farewell dear old Erin (1930) — Van Buren, Burrell, Fulton, Shelagh B., Carroll, Gene, 1898-1972 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Ink Stained Knight — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Godforsaken : bad things happen, is there a God who cares? yes, here's proof (2012) — D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The life of Joel Chandler Harris, from obscurity in boyhood to fame in early manhood, with short stories and other early literary work not heretofore published in book form (1918) — Wiggins, Robert Lemuel Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Message Of The Qur'an Muhammad Asad Formerly Leopold Weiss — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- SaveUSJobsPassSenateBillS4213 — robert miller Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/]
- News (1907-07-31) (1907) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- THE ROYAL WEDDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON (2011) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Review Or A Second Disclaimer ...uffff (2017) — andreas buechel mayloveheal androgyneas Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/]
- TAPR TNC-95 alpha board with audio commentary (1995) — John Koster W9DDD Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Animals On A Pedestal (1989) — Yuri Dmitriyev Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A Rishikesh School's Thailand Course: Same Certification, Different Setting (2026) — Sanskar Yogashala Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Bob McEwan Early Days Before WW II (2025) — Tom Smith Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Walking into a hug (2009) — Ustach, Janene E Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Wanderer 2018-05-17 (2018) — Wanderer Com Inc. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
- 1913 August 05 Atlanta Constitution 17 Pages Georgia (1913) — Atlanta Constitution Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp91b00874r000200270014-7: SENATE PANEL CHOPS EMBASSY SECURITY PROGRAM (1986) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Any other way : how Toronto got queer (2017) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- ANYWHERE - on the silk road — Sufus Hufus Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- House of Hades (2013) — Rick Riordan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The House of Yes (1996) — Wendy MacLeod Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Napping House (La Casa Adormecida) (1984) — Audrey Wood, Don Wood Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The House on Mango Street (1983) — Sandra Cisneros Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Call of the Wild (1903) — Jack London Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner (1926) — A. A. Milne Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Eyes of the Dragon (1959) — Stephen King Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Echo Burning (2001) — Lee Child Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The House of Dies Drear (1968) — Virginia Hamilton Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) — J.R.R. Tolkien Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1899) — L. Frank Baum Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Art of War (1900) — 孙武 (Sun Tzu) Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Return of the King (1950) — J.R.R. Tolkien Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Crying of Lot 49 (1965) — Thomas Pynchon, Antonio-Prometeo Moya Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Grapes of Wrath (1939) — John Steinbeck Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] (1892) — Arthur Conan Doyle Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Battle of the Labyrinth (2005) — Rick Riordan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Two Towers (1954) — J.R.R. Tolkien Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Mark of Athena (2011) — Rick Riordan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Partner (1997) — John Grisham Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1876) — Mark Twain Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) — Oscar Wilde Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) — Agatha Christie Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Hamlet (1603) — William Shakespeare Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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