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Books & documents
- My Life and Work — Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things — Lafcadio Hearn Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- Swann's Way — Marcel Proust Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 — Edgar Allan Poe Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Heidi — Johanna Spyri Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- The Damned Thing — Ambrose Bierce Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete — Jean de La Fontaine Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Literary Lapses — Stephen Leacock Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Oxford Book of American Essays — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Real Thing and Other Tales — Henry James Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Not that it Matters — A. A. Milne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses — Henry Drummond Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million — O. Henry Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 06 — Michel de Montaigne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Within a Budding Grove — Marcel Proust Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Guermantes Way — Marcel Proust Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Short stories from Life: The 81 prize stories in "Life's" Shortest Story Contest — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Character Building — Booker T. Washington Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Harmonium — Wallace Stevens Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Romano Lavo-Lil: Word Book of the Romany; Or, English Gypsy Language — George Borrow Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Science from an Easy Chair — Sir E. Ray Lankester Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5) — Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, and William Rowley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Things as they are : Mission work in Southern India — Amy Carmichael Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Neverending beginnings (2015) — Escobar, Mary Chris, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- From Abandonment And Neglecting To Salvation And Happiness — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Shepard Of The Hills To Mhr 5 5 2018.shepard Of The Hills To Mhr 5 5 2018 — WWW.truthtrumps.org Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Off you go : away from home and loving it, sort of (2015) — Higgins, Maeve, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Scrap Paper (2007) — Brandon Hildreth Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A robot in the garden (2016) — Install, Deborah, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A cup of comfort for parents of children with special needs : stories that celebrate the differences in our extraordinary kids (2009) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Forever waiting : the compilation of an African-American woman's original writings and letters to her World War II serviceman (2009) — Perry, Nellie Briscoe, 1922-2002 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Enemies Of The Permanent Things; Observations Of Abnormality In Literature And Politics (2016) - Russell Kirk (2016) — Russell Kirk Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- The King of Large (2004) — Colbert, June Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Things we need (2013) — Close, Jennifer, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Those were the days (2017) — Page, Lynda, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Forbidden pleasures (2010) — Rees, Jo Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Unplugged : How Less Is More, Chaos Is Order and Grey Is the New Black in the Quest for Happiness and Success (2007) — Bate, Nicholas Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Lifecoach your teens : five principles to help your kids thrive (2004) — Cross, Roger, 1943- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- It's a vet's life (2011) — Woodman, Cathy Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The science of fantasy (2012) — Hellman, Amber, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The evolved eater : a quest to eat better, live better, and change the world (2017) — Taranto, Nick, 1985- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Everyday things and how they work (1995) — Turvey, Peter Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The everything guide to writing nonfiction : all you need to write and sell exceptional nonfiction books, articles, essays, reviews, and memoirs (2010) — Bank, Richard D., 1947- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Finding harmony (2017) — Catanzaro, Lindsey, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- First things first every day (1997) — Stephen R. Covey Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- July thunder (2017) — Thompson, Shannon A., author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The edge of never (2013) — Redmerski, J. A., author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The God of Small Things (1997) — Arundhati Roy Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Things They Carried (1990) — Tim O'Brien Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Things We Never Got Over (2022) — Lucy Score Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Things Fall Apart (1958) — Chinua Achebe Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Where the Wild Things Are (1963) — Maurice Sendak Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Getting Things Done (2001) — David Allen, David Allen, David Allen Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The End of All Things (2015) — John Scalzi Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Make Your Bed (2017) — William H. McRaven, William H. McRaven, Make Your Make Your Bed Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Poor things (1992) — Alasdair Gray Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- How things work (1997) — Louis Bloomfield Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- How Things Work (1995) — Louis A. Bloomfield Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Checklist Manifesto (2010) — Atul Gawande Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016) — Mark Manson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2014) — Marie Kondo, Yuko Uramoto, Marie Kondo Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- De rerum natura (1486) — Titus Lucretius Carus Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The meaning of things (2001) — A. C. Grayling Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The things you can see only when you slow down (2017) — Haemin Sunim Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- In small things forgotten (1977) — James Deetz Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Kwaidan (1904) — Lafcadio Hearn Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The signature of all things (2001) — Elizabeth Gilbert Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The science of getting rich, or, financial success through creative thought (1910) — Wallace D. Wattles, Ruth L Miller, Patricia J. Crane, Rick Nichols Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- First thing first (1994) — Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Thing Explainer (2015) — Randall Munroe Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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