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Books & documents
- Frankenstein; or, The modern Prometheus — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Beowulf — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Beetle: A Mystery — Richard Marsh Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment. (Old English (ca. 450-1100)) — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- I. Bēowulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment. (Old English (ca. 450-1100)) — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Monster Men — Edgar Rice Burroughs Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The monster-god of Mamurth — Edmond Hamilton Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea — Morgan Robertson Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Modern Short Stories: A Book for High Schools — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Carnacki, the Ghost Finder — William Hope Hodgson Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Original Short Stories — Volume 13 — Guy de Maupassant Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne Volume 1 (of 3) (French) — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained — Henry Lee Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Tale of Beowulf, Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Frankenstein — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Monster and Other Stories — Stephen Crane Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The haunter of the dark — H. P. Lovecraft Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Human Animals — Frank Hamel Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp92-00041r000100170027-0: THE ART OF GOVERNMENT (1978) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Dad is fat (2013) — Gaffigan, Jim Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Finding Eve — pippinandpancakes Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Forgotten Heart's Magic — TheFallenHer0 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Crestwood House Monsters Series The Blob ( Crestwood House 1982)( NERO BONES) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Expressways (1977) — Thorn, Elizabeth A., Irwin, Joan M. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Expressways, Grade 1, Level 2:1: Hopscotch (1977) — Thorn, Elizabeth A., Irwin, Joan M. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- In the time of the girls (2010) — Germanacos, Anne Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Mechanisms of acquired settled group societies. Female dominance. (2020) — Iwao Otsuka Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- They Didnt Look Like Nazis [Print flyers] (2025) — Public Domain; DOGE Mag Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- Where the stars rise : Asian science fiction & fantasy (2017) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The wisdom of Pixar : an animated look at virtue (2010) — Velarde, Robert, 1969- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The work of art : value in creative careers (2017) — Gerber, Alison, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Yugioh Duel Monsters Official Rulebook 2nd Edition (1999) — Konami Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- TrollsZine (2010) — Trollbridge Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A tree or a person or a wall : stories (2016) — Bell, Matt, 1980- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- War the afterparty : a global walkabout through a half-century of U.S. military interventions (2016) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Sipping spiders through a straw : campfire songs for monsters (2008) — DiPucchio, Kelly S, Grimly, Gris, ill Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp79-00927a005300090001-6: WEEKLY SUMMARY (2016) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Cyborg citizen : politics in the posthuman age (2001) — Gray, Chris Hables Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90g01353r000200180023-0: ISB FIELD TRIP MINUTES - 10-11 DECEMBER 1987 (1988) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Crestwood House Monsters Series Godzilla ( 1977 Crestwood House) (c 2c Tranzor) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Last stories and other stories (2015) — Vollmann, William T., author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- As American as mom, baseball, and apple pie : constructing community in contemporary American horror fiction (2001) — Holland-Toll, Linda J Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Sea of Monsters (2005) — Rick Riordan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We, Monsters (2013) — Zarina Zabrisky Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Till We Become Monsters (2021) — Amanda Headlee Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monsters We Make (2024) — Cory Williams Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Monsters We Defy (2022) — L. Penelope Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Monsters We Make (2020) — Kali White Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We Are Monsters (2015) — Brian Kirk Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Help! We Have Strange Powers! (2009) — Robert Lawrence Stine Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Seven Basic Plots (2004) — Christopher Booker Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We're Not Monsters (2002) — Sabrina Solin Weill Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- What Do We Know about the Loch Ness Monster? (2022) — Steve Korte, Who HQ Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monsters, Inc. employee handbook (2001) — Lisa Papademetriou Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We are monsters (1996) — Mary Packard Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Is God a moral monster? (2011) — Paul Copan Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- What should we be worried about? (2014) — John Brockman Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monsters We Make (2025) — Rachel Corbett Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We Shall Be Monsters (2024) — Alyssa Wees Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monsters We Make (2025) — CoreyXKenshin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We Shall Be Monsters (2024) — Tara Sim Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We're Going to Find the Monster (2021) — Malorie Blackman, Dapo Adeola Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- We Made A Monster & Clones in Class (2005) — James Lee Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- When We Were Monsters (2025) — Jennifer Niven Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: We're Movin' (2016) — Lisa Rao Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monsters (2022) — Glenn Rolfe, Tom Deady, Nick Kolakowski Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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