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The Amateur Cracksman
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung TO A. C. D. THIS FORM OF FLATTERY THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN THE IDES OF MARCH I It was half-past twelve when I returned to th ...
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The Altruist in Politics
The Altruist in Politics by Benjamin Cardozo There comes not seldom a crisis in the life of men, of nations, and of worlds, when the old forms seem ready to decay, and the old rule ... -
The Altar of the Dead
The Altar of the Dead by Henry James CHAPTER I. HE had a mortal dislike, poor Stransom, to lean anniversaries, and loved them still less when they made a pretence of ... -
The Agony Column
The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers CHAPTER I London that historic summer was almost unbearably hot. It seems, looking back, as though the big baking city in those days was meant ... -
The Age of Invention
The Age of Invention, A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest by Holland Thompson PREFATORY NOTE This volume is not intended to be a complete record of inventive genius and mechan ...
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The Age of Big Business
The Age of Big Business, A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry by Burton J. Hendrick CONTENTS I. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR II. THE FIRST GREAT AM ... -
The Aeroplane Speaks
The Aeroplane Speaks by H. Barber Captain, Royal Flying Corps DEDICATED TO THE SUBALTERN FLYING OFFICER MOTIVE The reasons impelling me to write this book, the maiden effort o ... -
The Adventures
The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone by John Filson From The Discovery and Settlement of Kentucke by John Filson The ADVENTURES of Col. DANIEL BOON; containing a NARRATIVE of th ... -
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. Packard CONTENTS PART ONE: THE MAN IN THE CASE I. THE GRAY SEAL II. BY PROXY III. THE MOTHER LODE IV. THE COUNTERFEIT FIVE V. ... -
The Absentee
The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth NOTES ON 'THE ABSENTEE' In August 1811, we are told, she wrote a little play about landlords and tenants for the children of her sister, Mrs. Beddoes. ...