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According to Wikipedia: "De la démocratie en Amérique (published in ... 1835 and ... 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville on the United States in the 1830s and its strengths and weaknesses. A literal translation of its title is On Democracy in America, but the usual translation of...

This file includes two history classics: The History by Herodotus and The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. According to Wikipedia: Herodotus "has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and...

According to Wikipedia: "François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire...

According to Wikipedia: "Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 in Wellsville, New York February 24, 1946) was an American minister in the Congregational churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement."

According to Wikipedia: "Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 in Wellsville, New York February 24, 1946) was an American minister in the Congregational churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement."

This file includes: Alice Adams, The Conquest of Cannan, The Flirt, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Quest of Quesnay, The Turmoil, and The Two Vanrevels. According to Wikipedia, "Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning...

The Guest of Quesnay is a novel by Booth Tarkington about a landscape painter and his fellow-lodgers staying at Les Trois Pigeons in Quesnay, France and their secret idenitites and convuloted search for love. According to Wikipedia, "Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist...

According to Wikipedia: "Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869, Indianapolis May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams…. Much of Tarkington's work consists of satirical and closely observed studies...

This file includes five novellas: Beasley's Christmas Party, The Beautiful Lady, Harlequin and Columbine, His Own People, and Monsieur Beaucaire; and 7 short stories: Gipsy and In the Arena: 6 Short Stories of Political Life. According to Wikipedia, "Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was...

According to Wikipedia: "Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869, Indianapolis May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams…. Much of Tarkington's work consists of satirical and closely observed studies...

This collection includes the classic children's novel "The Counterpane Fairy", an anthology of fairy tales from around the world "Tales of Folk and Fairies", and a collection of children's verse "Careless Jane and Other Tales".

According to Wikipedia: "Howard Roger Garis, (25 April 1873, Binghamton, New York6 November 1962, Amherst, Massachusetts) was an American author, best known for a series of books, published under his own name, that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Garis also...

19th century adventure novel.

This file contains: The Lost Road, The Miracle of Las Palmas, Evil to Him Who Evil Thinks, The Men of Zanzibar, The Long Arm, The God of Coincidence, The Buried Treasure of Cobre, The Boy Scout, Somewhere in France, and The Deserter. According to Wikipedia: "Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864—11...