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The Adventure of the Dancing Men
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A rousing adventure of cryptography, dark secrets, and the characteristic quick thinking of Sherlock Holmes.
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Apology
by Plato
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Socrates's final defence and statements before and as he is condemned to death, written by Plato.
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Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind
by Hans Christian Andersen
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The famous sculptor comes to appreciate one beauty after another.
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Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
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Thoreau refused to pay taxes in 1846, based on his opposition to the Mexican War, and was later jailed...
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The Devoted Friend
by Oscar Wilde
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The meaning of friendship is explained in the recounting to the Water Rat of the tale of the Miller and Little Hans.
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Diddling
by Edgar Allan Poe
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An entertaining essay about diddling, otherwise known as scamming or conning.
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The Door in the Wall
by H.G. Wells
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A man encounters a mysterious green door that seems to appear at various times in his life in different places about London.
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
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Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.
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Eleonora
by Edgar Allan Poe
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A short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet, a master of the horror tale...
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
by Edgar Allan Poe
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The author gives the facts about an experiment in mesmerism he recently conducted.
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