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Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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Liahona - Swedish
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The Great Apostasy by James E. Talmage
Evidences and Reconciliations by John A. Widtsoe
The History of the Church

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The Ecole Initiative: Translations of Judaeo-Christian and Islamic Primary Sources to 1500
Christian Classics Electronic Library
Early Church Fathers
Dead Sea Scrolls Library
Project Gutenburg
Linguistic Text Repository
FTP E-texts Online
Project Runeburg Nordic Texts
The Cyber Hymnal

LDS and World Classics E-texts
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Latter-day Prophets
The Wentworth Letter
Last Dream of Joseph Smith
A Plea for Unity by McKay
A Discourse of Joseph F. Smith

LDS Apostles
The Vitality of Mormonism
Rays of Living Light, Penrose
A Rational Theology by Widtsoe
House of the Lord
The Law of Tithing
The Lord's Tenth
Mormonism by Hugh B. Brown
Speech of Orson Hyde
Strength of the Mormon Position
Life's Meaning by Widtsoe
The Great Apostasy by Talmage
One Year in Scandinavia
Relation of Church & State

Other General Authorities
On Tracting by B.H. Roberts
A Friendly Discussion by Ben Rich
The Second Coming by B.H. Roberts

Other LDS Authors
Reminiscences of Joseph Smith
Why I Became a Mormon
Why I am a Mormon
Mormonism Exposed (pro-LDS tract)
The Philosophy of Mormonism

Other Christian Authors
Missionary Experiences in Galicia
The Bible In Spain, by George Borrow

Religious History
The Book of Jasher
The Antiquities of the Jews
Wars of the Jews

Biography
Cyropaedia: education of Cyrus
Life Of Flavius Josephus
Life Of Columbus
Life Of Johnson, by Boswell
Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914
Edison, His Life And Inventions
Life Of George Borrow

History
History of Herodotus, Volume 1
History of Herodotus, Volume 2
History of Phoenicia, by Rawlinson
Gibbons' Roman Empire, Vol. 1
Gibbons' Roman Empire, Vol. 2
Gibbons' Roman Empire, Vol. 3
Gibbons' Roman Empire, Vol. 5
Gibbons' Roman Empire, Vol. 6
Prehistoric World, Vanished races
Historical Lectures And Essays
Norwegian antarctic expedition V1
Norwegian antarctic expedition V2

Literature
The Iliad, Homer
Aesop's Fables, by Aesop
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
The Cavalry General, by Xenophon
On Horsemanship, by Xenophon
The Economist, by Xenophon
Epigrams From Greek Anthology
Letters Of Pliny The Younger
Letters of Cicero
Treatises On Friendship by Cicero
Lays of Ancient Rome
Beowulf
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The Canterbury Tales
Nibelungenlied
An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
Anecdotes Of Samuel Johnson
Poems of Wolfgang Von Goethe
Wilhelm Tell
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Latter-Day Pamphlets, by Carlyle
Collection Of Antiquities, by Balzac
Emerson's Essays, First Series
Emerson's Essays, Second Series
Complete Poems Of Longfellow
Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ
Collection Of Ballads
The Art Of Writing
King Solomon's Mines
Most Interesting Stories of All Nations
Perfect Behavior

Myths and Legends
Legends of the Jews, Vol. 1
Legends of the Jews, Vol. 2
Legends of the Jews, Vol. 3
Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4
Legends of Babylon and Egypt
Irish Fairy Tales
Old Indian Legends of North America
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
Myths And Legends Of the Old Southwest
Legends And Lyrics, Part 1
Legends And Lyrics, Part 2
Legends And Tales, by Harte

Philosophy
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
The Power of Concentration
Acres of Diamonds: Everyday Opportunities

Religion
Religious and Moral Poems
Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Barlaam and Ioasaph
The Imitation of Christ
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
Concerning Christian Liberty by Luther
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Letters Of George Borrow
Lights Of The Church and Science
Story Of The Mormons to 1901

Religious Texts
The Koran, by Mohammed
The Bhagavad-Gita
The Dhammapada, Buddhist scholars

Science
Seeking Truth in the Sciences, Descartes
Age Of Invention
History Of Science, Vol.1
History Of Science, Vol.2
History Of Science, Vol.3
History Of Science, Vol.4
On Improving Natural Knowledge
Evolution Of Modern Medicine

International
Voyage to Abyssinia
Discovery Of The Source Of The Nile
Native Life in South Africa
Missionary Travels in South Africa
Expedition To The Zambesi
Early Australian Voyages
Expedition To Botany-Bay
Euahlayi Tribe, aboriginal life in Austral
Naturalist On The River Amazons
Epicheski pesni (Epical Songs)
In Search Of The North-West Passage
Chronicles Of Canada, Vol. 1
Chronicles Of Canada, Vol. 2
The Art of War, by Sun Tzu
The Chinese Classics
Tao Teh King, by Lao-Tse
Religions of Ancient China
The Civilization of China
Two Years in the Forbidden City
Peach Blossom Shangri-la
China and the Manchus
The Chinese Boy And Girl
A Chinese Girl Graduate
New Forces in Old China
Danish History by Saxo Grammaticus
An Account of Egypt by Herodotus
Alexandria And Her Schools, by Kingsley
Spell of Egypt
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
On The Ruin Of Britain by Gildas
History Of The Britons by Nennius
William The Conqueror
History Of England from James II V1
History Of England from James II V2
History Of England from James II V3
History Of England from James II V4
Ancient Poems of Peasantry of England
Cavalier Songs And Ballads Of England
London In 1731, by Don Manoel Gonzales
Travels in England & Fragmenta Regalia
Tour Through Eastern Counties of England
The Decline of Science in England
Child's History Of England by Dickens
Caesar On The Gallic War
Tacitus on Germany
Fall of Troy, by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Polity of Athenians & Lacedaemonians
Discovery Of Guiana, by Raleigh
Visit to Iceland, by Ida Pfeiffer
The Upanishads, by Paramananda
A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar
Classic Hindu Tales
Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo
The Malay Archipelago, Vol. 1
The Malay Archipelago, Vol. 2
Irish Race In The Past and Present
History of Florence & Affairs of Italy
The Hispanic Nations of the New World
Heimskringla, Chronicle of Kings of Norway
Volsung Saga
Early Kings of Norway
Boyhood In Norway
History of the Conquest of Peru
Discovery Of Muscovy
Through Russia, by Maksim Gorky
Russia, by Wallace
Russia in 1919, by Arthur Ransome
Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Edinburgh Picturesque Notes
An account of the gypsies of Spain
Eight Years' Wanderings In Ceylon
The Mayflower Compact
Story Of Pocahontas
Narratives Of New Netherland
Pioneers Of The Old South
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
The Constitution of the United States
The Federalist Papers
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Democracy In America V2
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
Pioneers of the Old Southwest
North America, Vol. 1
North America, Vol. 2
Description Of Wales, by Cambrensis
Short History of Wales, by Edwards
Wild Wales: People, Language, Scenery