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Battles and Military History: Texts & Context
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Independent digital catalogue
XEJEE Public Domain Literature Library — 92 Classic Books, 96 Authors
Welcome to the XEJEE Public Domain Literature Library, a digital collection of 92 classic books and works by 96 authors. Explore categories including battles and military history, crime and mystery, historical exploration, and social and psychological fiction. All texts are in the public domain, freely available for reading and download.
92 public-domain works96 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
Explore by Theme
Move through the collection by subject, historical setting and type of source.
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Crime, Mystery & Investigation — Reader’s Shelf
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Exploring History, Empires & Change
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Social and Psychological Fiction — Reader’s Shelf
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Literature — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
The Spark (The 'Sixties) — Editi...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
View catalogue recordNewly Catalogued by XEJEE
A Poor Gentleman — A Reader’s Guide
In Social ...
Flaming Youth — Edition Insights
In Social ...
The Undying Fire: A contemporary...
In Explori...
The £1,000,000 bank-note, and ot...
In Social ...
Joyce — Edition Insights
In Social ...
Timber-Wolf — Context and Discus...
In Social ...
New Year's Day (The 'Seventies) ...
In Social ...
The diary of Delia : Being a ver...
In Crime, ...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Battles and Military History: Texts & ContextOpen a focused route to works connected with Battles and Military History: Texts & Context.Explore Crime, Mystery & Investigation — Reader’s ShelfCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Crime, Mystery & Investigation — Reader’s Shelf.Read through Exploring History, Empires & ChangeMove from introductory records to related works in Exploring History, Empires & Change.Browse Social and Psychological Fiction — Reader’s ShelfUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Social and Psychological Fiction — Reader’s Shelf.
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Metadata organization
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Collection grouping
Arrange works by recurring subjects, literary settings and historical questions.
Context layer
Describe relationships between records while preserving the wording of source texts.
About these records
Frequently Asked Questions
How the collection is organized, presented and corrected.
It generally means that the represented source text is no longer protected by copyright in the applicable jurisdiction or has been released for public use. Status may vary by country and edition.
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Catalogue stewardship
Charles Dickens
Bibliographic Consultant
Maintains catalogue records for public-domain books, records source attributions, organizes metadata, assigns categories, and prepares editorial context.
