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Short Science Fiction Collection 057

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative...

Craig Franklin and 13 more 8 hours 39 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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James Edwin Gunn - Breaking Point

Machines are infallible. Humans are not. The crew of The Ambassador knew their ship could not possibly fail, but what of themselves? And how could they defend against an unknown enemy with unknown motives and...

Peter Eastman 2 hours 10 minutes

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John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea

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William Henry Giles Kingston - John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea

This is the story of John Deane of Nottingham, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John Deane is born in 1679 to wealthy parents, but starts out in relative poverty, working as a drover around...

April6090 and 6 more 12 hours 5 minutes

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Ethel Lilian Voynich - Gadfly

An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist,...

Gloria Begemann and 5 more 11 hours 8 minutes

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Zane Grey - Wildfire

The heart of a stallion; the heart of a man; the heart of a woman. Three valiant, authentic, and determined souls cross each others' paths, and the sparks fly. We'll leave it to you to find out what kind of sparks....

Tony Oliva 13 hours 33 minutes

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Richard Harding Davis - Spy

Mr. Crosby is a high-ranking official known to be often entrusted with secret government missions. But when he finds himself in Valencia, that's entirely an accident and has nothing to do with any such mission at all....

Crln Yldz Ksr 54 minutes

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Andrew Barton Paterson - Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

From Banjo Paterson, bush poet and favorite son of Australia, here is a collection of colorful stories from Australia that offer a window into the past and the culture of the region. — Summary by A. Gramour

Beth Thomas and 7 more 3 hours 33 minutes

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Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West

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Frank Norris - Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West

This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the commodities market in Chicago in «A Deal in Wheat» to a desperate race for love...

Don W. Jenkins 5 hours 4 minutes

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Joseph A. Altsheler - Rulers of the Lakes

«The Rulers of the Lakes» is a complete story, but it is also the third volume of the French and Indian War Series, following «The Hunters of the Hills» and «The Shadow of the North.» Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet,...

Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan 8 hours 54 minutes

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George Gibbs - Love of Monsieur

A charming rogue, a stolen birthright, unrequited love, mutiny on the high seas, with a backdrop of 17th century England and the Spanish Main, make for another historical romance from George Gibbs. — Summary by...

Tony Oliva 6 hours 42 minutes

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Charles Alden Seltzer - Coming of the Law

A young Easterner, Hollis, a newspaper reporter, arrives in a small western town, to inherit his father’s ranch and his newspaper. He discovers that the town and the entire county are controlled by an unscrupulous...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 24 minutes

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Poison Island

Mysterious old Captain Coffin not only has a wild story about a Honduran island where treasure lies, he has a map. But they must be wary because it also holds “a poison that kills a man and keeps him fresh as paint”....

Daniel Goodson and 10 more 9 hours 10 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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