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Andre Norton - Ralestone Luck

Rupert Ralestone is officially the Marquess of Lorne--but with no family money or prestige, the title is worthless. He and his younger brother and sister return to the old family homestead--Pirate's Haven. Their only...

Gabriel Glenn 5 hours 52 minutes

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Children's Fiction

564

Arthur M. Winfield - Rover Boys at School

First of the famous Rover Boys books by future Hardy Boys creator Edward Stratemeyer (under the pseudonym Arthur M Winfield), this is an introduction to the fun-loving teenage Rover Brothers — Dick, Tom & Sam. Virtual...

Bellona Times 5 hours 25 minutes

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L. Frank Baum - American Fairy Tales

This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of...

Matthew Reece 2 hours 56 minutes

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History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 1

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Eliza Haywood - History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 1

The flirtations of a rich young maiden, Miss Betsy Thoughtless with several suitors, as she alienates the right man by refusing to take the issue of marriage seriously. Because of this her guardian commits her to...

Joyce Martin and 3 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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H. Rider Haggard - Wizard

Described by the author, best known for his King Solomon's Mines, as «a tale of victorious faith,» this story begins on a Sunday afternoon in an English church. Most of the book, though, is set in Africa, and the...

Michael Monhollon 5 hours 49 minutes

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James Fenimore Cooper - Deerslayer - The First Warpath

The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of...

Josh Smith and 1 more 20 hours 25 minutes Leatherstocking Tales

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William Clark Russell - Abandoned

We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves her truly, she has severe misgivings. She goes through with the wedding in...

Patti Cunningham and 9 more 9 hours 31 minutes

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H. Rider Haggard - Eric Brighteyes

The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed...

Brett W. Downey 10 hours 17 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Samuel Merwin - Calumet “K”

«A novel, with several elements of rather unusual interest. As a tale, it is swift, simple, and absorbing, and one does not willingly put it down until it is finished. It has to do with grain-elevator business, with...

Betsie Bush 6 hours 6 minutes

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Zane Grey - Spirit of the Border

This is an early novel by the phenomenally successful author of frontier, western and sports stories. It deals with historical characters and incidents in the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century, especially with the...

Leonard Wilson 10 hours 7 minutes

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Oakdale Affair

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jack London / H.H. Knibbs-inspired, selfless, poetry-spouting, hobo character, Bridge, makes another appearance in the novellete, The Oakdale Affair (original title, Bridge and the Oskalooska...

Ralph Snelson 4 hours 4 minutes

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Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe (version 2)

Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before...

Mark F. Smith 11 hours 24 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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