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Max Brand - Black Jack

The son of a notorious outlaw is adopted into a wealthy, law-abiding family as an infant after his father is killed in an attempted robbery. Will he follow in the footsteps of his outlaw father or will his life be...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 21 minutes

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Maurice Leblanc - 813

As usual, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin finds himself wrongfully accused of murder, and must find the real killer to clear his coloured name. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 10 hours 19 minutes

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Reuben Gold Thwaites - Historic Waterways

Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. This volume is the record of six hundred miles of canoeing experiences on historic waterways in Wisconsin and Illinois...

Linda Fredericks and 8 more 6 hours 9 minutes

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Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The...

Delmar H Dolbier and 38 more 49 hours 49 minutes

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John Buchan - Mr. Standfast

This is the third of Buchan's Richard Hannay novels, following The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set, like Greenmantle, durinig World War I, it deals Brigadier-General Hannay's recall from the Western Front, to...

Nicholas Clifford 11 hours 52 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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H. P. Nichols - Broken Vase and Other Stories

The Broken Vase and Other Stories; for Children and Youth, Compiled by a Teacher FITCHBURG: PUBLISHED BY S. & C. SHEPLEY. 1847. WM. J. MERRIAM, PRINTER, FITCHBURG. (Summary from the Frontspiece)

K.G.Cross and 4 more 57 minutes

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Giaour

«The Giaour» is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. «The Giaour» proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically...

1 hour 2 minutes

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E. W. Hornung - Mr. Justice Raffles

A. J. Raffles is a British gentleman thief of some renown who, in this, the hero's final adventure, ironically demonstrates a sense of morality by teaching a London East End loan shark a lesson. The book was later...

Cate Barratt 5 hours 28 minutes Arthur J. Raffles

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Charles Dickens - Christmas Carol (version 05)

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in...

Kyle M. 3 hours 11 minutes

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G. A. Henty - With Clive in India

With Clive in India gives a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal--and English...

Gary Olman 13 hours 32 minutes

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George Manville Fenn - Peril Finders

In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there...

Elaine Webb and 9 more 16 hours 21 minutes

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John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

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Herbert George Jenkins - John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall

John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional methods bewilder and embarrass the officials at Whitehall, where, according to him,...

William Tomcho and 3 more 7 hours 55 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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