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496

J. S. Fletcher - Scarhaven Keep

The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and plot twists 'se mijotent' to produce an intriguing read. (Summary by Cate Barratt)

Cate Barratt 7 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

450

Marcel Allain - Exploits of Juve (version 2)

The second book in the Fantômas series by the prolific authors Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre (they published 32 Fantômas novels between 1911 and 1913.) Fantômas broke the mold of the Gentlemen burglars like...

Alan Winterrowd 5 hours 35 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

483

Baroness Emma Orczy - Lord Tony's Wife

Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of suspense adventure and romance. Lord Tony and Yvonne elope after some disturbing...

Ric F and 5 more 9 hours 33 minutes

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General Fiction

473

Joseph A. Altsheler - Sword of Antietam

«The Sword of Antietam» tells a complete story, but it is one in the chain of Civil War romances, begun in «The Guns of Bull Run» and continued through «The Guns of Shiloh» and «The Scouts of Stonewall.» The young...

ashleighjane and 5 more 8 hours 34 minutes The Civil War Series

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Action & Adventure Fiction

462

H. Rider Haggard - People of the Mist

Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family estates and fiancee by seeking his fortune in Africa. In the course of his adventures he and his Zulu companion Otter save a young...

Richard Kilmer 16 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

471

Emerson Hough - Covered Wagon

«Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families.» This is an old-fashioned adventure tale set on the Oregon Trail, just before the California Gold Rush. It is the story of a wagon train bound...

Lynne T and 9 more 9 hours 26 minutes

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Smoky God or a Voyage to the Inner World

Action & Adventure Fiction

425

Willis George Emerson - Smoky God or a Voyage to the Inner World

The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth is the narrative of an aged Norwegian sailor compelled before he dies to tell the story of how he found a passageway to the center of the earth and discovered a...

JaySands 2 hours 6 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

491

Plato (Πλάτων) - Protagoras

Jowett, in his always informative introduction, sees this dialogue as transitional between the early and middle dialogues. Socrates meets with Protagoras and other sophists and pursues his inquiry into virtue. The...

Kevin Johnson 3 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

454

Owen Wister - Lady Baltimore

Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research geneaologies and records to find proof that he is descended from royalty so that he can...

Lois Hill 9 hours 51 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

506

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Gods of Mars - (version 2)

In this second volume of the Barsoom series, John Carter returns to Mars to learn that his heroic effort to salvage the atmosphere plant saved the planet's inhabitants, but he finds himself in the land of the dead....

Thomas A. Copeland 8 hours 41 minutes

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Children's Fiction

485

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of the Island (version 4)

The third book in the Anne of Green Gables series accompanies beloved redhead Anne Shirley to Redmond College. Here Anne receives numerous proposals, befriends a mangled but determined pussy cat, and sets up...

Rachel 7 hours 11 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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General Fiction

413

Stella Benson - This Is the End

Some books have plots that drive relentlessly toward a conclusion. Others, like «This Is The End», just meander. It is the story of a Family halfheartedly searching for a missing relation who does not want to be...

Peter Eastman 5 hours 21 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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