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Cruise of the Snark

Memoirs

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Jack London - Cruise of the Snark

The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific. His descriptions of «surf-riding», which he dubbed a «royal sport», helped introduce it to and popularize...

Bryan Ness and 5 more 8 hours 5 minutes

Spell of Egypt

Travel & Geography

863

Robert Smythe Hichens - Spell of Egypt

The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate....

Sibella Denton 4 hours 3 minutes

In the Field (1914-1915)

Memoirs

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Marcel Dupont - In the Field (1914-1915)

I have merely tried to make a written record of some of the hours I have lived through during the course of this war. A modest Lieutenant of Chasseurs, I cannot claim to form any opinion as to the operations which...

FNH 5 hours 8 minutes

Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

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William Westgarth - Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria

Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then...

Lucy Burgoyne 6 hours 21 minutes

Roughing It

Travel & Geography

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Mark Twain - Roughing It

Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a sequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of...

John Greenman 16 hours 57 minutes

Backwoods of Canada

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Catharine Parr Traill - Backwoods of Canada

The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior education, as she is to induce them to discard all irrational and...

Esther 8 hours 34 minutes

Roughing It in the Bush

Memoirs

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Susanna Moodie - Roughing It in the Bush

'Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englishwoman homesteading abroad. Her narrative was constructed partly as a...

Moira Fogarty 18 hours 48 minutes

My Experiences as an Executioner

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James Berry - My Experiences as an Executioner

From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods he used, and the final moments of some of those he executed. — Summary by...

ashleighjane 4 hours 5 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

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

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

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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