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Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands
The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In...
9 hours 11 minutes
Romance
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Kate Douglas Wiggin - Romance of a Christmas Card
The story of the mission of two Christmas cards written by a minister’s wife. These cards find their way to two straying sheep from the village fold, who hear through the message in the words, and the little scenes on...
1 hour 45 minutes
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Peter Cunningham - Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath
Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the...
4 hours 43 minutes
War & Military
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Lord Thomas Cochrane - Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1
This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the development of naval fiction as a genre. Marryat sailed with Cochrane, while...
11 hours 19 minutes
Detective Fiction
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Baroness Emma Orczy - Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories about Molly Robertson-Kirk, an early fictional female detective. It was written by Baroness Orczy, who is best known as the creator of The Scarlet...
7 hours 51 minutes
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