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Essays & Short Works

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Kenneth Grahame - Pagan Papers

We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered musings on the human condition...everything from loafing about and old book...

Will Cooper and 10 more 2 hours 28 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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E. G. Fulton - Vegetarian Cook Book

Cookbook from the era of John Kellogg, whose vegetarian meat substitutes Protose and Nuttolene are featured heavily in this volume. Production of this item was available as recently as the mid 2000's via Scandinavia,...

VfkaBT 4 hours 51 minutes

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War & Military

757

James Franck Bright - Maria Theresa

By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of his daughter, Maria Theresa, but practically nothing to train her how to...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 11 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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Margaret Duncan Kelly - Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

«Relates the story of Raleigh from his boyhood days on the coast of Devonshire, to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth. We travel with him as he pursues the ships of the...

Lazlo and 4 more 2 hours 3 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

761

Francis Marion Crawford - Katharine Lauderdale Volume 1

Katharine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy parental home by marrying and Katherine plans to do the same, but her father has...

Lynne T 7 hours 46 minutes Katharine Lauderdale

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War & Military

685

Archibald Primrose - Pitt

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, liberal prime minister (1894-1895), wrote this short biography of William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), the controversial young prime minister who led Great Britain during...

Pamela Nagami 9 hours 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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L. Frank Baum - Glinda of Oz (version 2)

Glinda the Good, the great sorceress of Oz takes the spotlight in this, the very last OZ book written by L. Frank Baum himself. Ozma hears of previously unknown parts of her kingdom having difficulties and at war with...

Phil Chenevert 4 hours 43 minutes Oz books

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Historical Fiction

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Prosper Mérimée - Carmen

On a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don José Navarro and a beautiful Romani woman named Carmen...little does he know that soon, these two will be...

ToddHW and 3 more 2 hours 17 minutes

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Poetry

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Edwin Arlington Robinson - Children of the Night

This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, several ballads, and poems dedicated to other authors and poets. — Summary by...

Jacquelyn Bengfort and 12 more 1 hour 42 minutes

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War & Military

784

Eleanor C. Price - Cardinal de Richelieu

Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics, he subdued in battle the unruly Huguenot aristocracy, successfully resisted...

Pamela Nagami 11 hours 46 minutes

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Plays

756

Nō Plays of Japan

Noh (Nō), or Nogaku—derived from the Sino-Japanese word for «skill» or «talent»—is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son...

Expatriate 5 hours 49 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gibbs - In Search of Mademoiselle

Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores… The most...

Tony Oliva 11 hours 26 minutes

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