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General Fiction

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Short Stories (Household Words 1850-53)

Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to three serialized novels, Cranford, North and South, and My Lady Ludlow,...

Phil Benson 9 hours 57 minutes

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Dramatic Readings

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Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (Dramatic Reading)

In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Thirty years later, Judah ben Hur accidentally looses a tile upon the head of...

Adele de Pignerolles and 4 more 20 hours 24 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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D. H. Lawrence - Lost Girl

«There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to.» In this most under-valued of his novels, Lawrence once again presents us with a young woman hemmed in by...

Tony Foster 14 hours 43 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Roy Rockwood - Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship

How the Giant Airship was constructed and how the daring young aviator and his friends made the hazardous journey through the clouds from the new world to the old, is told in a way to keep the reader spellbound. (As...

Scott Danneker 4 hours 44 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Ibn Battuta - Travels of Ibn Batuta

Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands. His journeys included trips to North Africa,...

Ian Prise and 6 more 7 hours 12 minutes

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Short works

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Margaret Gatty - Aunt Judy's Tales

This is a collection of six short stories by Margaret Gatty, writing as Mrs. Alfred Gatty. All told by 'an elder girl' in a large family to the 8 little ones gathered around. «There is not a more charming sight in the...

Aromli and 2 more 4 hours 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jack London - Sea Wolf - Version 2

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision, who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea...

Nick Bulka 11 hours 53 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Frederick Marryat - Jacob Faithful

Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of 14. He first served as a midshipman in the 38-gun frigate «HMS Imperieuse» commanded by...

NoelBadrian 17 hours 23 minutes

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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Version 2)

Modern

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Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Version 2)

The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book published by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Any summary would frankly do the work an injustice — the interested reader is directed to Wittgenstein's preface and to the...

Landon D. C. Elkind 3 hours 56 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Lenore Elizabeth Mulets - Stories of Birds

This volume contains stories, poems, myths, and facts about lots of different birds, intended for teaching children. It is divided into nine parts, each covering a different type of bird. Summary by Rachel.

Rachel and 2 more 2 hours 39 minutes

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King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 2)

Job was a prosperous landowner who encountered a series of misfortunes, leading him to question himself and his relation to his God. A grand sweep of ecclesiastical argument brings Job to a new level of insight and...

Peter Tucker 1 hour 56 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California

Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California

When young Frank is falsely accused of a crime, he leaves England to seek adventure in America. He joins a wagon train heading west to the California gold fields, but as he is soon to find out, the West is more than...

Rachel 9 hours 2 minutes

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