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Short Stories

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Barry Pain - Stories without Tears

This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fiction, Barry Pain turns to general fiction, mystery, and humour in this...

Kate Follis and 15 more 10 hours 14 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Barry Pain - Problem Club

The Problem Club is an infamous London Club which meets once a month to discuss a given problem. The problems have nothing to do with mathematics, but are social problems, in the broadest possible sense of the word....

Foon and 9 more 3 hours 20 minutes

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General Fiction

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Sir Walter Scott - Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer

Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at Ellangowan, just as the son of Godfrey Bertram is born. Guy Mannering...

DaveWindell and 4 more 20 hours 1 minute

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Christianity - Biographies

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Richard Raby - Pope Adrian IV; An Historical Sketch

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159, pope 1154-1159) was the only English pope. Written by a Catholic in 1849, this biography of the pope appeared twenty years after the English Parliament passed “The Roman Catholic Relief...

David Wales 2 hours 38 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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H. G. Wells - Certain Personal Matters

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is...

Foon and 11 more 6 hours 23 minutes

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Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery

Cooking

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Juliet Corson - Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery

«This course of lectures is designed to meet the wants of two classes of persons: First—Those who are experienced housekeepers, familiar with the principles and practice of cookery, but who desire information...

Foon and 4 more 4 hours 39 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Ruth Plumly Thompson - Kabumpo in Oz (version 2)

An elephant in Oz? You bet! The tiny kingdom of Pumperdink has what no neighboring kingdom has: an Elegant Elephant in court, and his name is Kabumpo. He is very proud of his kingdom, his elegance and tends to be just...

Phil Chenevert 5 hours 31 minutes Oz books

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My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2)

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Edric Vredenberg - My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2)

«Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell you, are...

Phil Chenevert and 10 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Emma Frances Dawson - Itinerant House, and Other Stories

This is a volume of short stories of supernatural fiction by American author Emma Frances Dawson. Not all of the tales depend on ghosts, most of them are much more subtle than that. The author skillfully creates...

Dan Gurzynski and 4 more 7 hours 30 minutes

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Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Exploration

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Anna Brassey - Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family's voyage around in the world in 1876-1877 ( Dovie Cross)

Dovie Cross and 1 more 15 hours 4 minutes

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Anthologies

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Otto Leland Bohanan - Book of American Negro Poetry

The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edited by writer and diplomat James Weldon Johnson, this collection was...

Jim Locke and 9 more 5 hours 4 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Ruth Plumly Thompson - Silver Princess in Oz

Young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their friend Jinnicky the Red Jinn in the Land of Ev. On the way, they meet...

Beth Thomas and 3 more 4 hours 6 minutes Oz books

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