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Historical Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Antiquary

Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of the French Revolution, the novel's hero, Lovel, struggles to gain repute and...

skoval 19 hours 42 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Dallas McCord Reynolds - Ultima Thule

Ronny Bronston has dreamed all his life of getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets the opportunity when he is given a provisional assignment with Bureau of Investigation, Section G....

Karen Savage 2 hours 29 minutes

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Philosophy

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Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics

The work consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes said to be from his lectures at the Lyceum which were either edited by or dedicated to Aristotle's son, Nicomachus....

Geoffrey Edwards 10 hours

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Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jules Verne - Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for...

Patrick Wells and 7 more 4 hours 30 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margaret Sidney - Five Little Peppers Abroad

This book is the next in the series of the Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, after Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Five Little Peppers Midway. It continues the series where Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie,...

Elli and 15 more 8 hours 38 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Émile Zola - Therese Raquin

An unsatisfied wife kills her weak husband in order to carry on a sordid affair with another man. However, her selfish plans are spoiled when her husband continues to haunt her. This is often said to be Zola's first...

Bellona Times and 5 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margaret Sidney - Five Little Peppers Grown Up

Five Little Peppers Grown Up continues the story of Ben, Polly, Joel, David, and Phronsie Pepper. Together with the Kings, the Whitneys, and other friends old and new, the Peppers learn and teach about life and love...

BookAngel7 6 hours 3 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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H. Rider Haggard - Allan's Wife

The story of Allan Quatermain's wife and further adventures of Allan Quatermain. (Summary by Elaine Tweddle)

laineyben 4 hours 49 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Poetry

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Long Poems Collection 007

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Jc Guan & TriciaG

grave_alice and 12 more 4 hours 41 minutes Long Poems Collections

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Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - Sketches New and Old

This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1875. Among other sketches, it contains «The Jumping Frog» in the original English, followed by a French translation (read here by Caroline Mittler) which...

John Greenman 10 hours 34 minutes

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General Fiction

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Frank Williams - Harbor of Doubt

Young Code Schofield had lost his schooner May Schofield in an Atlantic gale a few months ago, and now the townspeople on the small island of Grande Mignon off the coast of New Brunswick were beginning to talk...

Roger Melin 8 hours 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles Alexander Eastman - Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these men will live in...

Laura Caldwell 4 hours 8 minutes

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