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Camp-Fire Girls at Twin Lakes or The Quest of a Summer Vacation

Action & Adventure

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Stella M. Francis - Camp-Fire Girls at Twin Lakes or The Quest of a Summer Vacation

“Girls, I have some great news for you. I’m sure you’ll be interested, and I hope you’ll be as delighted as I am. Come on, all of you. Gather around in a circle just as if we were going to have a Council Fire and I’ll...

Lucy Burgoyne 4 hours 10 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 004

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology....

Jerome Lawsen and 8 more 5 hours 38 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12

Exploration

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Roald Amundsen - South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12

In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally different primary task (Amundsen did no surveying on his route south and is...

Beecher and 18 more 19 hours 46 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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G. K. Chesterton - Alarms and Discursions

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective...

Ray Clare 5 hours 41 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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George MacDonald - Lilith

Lilith , written by the father of fantasy literature, George MacDonald, was first published in 1895. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the...

Pete Williams Pittsburgh PA 10 hours 30 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Andre Norton - Time Traders

If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of knowledge the Russians...

R. J. Davis 7 hours 3 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess - Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk is another in the long list children's books by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, Jimmy Skunk has encounters with Reddy Fox, Peter Rabbit, Unc’ Billy Possum and...

John Lieder 1 hour 41 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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John Henry Haaren - Famous Men of Rome

Biographical sketches of the men of Rome, written for children. (summary by Laura Caldwell)

Laura Caldwell and 8 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Ruth

The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fallen woman', a type of person normally outcast from respectable society. The...

Cynthia Lyons 18 hours 41 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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Pansy - Eighty Seven

Twelve-year-old Winter Kelland is an orphan indentured to a cold, harsh farming couple. His one bright spot is eight-year-old Vine, a neighbor girl who believes he can do great things if he can get an education. Win...

TriciaG 8 hours 41 minutes

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Erotica

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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Venus in Furs

The framing story concerns a man who dreams of speaking to Venus about love while she wears furs. The unnamed narrator tells his dreams to a friend, Severin, who tells him how to break him of his fascination with...

featherheadfop and 1 more 4 hours 52 minutes

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Satire

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Samuel Butler - Way of All Flesh

<p/>The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It...

Rhonda Federman 17 hours 58 minutes

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