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Animals & Nature

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Charles Major - Bears of Blue River

This delightful story is the tale of young Balser Brent, who has a knack for running into bears. Usually the bears come out of the interaction worse than the feisty and brave Balser. A great story for both boys and...

Tanica 3 hours 50 minutes

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Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers

Romance

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Lewis Theobald - Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers

This play is based on story told in Cervantes' Don Quixote, and some believe it is a reconstruction of a lost play by Shakespeare and Fletcher. Duke Angelo and his son Roderick are concerned about the activities of...

1 hour 52 minutes

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Literary Fiction

762

Henry James - Awkward Age

Nanda Brookenham is coming of age, and thus 'coming out' in London society — which leads to complications in her family's social set in London's fin de siècle life. James presents the novel almost entirely in...

Anna Simon 15 hours 16 minutes

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Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography

*Non-fiction

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography

The title tells all, along with other observations on insect life from the famed accidental entomologist of 19th Century France… — Summary by BellonaTimes

Bellona Times 11 hours 30 minutes

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Christianity - Biographies

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Frances Alice Forbes - Pope Pius the Tenth

Pope Saint Pius X (2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914), born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was Pope from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. He was the first pope since Pius V (1566 to 1572) to be canonized. St. Pius X is...

MariaS and 3 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Action & Adventure

843

Hamilton Wright Mabie - Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3

Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tales and Old Fashioned Stories. Of the first section, assistant editor Daniel...

Ellen Preckel 15 hours 31 minutes

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Short works

803

Howard Pyle - Pepper and Salt

One must have a little pinch of seasoning in this dull, heavy life of ours; one should never look to have all the troubles, the labors, and the cares, with never a whit of innocent jollity and mirth. Yes, one must...

Maria Kasper and 1 more 3 hours 7 minutes

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English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

Biography & Autobiography

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Beth Ellis - English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visit to Burma. The account documents her ocean voyage to Rangoon, and her stay...

Carol Fullerton-Samsel 4 hours 22 minutes

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*Non-fiction

987

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 — 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲). He wrote many books on Japan,...

Julia Niedermaier 13 hours 58 minutes

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Early explorations in New South Wales: A collection

History

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Early explorations in New South Wales: A collection

In the early days of the penal colony at Sydney, rumour was rife among the convicts of another colony beyond the Blue Mountains and perhaps a route to China. In the hope of quelling the rumours, Governor John Hunter...

Phil Benson 2 hours 1 minute

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O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

Short Stories

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O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921

In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 12 hours 53 minutes

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Historical Fiction

897

Basil King - Wild Olive

Norrie Ford, having been unfairly convicted of murder, has escaped. A lucky chance finds him being rescued by a mysterious girl (the Wild Olive of the title), who sets him up with a new life under a new name in...

Simon Evers 9 hours 26 minutes

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