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Young's Literal Translation

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Young's Literal Translation - Bible (YLT) 20: Proverbs

This book contains small morsels of great practical wisdom and instruction for all. Solomon, no doubt, wrote the majority of this book, but the last proverb was authored by a King Lemuel, who wrote of the wisdom...

Mark Penfold 1 hour 34 minutes Bible (Youngs Literal Translation)

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Religion

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Sister Mary Jean Dorcy - Crown for Joanna

She was born a princess, heir to her father’s kingdom of Portugal, and she might at will have reigned from almost any throne in Europe. But instead of this, she made what to her world seemed a thoroughly mad choice –...

Maria Therese 1 hour 49 minutes

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Romance

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Wilkie Collins - Poor Miss Finch

“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it awful?” Ha! Lucilla Finch is the wisest of all the characters, in spite of,...

Sandra G 20 hours 5 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lafcadio Hearn - In Ghostly Japan

This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries to give a glimpse into the customs of the Japanese, by giving examples of...

Nadine Eckert-Boulet and 5 more 4 hours 33 minutes

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General Fiction

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Room in the Dragon Volant

J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom he glimpses...

Elizabeth Klett 4 hours 34 minutes

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General Fiction

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W. Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage , published in 1915, is considered to be W. Somerset Maugham’s best work. Many believe the novel to be one of the world’s literary masterpieces. The story follows Phillip Carey from early childhood...

Tom Weiss 25 hours 45 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Harry Collingwood - For Treasure Bound

For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster), published in 1897. We follow the hero, whose name is incidentally also Harry Collingwood, on a quest to the...

Adrian Wheal and 5 more 10 hours 14 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Nigel

By 1348 the House of Loring has fallen on hard times. Together, the Black Death and the greedy monks of Waverley have bled away all of the Loring wealth. Even the manor house will have to go to pay their debts. Then...

Clive Catterall 12 hours 7 minutes

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Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family

Humorous Fiction

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B. P. Shillaber - Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington and Others of the Family

Mrs. Partington, not unlike Mrs. Malaprop, is prone to using the wrong words when expressing her sentiments. However, the «inappropriate» word choices often cause one to look at a situation in a new way. (Introduction...

Debra Lynn and 3 more 8 hours 21 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Lester del Rey - Let'em Breathe Space

The old space freighter Wahoo is all Dr. Pietro can afford for his expedition to the rings of Saturn. Although built for a crew of 6 the good doctor crams 19 people into the Wahoo, and after 5 months they are really...

Gregg Margarite 1 hour 47 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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George Sylvester Viereck - House of the Vampire

The House of the Vampire is a 1907 novella that is a very unusual vampire story. A young writer comes under the powerful influence of a mysterious older master, who seems to have left a trail of ruined proteges in his...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 48 minutes

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Coming of Bill (or: Their Mutual Child; or: The White Hope)

Family Life

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P. G. Wodehouse - Coming of Bill (or: Their Mutual Child; or: The White Hope)

The Coming of Bill tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his marriage to Ruth, and their child called Bill. Bill's upbringing is threatened by the interference of Ruth's busybody writer aunt, Mrs Lora Delane Porter...

Don W. Jenkins 8 hours 20 minutes

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