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Science Fiction

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Philip K. Dick - Variable Man

Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you’re going to win a war before you fire a shot. Unfortunately they’re predicting perpetual standoff between the Terran and Centaurian...

Gregg Margarite 2 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

783

Mary Jane Holmes - Tempest and Sunshine

Tempest and Sunshine is the first book written by Mary Jane Holmes. Set in the pre-Civil War south, it follows the struggles and romances of two sisters, as different as night and day; blonde Fanny and dark haired...

jedopi and 5 more 10 hours 32 minutes

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General Fiction

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Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

18 works — two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each — from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of The Scrap Book, Volume 1, edited by Frank Munsey. As he states in the editorial of the...

Bellona Times 5 hours 23 minutes

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British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

Travel & Geography

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Thomas Dowler Murphy - British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments on highways, towns, and country, should be of some value even in that...

Christine Blachford 6 hours 4 minutes

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General Fiction

816

Rex Stout - Under the Andes

Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps his future writing style is still blossoming, certainly his knack for...

Roger Melin 10 hours 50 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

866

Robert Jones Burdette - Chimes From A Jester’s Bells

Part I. The Story of Rollo; Mr. Holliday knows all there is to know about raising children, or at least he thinks he does. His attempts to train his son, Rollo, «in the way he should go,» are well-meant, but...

Debra Lynn 4 hours 27 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Jennie Hall - Viking Tales

Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)

Timothy Ferguson and 10 more 3 hours 29 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

925

Edmund Gosse - Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh's plan in 1584 for colonization in the «Colony and Dominion of Virginia» (which included the present-day states of North Carolina and Virginia) in North America ended in failure at Roanoke Island,...

musil and 7 more 7 hours 43 minutes

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General Fiction

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Ann Radcliffe - Sicilian Romance

A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of...

Betsie Bush 7 hours 21 minutes

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Poetry

830

Aemilia Lanyer - Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Aemilia Lanyer's 1611 poem is far more than a retelling of The Passion. It comprises a spirited defense of Eve (and, by extension, all women), elegant praises for her female patrons, a catalogue of virtuous women of...

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 58 minutes

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Family

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Francis J. Finn - Tom Playfair; or Making a Start

Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12. The story opens with 10-year-old Tom Playfair being quite a handful for his...

Maria Therese 6 hours 3 minutes

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Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out

Family

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Laura Lee Hope - Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out

The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of children's novels, penned under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope. The first of 72 books...

jedopi and 7 more 3 hours 39 minutes

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