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Robert Sterling Yard - Book of the National Parks

Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing...

J. M. Smallheer 10 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

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Wilkie Collins - No Name

The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is killed suddenly in an accident and his wife follows shortly thereafter, it...

SilverG and 14 more 29 hours 40 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Stillwater Tragedy

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, The Story of a Bad Boy and his collection of short...

J. M. Smallheer 6 hours 1 minute

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General Fiction

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Kate Langley Bosher - People Like That

A single woman from a family that is well-off, buys a house at a place that is looked down upon and disapproved by her family and friends alike. Her reason — she wants to live the life of and know people like that....

Neeru Iyer 6 hours 39 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 018

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....

glenford2000 and 5 more 2 hours 6 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Children's Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Lord Fauntleroy (version 2)

In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or «dearest») in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an...

Susan Umpleby 6 hours

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Historical Fiction

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Henry Handel Richardson - Australia Felix

The story of Richard Mahony, a doctor trained in Edinburgh who comes to Ballarat in the gold rush of the 1850s. At first he runs a shop but later he marries and returns to medical practice. His story is interwoven...

tabithat 14 hours 21 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Miles Franklin - My Brilliant Career

Sybella «There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I am one of a class, the individuals of which have no time for plots in their life,...

Annise and 11 more 9 hours 13 minutes

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Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jessie Graham Flower - Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together — and save one another from troubles. The unofficial leader of the group is Grace Harlowe, the title...

Christine Blachford 4 hours 3 minutes Grace Harlowe Series

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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1

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Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...

Viglione and 8 more 8 hours 42 minutes Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Volumes 1-7

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*Non-fiction

870

Thomas Malthus - Essay on the Principle of Population

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical...

Geoffrey Edwards 5 hours 32 minutes

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General Fiction

833

Henry James - Beast in the Jungle

'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats...

Rob James 2 hours 19 minutes

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