Adrian Praetzellis

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Sons of the Covenant: A Tale of London Jewry

Family Life

440

Samuel Gordon - Sons of the Covenant: A Tale of London Jewry

Born in London's poverty-stricken and heavily Jewish East End, the Lipcott boys create their own successes in life and love. The brothers' commitment to improving the lives of working class people leads them to...

Adrian Praetzellis 16 hours 5 minutes

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Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque

Humorous Fiction

362

William Combe - Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque

“To bury these, to christen those, And marry such fond folks who chose To change the tenor of their life And risk the matrimonial strife.” This was the humdrum life of Dr. Syntax before he set out on his...

Adrian Praetzellis 7 hours 23 minutes

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Nature

350

Joseph Smeaton Chase - California Coast Trails

In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Mexico to Oregon. On the way he is courteously received at isolated ranches,...

Adrian Praetzellis 10 hours

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Children's Non-fiction

366

Dhan Gopal Mukerji - Kari the Elephant

The adventures of an Indian boy and his beloved elephant. Born near Calcutta, Mukerji won the Newbury Medal for children's fiction. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)

Adrian Praetzellis 2 hours 25 minutes

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Historical Fiction

385

Israel Zangwill - Children of the Ghetto

In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices of transplanted eastern European Jews against the forces of assimilation....

Adrian Praetzellis 15 hours 17 minutes

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Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

Children's Fiction

382

Edward Lear - Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets

A selection of nonsense poems, songs (not sung!), stories, and miscellaneous strangeness. The work includes the «Owl and the Pussycat» and a recipe for Amblongus Pie, which begins «Take 4 pounds (say 4½ pounds) of...

Adrian Praetzellis 1 hour 19 minutes

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Political Science

372

Theodor Herzl - Jewish State

Read in English, this is a pivotal document in the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. Herzl designed this work to elevate the discussion of «the Jewish Question» so it would «no longer take the form of...

Adrian Praetzellis 3 hours 30 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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H. G. Wells - History of Mr. Polly

A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything. H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent...

Adrian Praetzellis 9 hours 8 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

448

H. De Vere Stacpoole - Blue Lagoon

Two shipwrecked children grow up on a South Pacific island. This beautiful story of adventure and innocent love was H.D. Stacpoole’s most popular work. Parents who may have seen the Hollywood film need not be...

Adrian Praetzellis 7 hours 38 minutes

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Short Stories

389

Yiddish Tales (יידיש מעשה)

A collection of 48 wonderful English language stories from Sholem Alechem, I. L. Perez, Shalom Asch, and others. Tales of humour and drama, tragedy and pathos set mostly in the Jewish communities of 19th-century...

Adrian Praetzellis 18 hours 15 minutes

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*Non-fiction

366

John Muir - My First Summer in the Sierra

The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics...

Adrian Praetzellis 7 hours 13 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Frederick Marryat - Mr. Midshipman Easy

One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of Jack Easy, a son of privilege who joins the Royal Navy. The work begins as a...

Adrian Praetzellis 16 hours 17 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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