Annyiee Hill

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History

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Isaac D'Israeli - Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays...

Jim Locke and 7 more 25 hours 53 minutes

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Self-Help

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Emory Adams Allen - Golden Gems of Life

Life is full of ups and downs, joys and trials. In this work, we are advised on how to deal with what fate deals us, the good and bad, the common and uncommon. Home, childhood, success and failure, perseverance,...

Lynne T and 24 more 19 hours 39 minutes

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Short works

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Nora Archibald Smith - Tales of Laughter

Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. A LAUGHING SONG When the greenwoods laugh with the voice of joy, And the...

Lynne T and 14 more 15 hours 53 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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H. Rider Haggard - Wanderer's Necklace

The Wanderer’s Necklace is classic Haggard, filled with adventure, intrigue, and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming obstacles. “The Editor" recalls his past life as Olaf, an 8th century Norseman. Olaf...

Annyiee Hill 10 hours 31 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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H. Rider Haggard - World's Desire

H. Rider Haggard (author of King Solomon's Mines the Allan Quatermain Series, and many more) and Andrew Lang (author of, among others, the rainbow coloured fairytale books) collaborate to lend their talent to one of...

Annyiee Hill and 4 more 10 hours 16 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Flora Annie Steel - English Fairy Tales

This is a selection of the most well-known fairy tales told in England. It contains such very famous stories as Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding-hood, but also some stories that are not included in every...

Robin Lamb and 14 more 8 hours 17 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Arthur Bingham Walkley - Pastiche and Prejudice

Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writing for several other newspapers and privately besides that. This book of...

Ulrike Denis and 21 more 8 hours 9 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Flora Klickmann - Flower-Patch Among the Hills

After poor health forced Klickmann to move from London to the country, she began writing a series of sketches for The Girl's Own Paper and in 1916 she published the first of a series of books based on them. Her...

Lynne T and 7 more 7 hours 43 minutes Flower Patch Among the Hills

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Edmund Dulac - Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book

Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn by winged frogs, a prince turned into a bird and a princess in the form of a...

Annyiee Hill and 5 more 6 hours 14 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

Robert Lynd - Pleasures of Ignorance

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. — Summary by Larry...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 5 hours 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charles John Tibbits - Folk-lore and Legends: Oriental

The East is rich in Folklore, and the lorist is not troubled to discover material, but to select only that which it is best worth his while to preserve. The conditions under which the people live are most...

Larry Wilson and 7 more 4 hours 51 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

Bill Nye - Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor

«What this country needs, aside from a new Indian policy and a style of poison for children which will be liable to kill rats if they eat it by accident, is a Railway Guide which will be just as good two years ago as...

DrPGould and 14 more 4 hours 49 minutes

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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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