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Jesse James, Jr. - Jesse James, My Father

A biography of Jesse James as told by his son, Jesse James, Jr. We are treated to inside tales of Jesse's childhood and home life; what drove him to become a Confederate guerrilla during the Civil War; his life after...

Barry Eads 4 hours 40 minutes

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Short Stories

460

Jack London - Road

Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic strangers. In The Road, he relates the tales and memories of his days on the...

Barry Eads 4 hours 44 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

335

George Barr McCutcheon - Yollop

Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at...

Barry Eads 1 hour 59 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Ray Cummings - Astounding Stories 10, October 1930

Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. Meek The Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electron by Robert H. Leitfred Part 2 of Jetta of the Lowlands by Ray...

Seamus Dobbin and 6 more 8 hours 19 minutes Astounding Stories Magazines Issues 1-20

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Children's Fiction

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E. Boyd Smith - Selected Works of E. Boyd Smith

A sampling of the children's books written and illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. The first story is Mr. Smith's version of the Story of Noah's Ark. He then tells us the story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. Next we...

Barry Eads 3 hours 2 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Humorous Ghost Stories

Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough — The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde — The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess — «Dey ain't no ghosts» / by Ellis Parker Butler — The transferred ghost / by...

Madam Fickle and 15 more 10 hours 50 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

422

Lily Dougall - Mermaid

"'What a fool I was not to go where she beckoned!' mused Caius. 'Where? Anywhere into the heart of the ocean, out of this dull, sordid life into the land of dreams.' For it must all have been a dream—a sweet,...

Barry Eads and 13 more 7 hours 49 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Barry Eads and 20 more 6 hours 54 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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J. Walker McSpadden - Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for «robbing from the rich and giving to the poor», assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his «Merry...

Barry Eads 5 hours 56 minutes

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Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

General Fiction

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of «exemplary» stories, this translated version from 1881 brings these stories to the English reader. Included in the collection are twelve stories...

Tim Ferreira and 13 more 18 hours 10 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Sarah Knowles Bolton - Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous

These characters have been chosen from various countries and from varied professions, that the youth who read this book may see that poverty is no barrier to success. It usually develops ambition, and nerves people to...

Pamela Krantz and 15 more 9 hours 31 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Sarah Knowles Bolton - Famous American Statesmen

A sketch of the lives of some of America's early Statesmen: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Charles Sumner, Ulysses S. Grant, and...

Barry Eads 9 hours 46 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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