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Epistolary Fiction

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Maurice Baring - Lost Diaries

Within these pages find passages from the «lost diaries» of a wide range of people: royal, regular, famous, infamous, historical, and fictional. — Summary by A. Gramour

Nemo and 5 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Andrew Barton Paterson - Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

From Banjo Paterson, bush poet and favorite son of Australia, here is a collection of colorful stories from Australia that offer a window into the past and the culture of the region. — Summary by A. Gramour

Beth Thomas and 7 more 3 hours 33 minutes

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Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

Religion

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George Herbert - Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest. In The Country Parson he describes the roles of the priest and offers practice advice to English clergymen about how to fulfill their duties. — Summary by...

Karen Clausen-Brown and 4 more 3 hours 30 minutes

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Cooking

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Carroll Mac Sheridan - Stag Cook Book

This book is dedicated to «that great host of bachelors and benedicts alike who have at one time or another tried to 'cook something': and who, in the attempt, have weakened under a fire of feminie raillery and...

BettyB and 4 more 3 hours 27 minutes

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Rainbow Gold: Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls

Poetry

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Rainbow Gold: Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls

This collection of poems, selected by Sara Teasdale, a talented poet in her own right, is made to appeal to children, both girls and boys. They are not poems about children, but for children. Neither does this mean...

BettyB and 16 more 3 hours 27 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Evelyn Sharp - Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories

What better thing can I say about this book except that it is written by Evelyn Sharp the author who writes fairy stories with a flowing and beautiful style. These eight stories are different in that they are a bit...

Jennifer Dallman and 3 more 3 hours 26 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

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Edward J. Nankivell - Stamp Collecting as a Pastime

Edward J. Nankivell was an early stamp collector in England. In this book he describes the hobby of stamp collecting. He was the editor of the Philatelic Record and Stamp News. — Summary by Kangaroo692

Kangaroo and 7 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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History

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History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 3, November 1909

«The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest...

MaryAnn and 7 more 3 hours 17 minutes

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Animals & Nature

L. Frank Baum - Twinkle and Chubbins; Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland

Twinkle is a little girl who often finds herself caught up in fantastic adventures. Whether it be being put on trial by angry woodchucks, raising a hateful baby crow, visiting a town full of talking prairie dogs,...

BettyB and 6 more 3 hours 15 minutes

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History

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History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1909

The History Teacher's Magazine was a monthly publication devoted to the interests of teachers specializing in history, civics, and geography. It provides scholarly articles as well as advice on organizing course...

BettyB and 6 more 3 hours 15 minutes

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Poetry

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Hattie Howard - Poems

«This poet's ear is so attuned to metric harmony that she must have been born within sound of some osier-fringed brook leaping and hurrying over its pebbly bed. There is a variety of subject and treatment, sufficient...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 3 hours 13 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Mermaid's Message and Other Stories

This is a collection of fairy tales and fables compiled in 1919. The stories contain original but old-fashioned tales which modern children and grown-ups will enjoy. Summary by Carolin

BettyB and 16 more 3 hours 11 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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