Brett W. Downey

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Historical Fiction

521

G. A. Henty - Young Carthaginian

Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 11 hours 40 minutes

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Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences

True Crime

509

Sir John Barrow - Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences

The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the commanding officer, William Bligh. On 4 April 1789, after five months in...

Linda Dodge and 8 more 10 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

552

H. Rider Haggard - Eric Brighteyes

The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed...

Brett W. Downey 10 hours 17 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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*Non-fiction

451

Eddie Rickenbacker - Fighting the Flying Circus

This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th «Hat-in-the-Ring» Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air...

Brett W. Downey 10 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

554

Talbot Mundy - King of the Khyber Rifles

Athelstan King is a British Secret Agent stationed in India at the beginning of WWI. He is attached to the Khyber Rifles regiment as a cover, but his real job is to prevent a holy war. «To stop a holy war...

Brett W. Downey 9 hours 56 minutes

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Children's Fiction

528

G. A. Henty - Saint George for England

A tale written for children in 1885. It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed in hiding and grows up with a bowyer and then apprenticed to an armourer...

Jim Mowatt and 6 more 9 hours 36 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

507

Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn

Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike and inspired a Disney movie called the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh starring Patrick Patrick McGoohan. In this...

Brett W. Downey and 3 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

505

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - David Crockett: His Life and Adventures

David «Davy» Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet “King of the...

Brett W. Downey 6 hours 54 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

440

Anthony Hope - Chronicles of Count Antonio

How it fell out that Count Antonio, a man of high lineage, forsook the service of his Prince, disdained the obligation of his rank, set law at naught, and did what seemed indeed in his own eyes to be good but was held...

Brett W. Downey 5 hours 19 minutes

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Children's Fiction

512

Frank Gee Patchin - Pony Rider Boys in Texas

Yee-hawww! The Pony Rider Boys are on the trail again! In the second book of this series, Professor Zepplin has taken the young men to San Diego, Texas, to experience the life of a cowboy. The cattle drive will take...

Jennifer Wiginton and 5 more 4 hours 50 minutes The Pony Rider Boys series

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Action & Adventure Fiction

477

William Henry Bishop - Tom of the Raiders

Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. (Summary by Brett Downey)

Brett W. Downey 4 hours 14 minutes

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Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time: A Popular View of the Historical Evidence for the Truth of Christianity

*Non-fiction

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Thomas Cooper - Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time: A Popular View of the Historical Evidence for the Truth of Christianity

Written by the former skeptic, poet, and scholar, Thomas Cooper, The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time admirably sets forth a winsome defense of Christianity. Written as the substance of fourteen years of...

tzieger and 1 more 3 hours 57 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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