Cate Barratt

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Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer - France in the Nineteenth Century

Author Elizabeth Latimer synthesizes notes from a variety of sources to produce this summary of the nation of France in the 19th century. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 14 hours 9 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

475

E. W. Hornung - Mr. Justice Raffles

A. J. Raffles is a British gentleman thief of some renown who, in this, the hero's final adventure, ironically demonstrates a sense of morality by teaching a London East End loan shark a lesson. The book was later...

Cate Barratt 5 hours 28 minutes Arthur J. Raffles

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*Non-fiction

482

Jacob Abbott - Richard II, Makers of History

Chronicles the life of Richard II, born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France, who later wore the crown of King of England. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 5 hours 22 minutes

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Poetry

465

William Wordsworth - Prelude

Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth published the first version of the poem in 1798, but continued to work on it...

Bob Gonzalez and 9 more 7 hours 55 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

Early Modern

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Lawrence J. Burpee - Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

This is volume 19 of The Chronicles of Canada series . This is the account of La Verendryes' quest for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean. (Summary by Esther)

Esther and 2 more 2 hours 9 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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History

428

Louis-Georges Desjardins - England, Canada and the Great War

Mr. Desjardins was driven to write this work to refute statements uttered by the nationalist Henri Bourassa, which the former feared painted all Quebecers with the same unpatriotic brush in respect to their...

Cate Barratt 9 hours 30 minutes

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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II

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412

Lucy Aikin - Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II

Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 23 hours 20 minutes

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General Fiction

462

Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lovels of Arden

The novel traces the return of a young Englishwoman from several years of schooling abroad, to find that her life will not take up where she thought it would. Clarissa Lovel faced not only an emotionally and...

Cate Barratt 15 hours 39 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

467

Narcisse-Eutropee Dionne - Makers of Canada: Champlain

A biography of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, founder of Quebec, and father of New France. ( Summary by Cathy Barratt )

Cate Barratt 5 hours 38 minutes

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General Fiction

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Burton Egbert Stevenson - That Affair at Elizabeth

A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiquitous romantic complication, of course). (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 5 hours 1 minute

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Historical Fiction

415

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire

Looking for a replacement to Sherlock Holmes after the author had killed him off in 1894, Doyle wrote this murder mystery in the dying years of the 19th century. Set in Napoleon's era, it involves a Frenchman...

Cate Barratt 4 hours 39 minutes

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General Fiction

471

Maurice Leblanc - Teeth of the Tiger

Maurice Leblanc delivers another Arsene Lupin adventure set in World War I. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

Cate Barratt 11 hours 12 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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