Christine Blachford

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Biography & Autobiography

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William Henry Hudson - Far Away and Long Ago

William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora...

hefyd and 9 more 8 hours 54 minutes

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Historical Fiction

565

Charles King - Daughter of the Sioux

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He was the son of Civil War general Rufus King and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He...

Maire Rhode and 6 more 7 hours 52 minutes

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Detective Fiction

505

Frank Froest - Grell Mystery

Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery. (Summary by Christine Blachford — to be expanded)

Christine Blachford 7 hours 48 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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George MacDonald - Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood

George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic...

Bookworm and 13 more 7 hours 5 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

650

Anne Brontë - Agnes Grey

The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in...

Melissa and 6 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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Historical Fiction

485

Stanley Waterloo - Story of Ab

This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well. (Summary from the introduction)

Kristine Bekere and 8 more 6 hours 31 minutes

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British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

Travel & Geography

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Thomas Dowler Murphy - British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments on highways, towns, and country, should be of some value even in that...

Christine Blachford 6 hours 4 minutes

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Self-Help

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William F. Bigelow - Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instructions and advice from courtship to raising children, this collection aims...

Robin Cotter and 9 more 5 hours 11 minutes

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund...

David Federman and 8 more 5 hours 11 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed

General Fiction

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William Alexander MacKay - Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed

By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East and part of West Zorra, and containing a population of about fourteen...

MaryAnn and 9 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School; or, Fast Friends in the Sororities (version 2)

General

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Jessie Graham Flower - Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School; or, Fast Friends in the Sororities (version 2)

In «Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School»; Or, «Fast Friends in the Sororities,» the girl chums will appear as members of a High School sorority. Here the reader will make the acquaintance of Eleanor Savell, a...

Christine Blachford 4 hours 10 minutes Grace Harlowe Series

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Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jessie Graham Flower - Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together — and save one another from troubles. The unofficial leader of the group is Grace Harlowe, the title...

Christine Blachford 4 hours 3 minutes Grace Harlowe Series

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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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