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Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life

Short Stories

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Stewart Edward White - Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life

Thirteen short stories by a popular writer of the early 20th century (not to be confused with an earlier book Blazed Trail). White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He...

David Wales 5 hours 35 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Frank Norris - Third Circle

Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He lived and worked in San Francisco. His writing has been compared to Emile Zola,...

David Wales 5 hours 34 minutes

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Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp

War & Military

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Pat O'Brien - Outwitting The Hun; My Escape From A German Prison Camp

A true war narrative, published in 1918 while WWI was still going on. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 5 hours 33 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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William Henry Hudson - Idle Hours In A Library

“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing among books, and not of special investigations, undertaken with a view to...

David Wales 5 hours 24 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides, Demosthenes, Euclid; William Lloyd Garrison and the National Anti-Slavery...

Landon D. C. Elkind and 7 more 5 hours 18 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015

Biography & Autobiography

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Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015

April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his...

David Wales 5 hours 16 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Gaylord Dubois - Barry Blake Of The Flying Fortress

Gaylord DuBois wrote juvenile literature for decades. This is a boys' adventure story about serving in the American World War II flying corps. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 5 hours 15 minutes

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Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces

Exploration

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Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces

Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding his way out. Here are six relatively unknown early pieces about the U.S.A.’s...

David Wales 5 hours 15 minutes

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Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko

Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a «a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed...

David Wales 5 hours 15 minutes

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Short Stories Of William Henry Harrison Murray

Nature & Animal Fiction

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William Henry Harrison Murray - Short Stories Of William Henry Harrison Murray

Murray (1840-1904) was a sometime clergyman, journalist, and purveyor of the outdoor life. His books did much to popularize the virtues of outdoor experience, especially in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New...

David Wales 5 hours 9 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Lindsay Anderson - Cruise in an Opium Clipper

Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. Eamont was involved in the opening of Japan to foreigners in 1858, serving as...

David Wales 5 hours 6 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles John Samuel Thompson - Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries

A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially informative on early historical poisons. This book discusses many cases of...

David Wales 5 hours 5 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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