Denise Nordell

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Hero Tales from American History (version 2)

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Henry Cabot Lodge - Hero Tales from American History (version 2)

The purpose of this book «is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly...

MaryAnn and 8 more 5 hours 42 minutes

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Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

Writing & Linguistics

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Joyce Kilmer - Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kilmer's idea, as outlined in the Introduction, was that there is a deep divide...

BettyB and 10 more 5 hours 34 minutes

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A.E.F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces

War & Military

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Heywood Broun - A.E.F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces

In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrived in Europe to fight alongside the French and British allied forces. American journalist Heywood Broun followed the AEF and reported on their experiences. He...

MaryAnn and 5 more 5 hours 18 minutes

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General

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Wayne Whipple - Story of Young Abraham Lincoln

This is a careful and fascinating collection of interviews with people who knew Lincoln as a boy and young man. A glimpse into the type of person he was from the very beginning. «All the world loves a lover»—and...

Kara Shallenberg and 7 more 4 hours 59 minutes

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General

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Theodore Roosevelt - Letters to His Children

The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he...

Michele Fry and 9 more 4 hours 47 minutes

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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (version 2)

Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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James Weldon Johnson - Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (version 2)

The story of a biracial man living in the deep south after the reconstruction era. He is young and talented. Yet, in order for him to avoid stigma, he has to pass as white. But would his sense of belonging and...

tiwo007 and 4 more 4 hours 46 minutes

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Margaret Vandercook - Red Cross Girls in Belgium

Four young American women have joined the Allied forces under WWI. In this volume of the series they are in Belgium, and they are dealing with the mysterious past of one of the girls, the possible romance between a...

Kathrine Engan and 5 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2)

Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Andrew Lang - Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2)

The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history of the country opens, and a few words are necessary to explain why the...

Phil Chenevert and 13 more 4 hours 28 minutes

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Animals

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John Burroughs - Bird Stories from Burroughs

What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essayist. These creative, observation- and emotion-driven stories about birds...

Sandra Cullum and 7 more 4 hours 10 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Katharine Tynan Hinkson - Isle in the Water

'Here, among the hosts of ladies who write with care and inelegance, comes a woman artist. An Isle in the Water is a collection of fifteen well-conceived and excellently-finished Irish stories, for which it would be...

Mike Pelton and 7 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Family

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Katherine Keene Galt - Girl Scouts at Home

Little Rosanna Horton was a very poor little girl. When I tell you more about her, you will think that was a very odd thing to say. She lived in one of the most beautiful homes in Louisville, a city full of...

Teresa Bauman and 8 more 3 hours 48 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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