Denise Nordell

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Animals & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess - Mother West Wind "When" Stories

Thorton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories are short and delightfully written so as to be enjoyed by child or adult. Have...

Arnold and 5 more 2 hours 45 minutes

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General

495

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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Detective Fiction

485

Lawrence L. Lynch - Last Stroke

Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the mysterious disappearance of schoolmaster, Mr. Brierly. The under-teacher and...

Philippe and 8 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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General Fiction

505

Wilkie Collins - Man and Wife

This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were legally entitled to marry and who asserted that they were married before...

corin2of7 and 19 more 24 hours 18 minutes

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Religion

470

Anonymous - Bible For Young People Vol. 2

«The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctrines, and whatever is generally regarded as unprofitable to young readers....

Greg Giordano and 17 more 8 hours 51 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

485

George MacDonald - Flight of the Shadow

A fantastical story of personal growth and a warning against the dangers of keeping secrets. This novel by George MacDonald is a deceptively easy read aimed to be accessible to teens, but the ideas will remain in your...

Beth Thomas and 8 more 6 hours 32 minutes

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Animals

456

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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General

433

Hamilton Wright Mabie - Heroines Every Child Should Know

The companion volume to Heroes Every Child Should Know, this volume looks at 13 famous and heroic women from history. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

K.G.Cross and 9 more 7 hours 53 minutes

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Single Author Collections

466

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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Action & Adventure Fiction

429

Lloyd Osbourne - Wrecker

The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story is a 'sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a...

Antony Brown and 9 more 14 hours 24 minutes

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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

Art, Design & Architecture

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Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was...

MorganScorpion and 7 more 8 hours 24 minutes Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Volumes 1-7

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Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

Biography & Autobiography

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Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part...

Mary J and 5 more 6 hours 32 minutes Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great

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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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