Diana Schmidt

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Action & Adventure Fiction

434

Harry Hazelton - Prisoner of the Mill

Subtitled «Captain Hayward's Body Guard”. An adventure story for boys.

Lynne T and 10 more 3 hours 43 minutes

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Poetry

492

Charles Godfrey Leland - Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land

This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the...

Stephen Christie and 20 more 4 hours 16 minutes

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Action & Adventure

481

R. M. Ballantyne - Dog Crusoe and his Master (Version 2)

Set in the exciting North American frontier this tale of a rescued dog and its loyalty and help to its new master really underlines the old saying that a dog is a man's best friend. The book really is a story of...

Diana Schmidt and 6 more 8 hours 41 minutes

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Poetry

456

Robert Nichols - Ardours and Endurances

This is a volume of war poetry by English poet and playwright Robert Nichols. To quote Wikipedia: «On 11 November 1985, Nichols was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster...

Diana Schmidt and 4 more 1 hour 14 minutes

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Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties

Cooking

460

Janet McKenzie Hill - Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties

There is positive need of more widespread knowledge of the principles of cookery. Few women know how to cook an egg or boil a potato properly, and the making of the perfect loaf of bread has long been assigned a place...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 4 hours 58 minutes

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Nature

468

Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 4, November 1900

«Birds and Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Larry Wilson and 5 more 2 hours 18 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Poetry

478

William Theodore Parkes - Spook Ballads

This is a volume of ghost stories in verse by William Theodore Parkes. The poems in this volume are often humorous, and written in a parody of ye olde style of poetry. «Dealing largely with ghosts and legends...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 4 hours 43 minutes

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Romance

568

Mrs. Hungerford - April's Lady: A Novel

This is a delightful Victorian romance by Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, published in 1890. The heroine of this novel, Joyce, finds herself to be in high demand, receiving the attentions of two eligible...

Lynda Marie Neilson and 8 more 15 hours 7 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

430

George William Curtis - From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the...

Matthew Squaire and 11 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

580

Leon Ray Livingston - Trail of the Tramp

This book, written by the famous hobo and author, Leon Ray Livingston aka A-No. 1, is built on his own experiences on the road. The first chapter of the book sets up a framing narrative, where Canada Joe promises to...

Kristin Lewis and 3 more 4 hours 4 minutes

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Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup

Biography & Autobiography

449

John Kendrick Bangs - Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup

Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. «I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the...

Tom Penn and 7 more 2 hours 31 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

499

L. Frank Baum - Flying Girl

Frank L. Baum, author of the Oz books, delivers an engaging story for all ages. Orissa Kane works in order to provide for her family. Her mother is blind, while her brother devotes his time to his invention, a flying...

Diana Schmidt and 9 more 4 hours 50 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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