Dini Steyn

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Animals & Nature

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Marshall Saunders - 'Tilda Jane's Orphans

When the story of 'Tilda Jane appeared serially in The Youth's Companion in 1901, the original manuscript was very much condensed. When the time for book publication arrived nearly all the omitted matter was...

Kayli Ziervogel and 7 more 8 hours 20 minutes

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Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

Biography & Autobiography

490

Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

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...

John Burlinson and 9 more 7 hours 55 minutes Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great

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Biography & Autobiography

512

Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart

The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of stories based upon historical records, from the pen of Alexandre Dumas, pere,...

clarinetcarrot and 5 more 7 hours 53 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

492

George Alexander Fischer - Beethoven, A Character Study

A book of the life of the German Composer, Beethoven. — Summary by Jessie Yun

Denise Nordell and 9 more 7 hours 14 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

524

Henry R. Schoolcraft - Indian Fairy Book

These Indian fairy tales are chosen from the many stories collected by Mr. Henry R. Schoolcraft, the first man to study how the Indians lived and to discover their legends. He lived among the Indians in the West and...

Susan Morin and 11 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Anthologies

474

Alexander Wilmot - Poetry of South Africa

Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1879. Here he collects poetry from various sources in the Cape Colony, Natal,...

Larry Wilson and 24 more 7 hours 6 minutes

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Religion

534

Martha Finley - Grandmother Elsie

Change has come to Elsie's family in the 8th book of this delightful series. Her daughter, Violet, marries a naval Captain with three children of his own and the children try to adjust to life with their new...

Bria Snow and 7 more 6 hours 21 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Historical Fiction

515

Marshall Saunders - 'Tilda Jane

When spunky 'Tilda Jane isn't allowed to keep her beloved dog with her at the orphanage, she decides to set out on her own in search of a home where the inseparable pair will be accepted. Throughout her weary travels...

Phil Chenevert and 7 more 5 hours 35 minutes

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Short works

475

Laura E. Howe Richards - Three Minute Stories

This is a delightful collection of little stories for little people, just right to be listened to at bed time by a sleepy boy or girl. Some have a moral, some are just fun and some are poems; but all of them are...

mbm0rxi and 19 more 2 hours 20 minutes

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Single author

484

Vachel Lindsay - Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems

This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay. Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from this collection. — Summary by Carolin

Tony Addison and 12 more 1 hour 40 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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