Ellen Preckel

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Action & Adventure

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3

Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tales and Old Fashioned Stories. Of the first section, assistant editor Daniel...

Ellen Preckel 15 hours 31 minutes

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Detective Fiction

862

Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Clara Vaughan, Vol. II

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age....

Ellen Preckel and 5 more 7 hours 19 minutes

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Single author

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Songs of the Road

Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of advenure — he was also a rather successful poet. This is a collection of poems...

Bruce Kachuk and 12 more 1 hour 21 minutes

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Animals & Nature

983

Charles Henry Ross - Book of Cats

One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: the first burst out laughing at the end of my opening sentence, so I refrained...

krzys and 4 more 5 hours 11 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the...

Jennifer Dorr and 8 more 4 hours 9 minutes

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General

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Rupert S. Holland - Historic Boyhoods

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this...

Lynne T and 10 more 6 hours 56 minutes

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Anthologies

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E. E. Cummings - Eight Harvard Poets

«I will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burn- ing flowers I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness in the sleeping curves of my...

Woolly Bee and 5 more 1 hour 22 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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James Lane Allen - Doctor's Christmas Eve

A gentle reminiscence of a fictional country doctor as the year is drawing to a close. Unlike city doctors, the personal and professional life of a country doctor are closely intertwined. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

Lynne T and 2 more 5 hours 31 minutes

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Christian Fiction

Florence Morse Kingsley - Titus: a comrade of the cross

Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the time of Christ. He is a part of the lowest class of society, his father is a...

Kimberly Krause and 7 more 6 hours 44 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

967

Burton Egbert Stevenson - King in Babylon

A film company shooting a movie in Egypt becomes embroiled in events that happened in ancient Egypt. A supernatural adventure story about a pharaoh's curse and reincarnation… but with film directors and movie stars as...

Ellen Preckel and 4 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

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Thomas De Witt Talmage - Old Wells Dug Out

Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey. He earned an undergraduates degree at the University of the city of New York, now known as New York University. After his graduation he studied law, but...

MaryAnn and 3 more 15 hours 8 minutes

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General Fiction

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation

Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation is a juvenile novel for girls, written by L. Frank Baum. It is the seventh in the ten volumes in the Aunt Jane's Nieces series, and carries forward the continuing story of the three...

Linda Andrus and 7 more 5 hours 16 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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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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