Gillian Hendrie

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Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 03

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Anonymous - Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 03

The third of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her — and therefore her life — by telling her tales in installments. — Summary...

Gillian Hendrie 15 hours 59 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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James Macdonald Oxley - My Strange Rescue

An anthology of short stories, anecdotes and observations of sport and adventure in Canada. Tobogganing, snowshoeing, ice skating and hockey all feature, along with other cold-weather pursuits.

brianna and 14 more 9 hours 50 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

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Frances Jermain - In the Path of the Alphabet

Language: we all use it and few of us think about the form it takes on the page. But how did the transmittal of ideas in written form evolve from Egyptian hieroglyphics to the ABCs in use in most countries around the...

Lynne T and 5 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Harriet Anna Cheever - Lord Dolphin

«Now who ever heard of a fish's setting up and telling his own story...I am not a bit proud but just a good natured chap that has decided to spin a sea yard for the amusement, and I hope the instruction, it may be of...

James K. White and 3 more 2 hours 6 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Guy Boothby - Prince of Swindlers

The year 18-- was a momentous one in Great Britain. Not only did the nation receive most of the world's royalty for months on end, but the well-to-do gentleman, Simon Carne spent much of the social season in London....

Gillian Hendrie and 2 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Gypsy, the Talking Dog; a Story for Young Folks

Animals & Nature

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Tudor Jenks - Gypsy, the Talking Dog; a Story for Young Folks

Gypsy is a particularly smart little dog, who knows a lot of tricks which he performed with his owner, a street artist. But one day, he is stolen from this owner and kidnapped, and brought aboard a ship to be...

Phil Chenevert and 4 more 3 hours 31 minutes

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Cooking

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Alexis Soyer - Pantropheon

Soyer was a 'celebrity chef', devising innovations such as water-cooled refrigerators and adjustable temperature ovens. He developed many popular recipes and catered for 2000 guests at Queen Victoria's coronation...

Lynne T and 11 more 17 hours 36 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. III

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the third volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap...

Lynne T and 24 more 46 hours 11 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Sophia Morrison - Manx Fairy Tales

A collection of fairy tales regarding myths and legends of the Isle of Man. Sophia was considered one of the key figures of the Manx cultural revival. — Summary by afutterer

Foon and 15 more 3 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales

This lively collection of stories by Q, aka the imaginative and prolific man of letters Arthur Quiller-Couch, includes tales of mystery, horror, and adventure. Beware. There will be ghosts, pirates, scholars, death,...

Kate Follis and 3 more 11 hours 5 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Four and Twenty Fairy Tales

This is a collection of French fairy tales by different famous authors. Included in this collection are such famous tales as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, but also tales which are now not as well-known but closely...

Jason in Panama and 16 more 22 hours 55 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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François Fénelon - Lives of the Ancient Philosophers

François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointed tutor to Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682-1712) by Louis XIV in 1689. He wrote Dialogues of...

Linda Johnson and 7 more 8 hours 34 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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