James K. White

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Memoirs

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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun - Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

This memoirs chronicles Madame Vigée Lebrun's childhood and the early discovery of her talent, the fortuitous break that introduced her to the world of «portraiture of the stars,» her expeditious flight from France at...

James K. White 7 hours 22 minutes

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Action & Adventure

491

Hannah Hudson Moore - Deeds of Daring done by Girls

Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts beat beneath muslin frocks as under stuff jackets. When you have finished...

James K. White and 5 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

479

Aylward Edward Dingle - Pirate Woman

Within his mysterious stronghold, «The Cave of Terrible Things,» on the Maroon coast of Jamaica, washed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, Red Jabez, Sultan of Pirates, had just died. Dolores, his daughter, «a...

Sonia and 9 more 6 hours 30 minutes

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Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3: The Viaticum and Other Stories

General Fiction

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Guy de Maupassant - Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3: The Viaticum and Other Stories

This is volume is a collection of 50 of de Maupassant's short stories. Summary by James K. White.

James K. White 11 hours 25 minutes

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Animals & Nature

468

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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Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales

Psychology

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Elliott O'Donnell - Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales

Old buildings necessarily have a history. It is not always a happy history and folklore abounds. Sometimes unhappy souls come back to haunt the current residents or their guests. Whether you believe in ghosts or not,...

Lynne T and 7 more 5 hours 21 minutes

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Children's Fiction

473

Margaret Vandercook - Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill

Betty Ashton is so very bored! She is in her home, wanting something interesting to do, when she meets her new companion, Esther Clark. Esther has just arrived at the request of Mrs Ashton, to live with Betty and to...

Debbie R. Baker Robinson and 6 more 5 hours 39 minutes

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Folk-lore and Legends: Russian and Polish

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charles John Tibbits - Folk-lore and Legends: Russian and Polish

In this volume I present selections made from the Russian chap-book literature, and from the works of various Russian and Polish collectors of Folklore—Afanasief, Erben, Wojcicki, Glinski, etc. The chap-book tales,...

DrPGould and 9 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow

Fantastic Fiction

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Adelbert von Chamisso - wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow

Peter Schlemihl is an ordinary man until one day he bargains with the devil: He trades his shadow for a bottomless purse. While this sounds like a good idea at first, it turns out that having no shadow is considered...

Mihai Borobocea and 3 more 2 hours 39 minutes

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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

War & Military

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Anonymous - Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making — all far from home, while pitting themselves against the elements. The romance of the...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 14 hours 11 minutes

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Gothic Fiction

462

Charlotte Dacre - Zofloya

Victoria de Loredani lives the life of a fairy tale princess in Venice. She has everything one might desire and more, until the sinister Count Ardolph enters her world. The Count carries off Victoria's mother in an...

deongines and 9 more 11 hours 46 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Jean Lang - Book of Myths

This is a collection of myths--mostly Greek with a smattering of others from the east--written in a clear and easy-to-read style. Lang complemented each myth with poetry by other authors who, like her, were inspired...

James K. White 10 hours 24 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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