Jennifer Dorr

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Science

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William J. Long - Ways of Wood Folk

Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal observations along with stories related to him by other humans who inhabit...

Jill Engle and 7 more 4 hours 44 minutes Wood Folk Series

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Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

Anthologies

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Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 «modern short stories», written by various authors as follows: Cornelia A. P. Comer, Amy Wentworth Stone, Elizabeth Ashe, Dallas Lore...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 11 hours 43 minutes Atlantic Narratives, Modern Short Stories

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There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows

Performing Arts

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Jack Gaver - There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows

There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the...

Maria Kasper and 9 more 5 hours 13 minutes

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Animals & Nature

516

Howard R. Garis - Uncle Wiggily's Travels

This is the second of 79 Uncle Wiggily books published and contains another selection of bedtime stories from those originally published in the Newark Evening News every day except Saturday for over 40 years. Uncle...

Claire Schreuder and 9 more 3 hours 45 minutes Uncle Wiggily Stories

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Biography & Autobiography

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William Still - Underground Railroad, Part 4

«The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a horror, or a sense of humiliation and shame that makes the blood curdle or the...

Michele Fry and 7 more 8 hours 33 minutes The Underground Railroad by William Still

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Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristingj)

Katia Bodiou and 15 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Children's Fiction

558

Clara Dillingham Pierson - Among the Pond People

Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the «Among the People» series explores the animal inhabitants of a pond. The beautiful writing brings the pond...

Jill Engle and 8 more 3 hours 20 minutes Among the People Series

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Memoirs

561

Charles Anderson Dana - Recollections of the Civil War

Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes of historical, political, and personal reminiscences which have been given...

Jennifer Dorr and 13 more 8 hours 12 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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A. A. Milne - Happy Days

Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightly essays were chosen from the hundreds he wrote during that period. As usual,...

Phil Chenevert and 17 more 8 hours 15 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Susan Coolidge - Just Sixteen

A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children — and enjoyable for adults too! They vary in style — fairy tales, humorous sketches,...

Jennifer Dorr and 11 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Short Stories

562

Albert Payson Terhune - Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories

Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories is one of many popular books written by Albert Payson Terhune that have delighted dog lovers for decades. Terhune loved dogs, and he bred and raised collies at his Sunnybank...

Ellen Preckel and 5 more 6 hours 58 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Andersen's Fairy Tales (Version 2)

A small collection of some of H.C. Andersen's fairy tales — including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Red Shoes, The Naughty Boy and fifteen others. (Summary by Halle Kill)

Bob Neufeld and 10 more 3 hours 55 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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