Jennifer Stearns

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Maria Montessori - Montessori Method

In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori began her work by developing methods to educate mentally retarded children,...

Leni and 15 more 11 hours 51 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Wings of the Dove

«The Wings of the Dove,» published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old--if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young--motive; I can scarce remember the time when the situation on which this long-drawn...

Aaron Elliott and 12 more 20 hours 11 minutes

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Cornelia Mee - Exercises in Knitting

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At...

Sarah Jennings and 16 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Animals

935

Mrs. Isabella Beeton - Book of Household Management

«Mrs. Beeton's» is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate bestseller, running to millions of copies within just a few years. In the cookery...

Sarah Jennings and 32 more 58 hours 15 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire...

hosmer_angel and 19 more 36 hours 5 minutes

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Romance

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Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights

A tale of passion set in the bleak Yorkshire moors in mid 19thC, far from the Victorian uprightness, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine and Heathcliff till destruction rends the narration; yet...

Lady Maria and 13 more 11 hours 33 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

973

Thomas Bulfinch - Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is...

Justin S Barrett and 26 more 14 hours 54 minutes

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Romance

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Jane Austen - Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park features Austen’s frailest and perhaps most scrupulous heroine, Fannie Price. As the eldest daughter in a poor family, Fannie is sent to rich relatives when she’s just old enough to fully appreciate...

Tina Tilney and 19 more 16 hours 3 minutes

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General Fiction

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Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is not your typical romance. It is a story of a woman who struggles with a world in which she doesn't quite fit. Once finished with her schooling, and with no family that really cares of her she strikes...

Cagirlwithasoutherndrawl and 20 more 20 hours 37 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - Twenty Years After

Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers.

Esther and 23 more 25 hours 45 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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