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Fantasy Fiction

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E. Phillips Oppenheim - Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old house. What he doesn't realize is that the fruit of the plant, when eaten,...

Linda Olsen Fitak and 12 more 6 hours 43 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Wild Huntress

Marian and Lilian are two sisters living in the backwoods, somewhere in America, with their father as squatters. One May morning a man shows up, wanting to take Marian away as his wife while he makes his mark with the...

Shasta and 10 more 18 hours 21 minutes

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Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

Action & Adventure Fiction

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William Morris - Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a...

David Lawrence and 11 more 5 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Victor G. Durham - Submarine Boys and the Smugglers

Three American naval officers are assigned to a newly commissioned submarine, the Grant. The US navy wants commander Jack, ensigns Hal and Eph to break up a big smuggling operation along the New Jersey coast that is...

John 5 hours 40 minutes The Submarine Boys series

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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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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book

«In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a „flat“ by people who, because they are grown up, do not know any better, live the Little Lady and the Story Teller. The Little...

Elizabeth P. and 10 more 4 hours 6 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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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple

Peter Simple, 'the fool of the family', son of a parson but heir presumptive to a title, goes to sea as midshipman during the Napoleonic wars. Naturally, at sea in this period is where adventures are just waiting for...

Sylviamb and 7 more 16 hours 12 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Marshall Saunders - 'Tilda Jane's Orphans

When the story of 'Tilda Jane appeared serially in The Youth's Companion in 1901, the original manuscript was very much condensed. When the time for book publication arrived nearly all the omitted matter was...

Kayli Ziervogel and 7 more 8 hours 20 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Victor G. Durham - Submarine Boys for the Flag

It certainly has been an odd day for our Submarine Boys! First Jack Benson is asked by a German Professor to speak with him a hotel, then a French Chevalier wants to speak to Eph Somers. Both foreigners want the same...

Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan and 5 more 5 hours 12 minutes The Submarine Boys series

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War & Military

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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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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