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Animals & Nature

538

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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Biography & Autobiography

631

My First Book (Version 2)

Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did...

Jim Gallagher and 12 more 8 hours 4 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

496

Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn

Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike and inspired a Disney movie called the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh starring Patrick Patrick McGoohan. In this...

Brett W. Downey and 3 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

542

G. K. Chesterton - Fancies Versus Fads

A Collection of 31 essays from G.K. Chesterton. “I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 7 hours 33 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

499

John M. Burke - Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace

William Frederick «Buffalo Bill» Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expressed and then drove for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. He later rejoined the...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 7 hours 13 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

433

Arthur Morrison - To London Town

Written to complement Tales of Mean Streets and A Child of the Jago , and the final book in the trilogy, To London Town examines the mean streets and tough lives of the inhabitants of the East End of London. The...

KevinS and 7 more 7 hours 1 minute Mean Streets

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Fantasy Fiction

625

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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War & Military

536

Heywood Broun - Our Army at the Front

During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by notable New York Tribune war correspondent, Heywood Broun. Although Broun better...

Delmar H Dolbier and 9 more 6 hours 38 minutes

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Science Fiction

504

Raymond Fisher Jones - Year When Stardust Fell

The story of The Year When Stardust Fell is not a story of the distant future or of the remote past. It is not a story of a never-never land where fantastic happenings take place daily. It is a story of my town and...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 6 hours 23 minutes

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Christianity - Other

642

Frank W. Boreham - Luggage of Life

This collection contains 32 essays by the respected Baptist preacher Frank Boreham. Writing on topics that range from falling in love to eating sandwiches at a church meeting, Boreham seeks to encourage and inspire...

Beth Thomas and 10 more 6 hours 13 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

521

Ernest Vincent Wright - Gadsby

Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's young people to form an «Organization of Youth» to build civic spirit and improve living standards. Gadsby...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 10 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

475

Barry Pain - Octave of Claudius

One night, Dr. Gabriel Lamb saves the life of Claudius Sandell. He takes him home and treats him excellently, nursing him back to health. However, Dr. Lamb's motives were really not quite altruistic, and Claudius may...

Aaron Rivera and 4 more 6 hours 5 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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