Joseph Tabler

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Cooking

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Catherine Owen - Choice Cookery

Choice cookery is not intended for households that have to study economy, except where economy is a relative term; where, perhaps, the housekeeper could easily spend a dollar for the materials of a luxury, but could...

MaryAnn and 3 more 5 hours 29 minutes

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Psychology

525

Arthur Christopher Benson - Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear

Surely all of us know fear, and know the different types of fear we can experience. In this book, Arthur Christopher Benson walks us through these different types, going through a range of different topics, among...

Colleen McMahon and 11 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

437

Julian Sharman - Cursory History of Swearing

This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account given, but also several excursions are made into other languages and certain...

Alimay and 7 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

508

L. Frank Baum - John Dough and the Cherub

An evil Arabian sorcerer loans a golden flask full of the Great Elixir — a magic liquid that endows a person with pronounced health, strength, and longevity — to a colorblind baker's wife to stop it falling into the...

Beth Thomas and 7 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

443

Joaquin Miller - True Bear Stories

Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to «my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood.» In his preface he claims to...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 4 hours 24 minutes

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Plays

478

Marjorie Benton Cooke - Modern Monologues

The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the test of trial before varied audiences. — Summary by Marjorie Benton Cooke,...

CarriRenee and 3 more 3 hours 33 minutes

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Single author

520

Robert W. Service - Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. His poems «The Shooting of Dan McGrew» and «The Cremation of Sam McGee» helped...

Larry Wilson and 11 more 3 hours 2 minutes

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Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Christianity - Biographies

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William S. Nelson - Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. In this short works, as the title suggests, he gives glimpses into his life as...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Poetry

451

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Poems of Power

This is a volume in a series of books of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This time, the theme is «Power». — Summary by Carolin

Julia Niedermaier and 19 more 2 hours 42 minutes

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 4, April 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Shelly Tumbleson and 13 more 2 hours 30 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Essays & Short Works

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Kenneth Grahame - Pagan Papers

We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered musings on the human condition...everything from loafing about and old book...

Will Cooper and 10 more 2 hours 28 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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