Jude Somers

20 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Short Long

Action & Adventure Fiction

George W. M. Reynolds - Mysteries of London Vol. II

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the second volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap...

Lynne T and 26 more 47 hours 27 minutes

No comments

Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

Cooking

1.5K

Marion Harland - Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

This is a practical guide to running a household in 1883. Marion Harland not only walks us through a number of important topics such as how to select and manage servants and organise a dinner party (best engage a good...

Dusty Brailsford and 13 more 15 hours 33 minutes

No comments

Biography & Autobiography

1.1K

Albert Bigelow Paine - Life and Lillian Gish

An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her...

Tomas Peter and 11 more 10 hours 2 minutes

No comments

Barberry Bush and Eight Other Stories for Girls

General

765

Susan Coolidge - Barberry Bush and Eight Other Stories for Girls

Eight heartwarming stories. Most of the stories are about girls, and their adventures. Susan Coolidge is also author of «What Katy Did.» The Barberry Bush is about a girl named «Barbara Allen called...

MaryAnn and 4 more 6 hours 13 minutes

No comments

Single Author Collections

833

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

No comments

Science Fiction

1.7K

Edward Everett Evans - Planet Mappers

The Carver family are out in space, travelling to new worlds to check them out for colonization. But, when Mr. Carver has an accident, and remains out of commission for the trip, his sons, Jon and Jak, step up and...

ToddHW and 9 more 5 hours 44 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure

1.5K

Margaret Vandercook - Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows

Betty and Esther are having another camping adventure in the New Hampshire hills, but this time it is the dead of winter. They are stuck with an overturned sleigh in the middle of a snowstorm! That is just the...

Shasta and 7 more 5 hours 37 minutes

No comments

General

852

L. Frank Baum - Sky Island (version 2)

A little girl (Trot) and her friend (Cap'n Bill) team up with a young boy named Button-Bright. Button-Bright had found a magical umbrella in his attic. He meets the kind girl and sailor and they are transported to a...

ASPotter and 14 more 5 hours 37 minutes

No comments

Animals & Nature

858

Laura E. Howe Richards - Toto's Merry Winter

Over a cold winter, Toto and several animal friends (who can talk!) spend cozy evenings by the fire listening to his grandmother tell fantastical stories from around the world. — Summary by Jude Somers

Jude Somers 5 hours 13 minutes

No comments

Children's Fiction

814

Hamilton Wright Mabie - Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the...

Jennifer Dorr and 8 more 4 hours 9 minutes

No comments

Animals & Nature

805

Laura E. Howe Richards - Joyous Story of Toto

Toto and his grandmother become friends with many of the Forest Folk (such as Bruin, Racoon, Woodchuck, and Cracker the Squirrel) in this first Toto book. — Summary by Jude Somers

Jude Somers 3 hours 43 minutes

No comments

Family & Relationships

1.1K

Mrs. Humphry - Manners for Men

Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social observances. Should this little manual of manners be of use to any such in...

Foon and 6 more 3 hours 35 minutes

No comments

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

Show all