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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Our Little Siamese Cousin

A book written for children to see what life is like for their 'cousins' in Siam. This is part of the «Our Little Cousin» series and like the others, brings to life the day to day occurrences and celebrations of...

KHand and 5 more 1 hour 32 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

General

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Laura E. Howe Richards - Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea

One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said:...

Denise Nordell and 8 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Giraffe Hunters

The Young Yägers, Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot Willem and Arend Van Wyk, are again on a hunting expedition. This time, the reader will find their old acquaintances in Africa, on the banks of the Limpopo River....

Laurie Richards and 11 more 9 hours 45 minutes

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General

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Rupert S. Holland - Historic Boyhoods

Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this...

Lynne T and 10 more 6 hours 56 minutes

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Family

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Howard R. Garis - Daddy Takes Us Skating

Hal and Mabel's Daddy knows everything — how a thermometer works, what makes a car go, why we get warm when we run. It's a cold and icy evening after school and Daddy has a secret but what is it? And what is in the...

Lynne T and 2 more 1 hour 17 minutes

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Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs - Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, walking—than has John Burroughs. His books are redolent of the soil,...

Woolly Bee and 5 more 5 hours 29 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Jack London - Revolution, and other Essays

A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, «Revolution», outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active...

Michele Fry and 9 more 6 hours 7 minutes

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General

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Rupert S. Holland - Historic Girlhoods Volume 1

Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women — some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Catherine d'Medici; from Catherine the Great to Pocohontas. These inspirational...

Lynne T and 4 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great

Biography & Autobiography

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Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great

Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speaks with them about their work. If they are dead he reflects on how their...

Mike Pelton and 8 more 8 hours 4 minutes Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great

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Lyric

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William Butler Yeats - Wind Among the Reeds

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. One of his...

Justin Brett and 19 more 1 hour 31 minutes

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Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

Crafts & Hobbies

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Frederic Maccabe - Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how sounds are formed in the human body and how the voice is used. It then...

tazzle and 4 more 2 hours 17 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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