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Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett - Adventures of an Ugly Girl

“Come, Dora! I shall never be ready, if you don’t make haste. They will be here in ten minutes, and my hair is not half so nice as it ought to be, thanks to your carelessness.” “You are very good to ignore my own...

Zarina Silverman and 6 more 7 hours 27 minutes

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Romance

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Mary Anerley

It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two sisters, Philippa and Eliza, while the squire's son is disinherited. The family...

Lynne T and 10 more 20 hours 24 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Earth's Enigmas

Most of the stories in this collection attempt to present one or another of those problems of life or nature to which, as it appears to many of us, there is no adequate solution within sight. Others are the almost...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 4 hours 28 minutes

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Romance

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Catherine Carswell - Open The Door

This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her complexities and contradictions, some of which are faced by women almost 100...

Mark Nelson and 10 more 16 hours 19 minutes

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History

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History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 4, December 1909

«The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest...

Greg Giordano and 4 more 3 hours 9 minutes

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Poetry

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Adelaide Anne Procter - From Queen's Gardens

This is the third part of a collection of poetry written by English female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 29 poems by Adelaide Anne Procter. — Summary by Carolin

KHand and 2 more 54 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Wilhelm Meinhold - Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author assures us that the story he has to tell is based on a manuscript he found in...

Mark Nelson and 9 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Early Modern

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Agnes Arber - Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals — books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected...

Josh Leach and 5 more 5 hours 25 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

482

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Slave In The Dismal Swamp

This little poem, with it's masterful choice of heavy-laden words, and great alliteration that sounds like a drumbeat, or a heartbeat, and rolls off the tongue, conveys much horror in a very few words. Longfellow...

Algy Pug and 12 more 23 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Michael Field - Visiting Stars

Michael Field was a pseudonym used for the poetry and verse drama of Katharine Harris Bradley (27 October 1846 – 26 September 1914) and her niece and ward Edith Emma Cooper (12 January 1862 – 13 December 1913). As...

Algy Pug and 12 more 16 minutes

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History

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders

Continuing the series with European Leaders, Dr. Lord discusses William IV, Sir Robert Peel, Cavour, Czar Nicholas, Louis Napoleon, Prince Bismarck, William Ewart Gladstone. (Summary by KHand)

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Bibles

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Jewish Publication Society of America - Nevi'im (JPSA) 06: Joshua

The Book of Joshua (Yehoshua) is the first of the former prophets and the beginning of Nevi’im. The book of Joshua retells the conquest of Canaan and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes. The conclusion...

Talie Hass and 2 more 1 hour 57 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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