Kara Shallenberg

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Rudyard Kipling - Rewards and Fairies

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children’s books, including The Jungle Book , Just So Stories , and Puck of...

Kara Shallenberg and 10 more 7 hours 50 minutes

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - Our Island Story, Part 2

Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history;...

Kara Shallenberg and 1 more 7 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry Handel Richardson - Getting of Wisdom

The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on Henry Handel Richardson's experiences of her own school, the Prebysterian...

Chip and 9 more 7 hours 47 minutes

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Romance

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E. M. Forster - Room with a View

When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her return to England, she is forced to choose between free-spirited George...

Kara Shallenberg 7 hours 45 minutes

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Anthony Trollope - Warden

Amongst the great popular novelists of the nineteenth century who are still read today, Anthony Trollope stands alongside his contemporary, Charles Dickens. His two series of novels, the political (The Pallisers) and...

Andy Minter and 6 more 7 hours 42 minutes

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Science

Charles Kingsley - Madam How and Lady Why

Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives...

alwpoe and 10 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Princess

The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s campaign in India. Thanks to Capt. Crewe’s money, Sara is treated as a...

Kara Shallenberg 7 hours 36 minutes

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Mark Twain - Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 3)

An adventure story for children, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fun-filled book that shows life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s. Written by Mark Twain, the book shows masterfully-done satire, racism,...

JayKitty76 and 18 more 7 hours 30 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an adventure novel, a thrilling tale of «buccaneers and buried gold.» Traditionally considered a coming of age story, it is an adventure tale of superb atmosphere, character and action, and also a...

Mark Bradford and 12 more 7 hours 29 minutes

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Gustav Kobbé - How to Appreciate Music

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral, and vocal music. Good for anyone who wishes for a greater appreciation of...

Patrick Wells and 10 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery

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Anonymous - Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery

This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been carefully revised by a Reverend gentleman, who for some time filled the chair of...

Paul Williams and 8 more 7 hours 18 minutes

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Olive Beaupre Miller - In the Nursery of My Bookhouse

Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the «My Bookhouse» series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume...

Snapdragon and 37 more 7 hours 15 minutes My Bookhouse Series

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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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