Kevin McAsh

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Children's Fiction

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Frederick Marryat - Children of the New Forest

The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, they escape and are...

bryfee and 11 more 10 hours 56 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

591

Andrew Lang - Lilac Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's «Coloured» Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of...

ML Cohen and 18 more 9 hours 47 minutes

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Action & Adventure

666

George MacDonald - At the Back of the North Wind

Diamond the little boy sleeps in the hayloft above the stall of Diamond the horse. The loft is snug but drafty, and after plugging a hole in the wall one night, Diamond is scolded by the beautiful Lady North Wind for...

Meredith Hughes and 16 more 8 hours 57 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

672

Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Captain Nemo, The Nautilus, and the mysterious depths of the ocean. Unforgettable. Come join an adventure that will roam among coral and pearls, sharks and giant squid, with wonders of biology and engineering that...

Marlo Dianne and 26 more 16 hours 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

625

Frank R. Stockton - Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of Spanish colonialism. It is written with great flair for the dramatic by the...

Denny Sayers and 11 more 7 hours 15 minutes

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Historical Fiction

635

Charles Dickens - Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. The plot centers on the years leading...

Michael Sirois and 19 more 14 hours 59 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness

Early Modern

539

Thomas Guthrie Marquis - Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 - Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness

These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, folows the Jesuit missionaries through North America as they attempt, with little...

Esther and 4 more 3 hours 9 minutes

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*Non-fiction

608

Oscar Wilde - Reviews

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove...

braindouche and 27 more 19 hours 15 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

568

Lord Dunsany - Time and the Gods

Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line «Time and the Gods are at...

KentF and 7 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

Early Modern

625

Charles W. Colby - Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty,...

Kevin McAsh 3 hours 4 minutes

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Detective Fiction

561

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title...

TBOL3 and 10 more 10 hours 18 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Middle Ages/Middle History

503

Stephen Leacock - Chronicles of Canada Volume 02 - Mariner of St. Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, married well and became an agent of exploration for King Francis I of France. In April, 1534, he sailed for the New World. Before sailing, his men took an oath that they would...

Susan Denney and 2 more 2 hours 34 minutes

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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

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