Kevin W. Davidson

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Biography & Autobiography

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John Hay - Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 4)

Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 4...

Jim Locke and 4 more 14 hours 8 minutes Abraham Lincoln: A History in 10 Volumes

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Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

Children's Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Tales of Troy: Ulysses the Sacker of Cities

These are short stories about the life of Ulysses, the stealing of Helen, Paris, battles, Trojan horses, and more! — Summary by Maggie Travers

Eleanor Howard and 6 more 3 hours 26 minutes

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How a British Subject Became President of the United States

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Arthur P. Hinman - How a British Subject Became President of the United States

In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operative named A. P. Hinman. Hinman privately told local Democratic leaders that he...

Kevin W. Davidson 2 hours 20 minutes

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Poetry

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Hafiz - Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mystical works are highly regarded by Hindus, Christians and others, and his...

Kevin W. Davidson 1 hour 27 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Lawrence L. Lynch - Last Stroke

Written by Chicago socialite, Emma Murdock Van Deventer, under the nom de plume of Lawrence L. Lynch, this detective story opens with the mysterious disappearance of schoolmaster, Mr. Brierly. The under-teacher and...

Philippe and 8 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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William Henry Hudson - Idle Days in Patagonia

Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period of idleness to recover, hence the title of the book. It's not just a work of...

Kevin W. Davidson 6 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Victor Appleton - Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

Otherwise known as 'Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series. Tom persuades his father to use his own submarine to hunt for treasure on a sunken ship. The book follows...

Ralph Crown and 12 more 4 hours 30 minutes Tom Swift Adventure Series

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 2

Music

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 2

This collection was a joint effort by the chaplains of the US Army and the Navy to meet the needs of divine services conducted in the Army and Navy, and for, in the compilers' words, «the upbuilding of patriotic...

Maria Kasper and 9 more 1 hour 3 minutes

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Westerns

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Frank Gee Patchin - Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers

Yee-Haw!!! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again. This time the boys at Delaware Creek, dead in their saddles. They had been riding long and hard into Texas, looking forward to their next adventure. But, trouble...

Richard Kilmer and 5 more 5 hours 5 minutes The Pony Rider Boys series

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Anthologies

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Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology

This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...The principle of selection was, so far as might be, aesthetic. Poems were...

Kevin W. Davidson 3 hours 5 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Humorous Ghost Stories

Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough — The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde — The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess — «Dey ain't no ghosts» / by Ellis Parker Butler — The transferred ghost / by...

Madam Fickle and 15 more 10 hours 50 minutes

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Nature

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Story Book of Science

The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, «The young in heart...

Frances Brown and 12 more 10 hours 51 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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