Kristine Bekere
118 books
Children's Fiction
1.1K
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...
10 hours 56 minutes
Detective Fiction
1.1K
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devised by Scottish author and doctor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant...
8 hours 34 minutes
Animals
945
Helen M. Winslow - Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
«I have known, and loved, and studied many cats, but my knowledge of her (Pretty Lady, a cat) alone would convince me that cats love people--in their dignified, reserved way, and when they feel that their love is not...
5 hours 53 minutes
Children's Fiction
1.2K
Hugh Lofting - Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later...
7 hours 42 minutes
