Larry Wilson

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Essays & Short Works

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Lafcadio Hearn - Exotics and Retrospectives

Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings about Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era, when the country was just...

William Gavula and 8 more 5 hours 32 minutes

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Melor of the Silver Hand; and Other Stories of the Bright Ages

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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David Bearne - Melor of the Silver Hand; and Other Stories of the Bright Ages

This is a collection of fairy tales by Rev. David Bearne. The stories take place in the «Bright Ages» as opposed to the more common epithet «dark ages», where heroes saved the world, saints performed miracles, and...

Mike Pelton and 5 more 5 hours 32 minutes

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Nature

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Mary Decker Wellcome - Talks About Flowers

To all Flower Lovers who may read these pages, we come with kindly greetings. To you we dedicate our Work. Encouraged by the many testimonials of favor with which our Flower Sketches have been received, which have...

Christine Lehman and 11 more 5 hours 25 minutes

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Short Stories

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Im Bang - Korean Folk Tales

«To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are...

Lynne T and 11 more 5 hours 23 minutes

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Poetry

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Adam Lindsay Gordon - Poems

This is a volume of poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon, 'British-born Australian Steeple-Chase Rider and Poet'. «The poems of Gordon have an interest beyond the mere personal one which his friends attach to his name....

Larry Wilson and 20 more 5 hours 22 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Frederick Trevor Hill - Lincoln, The Lawyer

This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his practice as a lawyer. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Larry Wilson and 5 more 5 hours 22 minutes

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*Non-fiction

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's «The Failure of Speculative Philosophy,» is one of several essays devoted to timeless questions. Others are by James Howell on man, nature and the...

Peter Thomlinson and 12 more 5 hours 21 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Richard Middleton - Monologues

This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his ghost stories, he was also an accomplished poet and essayist. The musings...

Scotty Smith and 12 more 5 hours 21 minutes

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Psychology

Elliott O'Donnell - Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales

Old buildings necessarily have a history. It is not always a happy history and folklore abounds. Sometimes unhappy souls come back to haunt the current residents or their guests. Whether you believe in ghosts or not,...

Lynne T and 7 more 5 hours 21 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Elizabeth Ross Haynes - Unsung Heroes

This book consists of 17 biographies of remarkable men and women who, in 1921, were «unsung.» Some of them are now pretty well known while others are still, sadly, rather unrecognized. Written by Elizabeth Ross Haynes...

Jim Locke and 7 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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Family Life

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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Palmetto Leaves

After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they lived during the winter months. Over the years they expanded their cottage...

Michele Fry and 8 more 5 hours 18 minutes

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Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

Self-Help

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do you, in fact, have any problem at all? In that case, Ella Wheeler Wilcox might...

Michele Fry and 10 more 5 hours 18 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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