Larry Wilson

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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1

Humorous Fiction

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Thomas Lansing Masson - Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1

Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes,...

Joe Selah and 21 more 4 hours 38 minutes

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Poetry

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John Clare - Poems

John Clare was a working-class English poet, best known for his poetic descriptions of the English Countryside. He is also one of the few popular poets of the 19th century, who, after being largely forgotten for years...

Bruce Kachuk and 5 more 4 hours 37 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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George William Curtis - From the Easy Chair Vol. 2

The second volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split...

Lynne T and 6 more 4 hours 33 minutes

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History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2

Biography & Autobiography

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Charles E. Flandrau - History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 2

A series of stories written by Judge Charles E. Flandrau «at different times during his long residence in the Northwest, which embrace historical events, personal adventures, and amusing incidents.» This book of tales...

deongines and 8 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Earth's Enigmas

Most of the stories in this collection attempt to present one or another of those problems of life or nature to which, as it appears to many of us, there is no adequate solution within sight. Others are the almost...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 4 hours 28 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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Joaquin Miller - True Bear Stories

Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to «my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood.» In his preface he claims to...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 4 hours 24 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

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George MacDonald - Portent

Overshadowed by the dark legend of the murderous rider of the horse with the loose shoe, Duncan Campbell sets out from his home in the Highlands to make his fortune in the world. When he finds the woman whose destiny...

Beth Thomas and 4 more 4 hours 23 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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George William Curtis - From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Walter Rowlands - Among the Great Masters of the Drama

In «Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text», Walter Rowlands introduces us to the most famous playwrights and actors that...

Nemo and 12 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Judith Gautier - Memoirs of a White Elephant

«We are told by writers of antiquity that elephants have written sentences in Greek, and that one of them was even known to speak. There is, therefore, nothing unreasonable in the supposition that the White Elephant...

Ed Humpal and 7 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

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Parley Pratt - Key to the Science of Theology

«The present Volume aims to embody, in a concise and somewhat original manner and style, a general view of the Science of Theology, as gathered from revelation, history, prophecy, reason and analogy. If the Work...

J Korth and 5 more 4 hours 18 minutes

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General

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William J. Long - Secrets of the Woods

The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without this element his pioneer work in the realm of nature would now be familiar only...

Kangaroo and 4 more 4 hours 17 minutes Wood Folk 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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