Lee Ann Howlett

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Detective Fiction

417

Lucia Chamberlain - Other Side of the Door

It's 1865 in the city of San Francisco. Pretty, young Ellie Fenwick is walking to the market early one morning to surprise her father with some fresh mushrooms. As she passes a gambling house, she hears a gunshot and...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 48 minutes

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Children's Fiction

511

Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Understood Betsy

Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father's aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 36 minutes

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*Non-fiction

430

Helen M. Urban - Woman as Decoration

A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

469

Rose Wilder Lane - Henry Ford's Own Story

Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the «Little House» series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 27 minutes

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Children's Fiction

402

Margaret Burnham - Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship

Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dreamed of building an aeroplane that would be free of the defects of planes...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 26 minutes

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Family

448

Lilian C. Garis - Bobbsey Twins in the Country

The second book in The Bobbsey Twins series finds the two sets of twins experiencing life in the country during the first part of their summer vacation from school. Their stay with their aunt, uncle and cousins on...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 20 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

451

Roy J. Snell - Secret Mark

Student Lucile Tucker works part-time at the library of the large university she attends in Chicago to help pay her tuition. One night, while closing the library for the evening, she glimpses a small child – a girl –...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

512

Henry James - In the Cage

In the Cage is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients' personal lives from the often cryptic...

Lee Ann Howlett 3 hours 56 minutes

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*Non-fiction

544

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004

A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, conservation, philosophy,...

ML Cohen and 6 more 3 hours 55 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

494

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass...

Perry Clayton and 12 more 3 hours 54 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

466

Grace Livingston Hill - Mystery of Mary

Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young woman at the station. She's terrified that she's being followed and asks Dunham...

Lee Ann Howlett 3 hours 49 minutes

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Family

530

Laura Lee Hope - Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore

In this third volume of the “Bobbsey Twin Series”, the twins – Nan and Bert and Freddie and Flossie – go with their family to visit relatives at the seashore. Excitement and adventure are sure to abound! (Summary by...

Phil Chenevert and 8 more 3 hours 40 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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