Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

603

Andrew Lang - Yellow Fairy Book

«Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's „Coloured“ Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of...

Sarah Jennings and 23 more 11 hours 23 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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Travel & Geography

483

Walt Whitman - Specimen Days

Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, espeically his experience serving as a nurse during the Civil War and travelling around America.

Sue Anderson and 12 more 11 hours 4 minutes

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Children's Fiction

673

Howard Pyle - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting...

Alex Foster and 12 more 11 hours

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Children's Fiction

595

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...

bryfee and 11 more 10 hours 56 minutes

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Detective Fiction

528

George Barr McCutcheon - Graustark

The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were...

Maire Rhode and 4 more 10 hours 29 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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John Muir - Mountains of California

John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read...

Robert Garrison and 10 more 10 hours 19 minutes

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*Non-fiction

576

Myrtle Reed - How to Cook Fish

Olive Green is the pseudonym for the prolific late 19th Century/early 20th Century author, Myrtle Reed. She wrote over thirty-three books and hundreds of magazine articles and pamphlets during her short lifetime. Ms....

Denny Sayers and 18 more 10 hours 2 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

643

Abraham Merritt - Metal Monster

The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel. Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a...

Lucy Burgoyne and 12 more 9 hours 59 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

502

Harold MacGrath - Drums of Jeopardy

The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920. In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the...

Mark Nelson and 8 more 9 hours 53 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

525

Andrew Lang - Grey Fairy Book

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries — Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs....

Maria Therese and 24 more 9 hours 52 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Lilac Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's «Coloured» Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of...

ML Cohen and 18 more 9 hours 47 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Dorothy Scarborough - Famous Modern Ghost Stories

An entertaining selection of «modern» ghost stories selected «to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories.» Sure to please the love...

J. M. Smallheer and 12 more 9 hours 45 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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