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In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

In this adventure story by the novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty, Desmond Kennedy, a young Irishman flees political oppression and religious persecution at home to serve in the French armies of Louis XIV. We...

Rachel and 10 more 12 hours 13 minutes

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Literary Fiction

511

E. M. Forster - Howards End (version 3)

Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era. The story focuses on three families in England at the beginning of the 20th...

Lynne T and 8 more 12 hours 12 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Sea Stories

Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor! To run away to sea has been the misdirected...

Lynne T and 12 more 11 hours 56 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

450

Matthew Phipps Shiel - Purple Cloud

The story, a recording of a medium's meditation over the future writing of the text, details the narrator's (Adam Jeffson's) expedition to the North Pole during the 20th century on board the Boreal. Jeffson's fiancée,...

Rhajimas Holmes and 11 more 11 hours 51 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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S. R. Crockett - Grey Man

This novel is set in Scotland in turbulent times, and we are immediately introduced to intrigue and family strife. At Launcelot Kennedy's aunt's husband's funeral, he and his father are first hidden, then hustled away...

Lynne T and 5 more 11 hours 51 minutes

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Memoirs

465

Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris - Old Rail Fence Corners

Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct...

Jill Engle and 15 more 11 hours 48 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Charles F. Horne - Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History.” The set is edited by...

Greg Giordano and 15 more 11 hours 46 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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J. M. Barrie - Sentimental Tommy

«J. M. Barrie is most noted for being the author of Peter Pan, the beloved book about a child who does not want to grow up. The two Tommy novels, as they are collectively referred to, are also about a child who does...

Sandra Cullum and 10 more 11 hours 45 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Robert Barr - Sword Maker

Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizenry. The one thing Frankfort does have is the best three sword-makers in the...

Roman Noble and 10 more 11 hours 44 minutes

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Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

Anthologies

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Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 «modern short stories», written by various authors as follows: Cornelia A. P. Comer, Amy Wentworth Stone, Elizabeth Ashe, Dallas Lore...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 11 hours 43 minutes Atlantic Narratives, Modern Short Stories

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Historical Fiction

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Mary Hastings Bradley - Favor of Kings

«Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman,» writes a quaint and susceptible chronicler, " than to that of fair Anne Boleyn." Certainly no girl ever flashed...

Verity Kendall and 6 more 11 hours 42 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Young Carthaginian

Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 11 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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