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British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Wirt Sikes - British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appointed Consul to Wales and thus began his fascination with Welsh folklore....

Lynne T and 11 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

437

Warwick Deeping - Mad Barbara

It is the last quarter of the eighteenth century and a young woman discovers the body of her murdered father. In her grief, she tries to make sense of why this sweet man, beloved by all, was struck down and, unlike...

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Romance

473

Sybil G. Brinton - Old Friends And New Fancies

Generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the work of Jane Austen, Old Friends and New Fancies incorporates characters from each of Austen's six major novels into one unified story, as well as those of...

Lynne T and 8 more 11 hours 27 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

532

G. A. Henty - Curse of Carne's Hold

When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during this time he rescues a family from death. The family then return to England and...

Michele Eaton and 8 more 11 hours 27 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

636

Xenophon - Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentleman-soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon of Athens. The title...

Larry Wilson and 12 more 11 hours 26 minutes

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Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

True Crime

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Thomas Furlong - Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases—Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career which really began on September 14, 1862, when he was detailed from his...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 25 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

473

Hamilton Wright Mabie - Myths That Every Child Should Know

A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Lynne T and 16 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Historical Fiction

481

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Armourer's Prentices

Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer,...

Lynne T and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Historical Fiction

549

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Christina is an ordinary girl who lives with her aunt and uncle. Life is normal until one day when her father appears and plans to take Christina away to live with him at a robber baron's castle. Her peaceful life has...

Mike Justice and 6 more 11 hours 21 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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William Clark Russell - Frozen Pirate (version 2)

Drawing on his own experience as a merchant seaman, Russell gives us the fictionalized narrative of one Paul Rodney who found an icebound vessel in the South Atlantic, while captaining a pirate ship. Russell has been...

Marilyn Rakes and 12 more 11 hours 19 minutes

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Mathematics

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Edmond Halley - Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1

«The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.» (from its Mission Statement). As scientists have explored the world...

Lynne T and 17 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

532

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rilla of Ingleside (version 2)

Rilla of Ingleside (1921) is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth of the eight «Anne» novels she wrote. This book draws the focus back onto a single character,...

Mary Anderson and 11 more 11 hours 12 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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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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