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Historical Fiction

445

George Payne Rainsford James - L'Orme

G.P.R. James was a historian and novelist, who took well-documented historical events and characters and wove stories around minor or imaginary actors in the events. In this work, set in seventeenth century France, we...

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General Fiction

547

Mrs. Henry Wood - Channings

This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The «stars» of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Channing was ill and, because of his poverty, his six children have to work. Many things...

Elizabeth Klett and 12 more 20 hours 6 minutes

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*Non-fiction

455

Channing Arnold - American Egypt

Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote «the first book ever written by Englishmen on Yucatan—that Egypt of the New World, where, it is now generally admitted,...

Lynne T and 5 more 19 hours 46 minutes

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Self-Help

543

Emory Adams Allen - Golden Gems of Life

Life is full of ups and downs, joys and trials. In this work, we are advised on how to deal with what fate deals us, the good and bad, the common and uncommon. Home, childhood, success and failure, perseverance,...

Lynne T and 24 more 19 hours 39 minutes

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Exploration

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer - Woman's Journey Round the World

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into several languages. «The Woman's Journey Around the World, from Vienna to...

Lynne T and 12 more 19 hours 24 minutes

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Religious Fiction

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Susan Warner - Letter Of Credit

«Rotha is a poor American girl who has to see both her parents die. All that time, she is comforted by an English friend of the family, Mr. Digby-Southwode. Mr. Digby-Southwode thinks he does the right thing by...

Bethesda Lily and 5 more 19 hours 13 minutes

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Detective Fiction

453

Charlotte M. Brame - Fair Mystery

(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.) Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and...

Lynne T and 8 more 19 hours 11 minutes

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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Performing Arts

452

Professor Louis Hoffman - Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

This «how-to» book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice,...

Bill Boerst and 17 more 19 hours 8 minutes

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General Fiction

504

George Eliot - Felix Holt, The Radical

«Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is a sincere radical. The setting of the book, the 1832 parliament election, is used...

acousticwave and 11 more 19 hours 8 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2

This is the second book in a twelve volume series, and highlights myths and legendary heroes from around the world, from Ancient Greece to Scandinavia and the Far East. They are aimed at the junior audience. (Summary...

Lynne T and 25 more 18 hours 56 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Abraham Cahan - Rise of David Levinsky

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his...

Mark Chulsky and 9 more 18 hours 51 minutes

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Christian Fiction

487

George MacDonald - Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Republished in modern times as «The Curate's Awakening». A young man (Thomas Wingfold) «enters the church» through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he...

John Schuurman and 17 more 18 hours 48 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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