Mark Nelson

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Fantastic Fiction

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H. G. Wells - Men Like Gods

In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expectations when he and other motorists are swept 3,000 years into the future....

powellb and 8 more 8 hours 35 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers , as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of...

Kristin LeMoine and 49 more 55 hours 18 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

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Poul William Anderson - Golden Slave

100 B.C. The Cimbrian hordes galloped across the dawn of history and clashed in screaming battle against the mighty Roman legions. Led by their chief, Boierik, and his son, Eodan, the hungry and homeless pagan...

Mark Nelson 7 hours 35 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Evelyn E. Smith - Sentry of the Sky

There had to be a way for Sub-Archivist Clarey to get up in the world—but this way was right out of the tri-di dramas. — Summary by original text

Mark Nelson 2 hours 25 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Paul Ernst - Red Hell of Jupiter

What is the mystery centered in Jupiter's famous «Red Spot»? Two fighting Earthmen, caught by the «Pipe-men» like their vanished comrades, soon find out! — Original text

Mark Nelson 2 hours 36 minutes

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Romance

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Catherine Carswell - Open The Door

This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her complexities and contradictions, some of which are faced by women almost 100...

Mark Nelson and 10 more 16 hours 19 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Wilhelm Meinhold - Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author assures us that the story he has to tell is based on a manuscript he found in...

Mark Nelson and 9 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Fletcher Pratt - Blue Star

The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in contrast, the physical sciences have languished, resulting in a modern...

Mark Nelson and 1 more 9 hours 44 minutes

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Satire

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William Dean Howells - Traveller from Altruria

Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. Twelvemough, an author who has been selected to function as host to a visitor...

Foon and 4 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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General

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Ruth Plumly Thompson - Captain Salt in Oz

A voyage on the famous Nonestic Ocean! What could be more thrilling than that? We—many of us—have taken trips on the prosaic Atlantic or even Pacific, but have we found a SEA FOREST with flying fish and swimming...

Beth Thomas and 6 more 5 hours 2 minutes Oz books

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Francis Marion Crawford - Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale

The Wanderer is looking far and wide for the love of his life, Beatrice. Try as he may, he cannot find her again. Appealing to a witch might help, but instead of using her powers to help the lovers find one another...

Mark Nelson and 7 more 14 hours 44 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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F. Scott Fitzgerald - Beautiful and Damned

This 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Anthony Patch, the only heir of millionaire Adam Patch, his grandfather. Anthony is young, handsome and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful...

Mark Nelson 14 hours 15 minutes

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New

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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