Mike Pelton

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Victor Appleton - Tom Swift and his Airship

In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift has finished his latest invention- the Red Cloud, a fast and innovative airship. Tom is anxious for a cross-country trial, but just before he and his friends take off, the...

Theresa Sheridan and 9 more 4 hours 31 minutes Tom Swift Adventure Series

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History

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Thomas Lathbury - Guy Fawkes; or, A Complete History of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605

Though the particulars connected with the Gunpowder Treason may be perused in the general histories of the period, yet I am not aware, that any modern narrative of that dark design is to be found in a separate form....

Mike Pelton and 3 more 4 hours 30 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edgar Saltus - Mr. Incoul's Misadventure

Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human nature. The publishers promoted Mr. Incoul's Misadventure thus: «A novel...

Lynne T and 6 more 4 hours 29 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

George MacDonald - Portent

Overshadowed by the dark legend of the murderous rider of the horse with the loose shoe, Duncan Campbell sets out from his home in the Highlands to make his fortune in the world. When he finds the woman whose destiny...

Beth Thomas and 4 more 4 hours 23 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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Lord Dunsany - Tales of Wonder

The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R....

Mike Pelton and 6 more 4 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Victor G. Durham - Submarine Boys' Trial Trip

The torpedo submarine's inventor, Jack Farnum, is looking for investors to help him kick his new shipyard into high gear. He already has his crew set, with sixteen year old Jack Benson as the captain, and his friend...

Mike Pelton and 4 more 4 hours 14 minutes The Submarine Boys series

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Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Henry Fielding - Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentences. Neither party could be trusted and the situation grew worse. Enter famed...

Lynne T and 5 more 4 hours 10 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Barbara Hofland - Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy

The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy (1829) Novel. At the novel's opening, Charles Crusoe, thirteen years of age, asks his mother if he is related to the famous Robinson Crusoe, and is told that he is not. His...

Rick Measham and 7 more 4 hours 7 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book

«In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a „flat“ by people who, because they are grown up, do not know any better, live the Little Lady and the Story Teller. The Little...

Elizabeth P. and 10 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Victor G. Durham - Submarine Boys and the Middies

The Pollard is about to be taken to Anapolis, where the United States Navy will train their midshipmen how to run the submarine. Jack, Hal and Eph are all to help with training and to see the sights in Anapolis. They...

Mike Pelton and 4 more 4 hours 5 minutes The Submarine Boys series

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Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Charles Alexander Eastman - Indian To-day

Based in part upon the author's own observations and personal knowledge, it was the aim of the book to set forth the status and outlook of the North American Indian. He addressed issues such as Indian schools, health,...

April Gonzales and 6 more 3 hours 58 minutes

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Single Author Collections

Katharine Tynan Hinkson - Isle in the Water

'Here, among the hosts of ladies who write with care and inelegance, comes a woman artist. An Isle in the Water is a collection of fifteen well-conceived and excellently-finished Irish stories, for which it would be...

Mike Pelton and 7 more 3 hours 56 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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