Mike Pelton

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Harry Collingwood - Cruise of the Esmeralda

After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the...

Christopher Webber and 5 more 10 hours 29 minutes

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Detective Fiction

894

American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of «The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes» released on Librivox, here is a collection of stories starring his contemporary American rivals. Brought together and re-published in a...

K.G.Cross and 11 more 12 hours 24 minutes

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Ernst Haeckel - Riddle of the Universe

The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the nature of reality, and the connection between physiology and thought. (Summary by...

April Gonzales and 10 more 13 hours 44 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Camille Flammarion - Omega: The Last Days of the World

Omega: The Last Days of the World is a science fiction novel published in 1894 by Camille Flammarion. On 25th century Earth, a comet made mostly of Carbonic-Oxide (CO) could possibly collide with the Earth. It is...

A. J. Carroll and 4 more 6 hours 46 minutes

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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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Biography & Autobiography

H. P. Nichols - Women of History

An intriguing look at well known women in history from BC 500 to the mid 1800's. Each chapter is a brief overview of one woman's life. An interesting read. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Lucretia B. and 24 more 8 hours 28 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Joseph A. Altsheler - Scouts of Stonewall

In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenandoah Valley. He has attracted the notice of the great General Stonewall...

Lucretia B. and 6 more 9 hours 14 minutes The Civil War Series

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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George Manville Fenn - Cutlass and Cudgel

Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a...

Rebecca Dittman and 7 more 8 hours 59 minutes

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Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches

Action & Adventure Fiction

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William Clark Russell - Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches

This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.

Lala Young and 16 more 9 hours 58 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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H. P. Nichols - Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife...

April Gonzales and 11 more 10 hours 28 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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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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Children's Fiction

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Clayton Edwards - Treasury of Heroes and Heroines

It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested couples—for this is a book of contrasts and has been written as such. Lives...

Lucretia B. and 20 more 11 hours 40 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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