Mike Pelton

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Sabine Baring-Gould - Book of Ghosts

Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. During his life, he published more than 100 books, among them this collection of ghost stories....

Tim Quinn and 11 more 12 hours 41 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

434

E.D.E.N. Southworth - Missing Bride

Prepare yourself for a journey, full of adventures and plot twists which will keep you guessing until the very end. This is psychological romance at it's best. In the war of 1814, an American heiress falls in love...

Helen Falconer and 4 more 10 hours 38 minutes

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Science Fiction

500

H. G. Wells - Story of the Days to Come

Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker....

Dennis Blake and 3 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Detective Fiction

441

Anna Katharine Green - Dark Hollow

The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, «a woman in purple» shows...

Ernst Pattynama and 7 more 9 hours 35 minutes

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*Non-fiction

408

William H. Herndon - Herndon's Lincoln

A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for its extensive use of first hand interviews (unusual for its time) and for...

Ralph Kerwin and 9 more 19 hours 5 minutes

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*Non-fiction

451

Edward Jesse - Anecdotes of Dogs

«Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.» The character, sensibilities, and intellectual faculties of animals have always been a favourite study, and they are, perhaps,...

Stephanie Lee and 16 more 13 hours 30 minutes

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Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

Essays & Short Works

458

William Hazlitt - Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays...

Bob Gonzalez and 16 more 20 hours 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

491

William Morris - House of the Wolfings

William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time such as Dante Rossetti. His fascination with ancient Germanic and Norse people...

Elizabeth Klett and 10 more 8 hours 17 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Christian Fiction

446

George MacDonald - Mary Marston

Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston's unswerving commitment to love, God, and others is contrasted with a...

Marea Brook and 15 more 17 hours 30 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

495

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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Science Fiction

543

H. G. Wells - Time Machine (Version 4)

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large...

Paul Adams and 3 more 3 hours 47 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

597

Don Marquis - Danny's Own Story

Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home because they need a new topic over which to bicker. Bicker they do, and fight...

Dan Kaufman and 7 more 7 hours 9 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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