Mike Pelton

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Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

Memoirs

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Charles Ball - Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work. (Summary by Tom Causby)

Tom Causby and 7 more 10 hours 47 minutes

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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 3

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

524

Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 3

This, the third of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 6 of his short stories as well as Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym . In it, Arthur Gordon Pym stows away on a whaling vessel and...

Ernst Pattynama and 14 more 11 hours 30 minutes

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Single Author Collections

475

Elbert Hubbard - Mintage

Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the «Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People». These 11 short stores show the side of him that celebrated caring, friendship love among humans. The first describes...

Phil Chenevert and 5 more 1 hour 44 minutes

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Children's Fiction

505

Frank Gee Patchin - Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks

Yee-Haw!!! The Pony Rider Boys are on the move again! This time the boys are in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri. With Joe Hawk, or Eagle-eye, guiding them, Professor Zepplin and the Pony Rider Boys are sure to find...

Richard Kilmer and 5 more 5 hours 1 minute The Pony Rider Boys series

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*Non-fiction

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Charles A. Conant - Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a significant figure in the political and economic development of the early United States. He served in the American Revolutionary War and became an aide to General George Washington. He was...

Mike Pelton and 6 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

488

Col. William F. Cody - Adventures of Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill was arguably, the most recognized man in the world when he penned this book. The first four stories are of some of his adventures and the remaining 6 are autobiographical. All of them have been proved to...

Phil Chenevert and 8 more 3 hours 33 minutes

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Science

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Vernon Kellogg - Insect Stories

These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, and his little friend Mary, start by collecting Tarantula Holes and proceed to...

Pamela Krantz and 6 more 4 hours 31 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

496

Christopher Morley - Mince Pie

Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: «If one asks what excuse there can be for prolonging the existence of these...

Lucretia B. and 9 more 6 hours

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Travel Fiction

474

Washington Irving - Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Apart from «Rip Van Winkle» and «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow» — the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous — other tales include «Roscoe», «The Broken Heart», «The Art of Book-making», «A Royal...

Easton and 15 more 15 hours 21 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

456

William Morris - Well at the World's End

The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced later fantasy writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book follows...

BumbleVee and 7 more 5 hours

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Children's Fiction

454

Eva Katherine Gibson - Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch

Annie Elfrida McLane lives in a little brown house of the South Dakota prairie, within sight of the Black Hills. Her father is a widower and prospects for gold there; Annie lives at home with her grandmother and the...

Miriam Esther Goldman and 6 more 2 hours 30 minutes

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Historical Fiction

436

Eugène Sue - Gold Sickle

The Gold Sickle; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul is the first part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the People; or, History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages, in which he intended to...

Nadine Eckert-Boulet and 1 more 2 hours 38 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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