Patrick Wells

27 books

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Earth Sciences

422

J. G. M'Pherson - Meteorology; or Weather Explained

Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this book published in...

Pamela Krantz and 9 more 3 hours 36 minutes

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Children's Fiction

448

Bruce S. Wright - Children's Six Minutes

This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offers a slice-of-life reference point, an appropriate Bible verse, and hymn....

Bellona Times and 18 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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*Non-fiction

487

Gustav Kobbé - How to Appreciate Music

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral, and vocal music. Good for anyone who wishes for a greater appreciation of...

Patrick Wells and 10 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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King James Version

514

King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms (version 2)

The book of Psalms is a collection of the works of at least six authors. The book of Psalms has been a source of inspiration to all those believers who seek guidance. Apart from this they have provided comfort to...

peaceuntoyou and 19 more 5 hours 47 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

555

Ignatius Loyola Donnelly - Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

«Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1831. Donnelly considered Plato's account of...

Nicholas James Bridgewater and 12 more 16 hours 54 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

508

Jules Verne - Facing the Flag

Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally...

John Kooz and 2 more 6 hours 11 minutes

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Children's Fiction

495

Richard Barnum - Squinty the Comical Pig

«This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors to write children's tales, and gave them „house names“. The „name“ of the author...

jedopi and 2 more 2 hours 17 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

563

Jules Verne - Off on a Comet

The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. They form...

Patrick Wells and 14 more 11 hours 11 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

542

Elsie Spicer Eells - Fairy Tales from Brazil

This book, subtitled «How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore», is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore. (Summary by Leni)

Leni and 7 more 2 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

489

Jules Verne - Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wang to kill him before a given date. Everything changes when Kin-Fo discovers...

Leni and 11 more 6 hours 59 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

544

Jules Verne - Topsy-Turvy

Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889). This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from “Earth to the Moon”...

Anna Simon and 12 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

Action & Adventure Fiction

562

Jules Verne - Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for...

Patrick Wells and 7 more 4 hours 30 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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