Peter Eastman

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General Fiction

391

Stella Benson - This Is the End

Some books have plots that drive relentlessly toward a conclusion. Others, like «This Is The End», just meander. It is the story of a Family halfheartedly searching for a missing relation who does not want to be...

Peter Eastman 5 hours 21 minutes

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General Fiction

442

Eleanor Farjeon - Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard

The wandering minstrel Martin Pippin finds a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to visit the orchard where his beloved has been locked in the well-house with six sworn virgins to guard her. Martin Pippin goes to the...

Peter Eastman 11 hours 58 minutes

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General Fiction

470

H. G. Wells - Passionate Friends

H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle...

Peter Eastman 12 hours 49 minutes

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Children's Fiction

420

Cornelia Meigs - Windy Hill

When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin is strangely altered: nervous, preoccupied, hardly aware of their existence....

Peter Eastman 5 hours 33 minutes

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Literary Fiction

485

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 4

This is book 4 of 5. — An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Emma Joyce and 17 more 15 hours 36 minutes Les Misérables (English Version)

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Literary Fiction

475

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 3

This is book 3 of 5. — An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Alina and 14 more 10 hours 59 minutes Les Misérables (English Version)

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Action & Adventure

475

J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

When he is seven days old, Peter Pan flies away from his mother (forgetting that he is no longer a bird and therefore cannot fly), comes to live in Kensington Gardens, and acquires a goat. (Summary by Peter Eastman)

Peter Eastman 2 hours 25 minutes

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Literary Fiction

527

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 2

This is book 2 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

J. M. Smallheer and 26 more 12 hours 55 minutes Les Misérables (English Version)

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Performing Arts

479

Harry Houdini - Miracle Mongers, an Exposé

«A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc.», [by Harry Houdini, from the subtitle].

Peter Eastman and 7 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

550

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collections are independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass...

Philippa and 12 more 6 hours 11 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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*Non-fiction

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Henri Poincaré - Science and Hypothesis

Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 – 1912) was one of France's greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. As a mathematician and physicist, he made many original fundamental...

Carl Manchester and 9 more 7 hours 2 minutes

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Philosophy

514

Unknown - Bhagavad Gita

The content of the text is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna taking place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra just prior to the start of a climactic war. Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma,...

Chris Masterson and 8 more 2 hours 55 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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