Phil Chenevert

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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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Single Author Collections

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Heywood Broun - Seeing Things at Night

This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)

Barry Eads and 6 more 6 hours 55 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Barry Eads and 20 more 6 hours 54 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Science Fiction

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C. M. Kornbluth - Search the Sky

Ross was a junior trader on Halsey's Planet, and had great prospects but was not happy at all. Everything smelled of decay. The whole planet seemed to be slowly disappearing, the population dwindling month by month...

Phil Chenevert 6 hours 47 minutes

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L. Frank Baum - Patchwork Girl of Oz (version 2)

Yes, this is another wonderful OZ book with all the old familiar characters and some new delightful ones. The Patchwork Girl, a free spirit if ever there was one, is brought to life in this story and then sets out...

Phil Chenevert 6 hours 42 minutes Oz books

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Katharine Pyle - Mother’s Nursery Tales

Perhaps you did not know that fairy tales were ever truths, but they are—the best and oldest of them. That does not mean they are facts like the things you see around you or learn from history books. Facts and truths...

Phil Chenevert and 16 more 6 hours 36 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Harry Harrison - Deathworld (version 2)

A world that actively seeks to kill the colonists. Not a pleasant place. The hordes of ferocious animals all come with deadly poison and a will to kill as many humans as possible. Even the plants have teeth and claws...

Phil Chenevert 6 hours 34 minutes

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Harry Harrison - Planet of the Damned (Version 2)

Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once—but they were something else now. The Magter had only one desire—Kill! Kill everything, themselves, their...

Phil Chenevert 6 hours 30 minutes

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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)

Humorous Fiction

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Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 2)

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a...

Phil Chenevert and 6 more 6 hours 24 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

K.G.Cross and 23 more 6 hours 19 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Eleanor H. Porter - Miss Billy

Mr. Neilson was determined to name his first child after his boyhood chum, William Henshaw. When the baby disappointed him by being a girl, he was consoled by naming her Billy. Miss Billy, now 18, orphaned and all...

ashleighjane and 6 more 6 hours 17 minutes Miss Billy Series

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Action & Adventure

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L. Frank Baum - Phoebe Daring

A headstrong female detective strives to clear a good man's name in this children's mystery by Oz author L. Frank Baum. Summary by Miriam Esther Goldman

Miriam Esther Goldman and 9 more 6 hours 14 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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