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Historical Fiction

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Florence Morse Kingsley - Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross

This is a unique sequel to the book Titus: A Comrade of the Cross written in a very different style, though none the less memorable, full of excitement and suspense! The author combines several stories together...

Rachel and 12 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Family

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Margaret Sidney - Adventures of Joel Pepper

The Peppers are a family of three boys, two girls, and Mamsie. They are poor, living in their «Little Brown House», but they always manage to be happy. This book comprises the adventures of Joel, the middle Pepper...

Carol Eades King and 8 more 8 hours 29 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Cliff Climbers

A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures befell the brothers and their guides, all of which led to their being trapped...

fiddlesticks and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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Single author

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Isaac Watts - Psalms of David

Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as «classical hymns» such as «Joy to the World» and «When I survey the wondrous cross». His translations of the Psalms are therefore...

Jael Baldwin and 20 more 8 hours 22 minutes

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Family

1.1K

Margaret Sidney - Five Little Peppers at School

The Five Little Peppers are off to school — Joel and Davie at a boys' boarding school, Polly, Phronsie and Ben at home. At first the storyline shifts between the boys and the girls, until the boys come home for the...

Rachel 7 hours 56 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 035

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include how to swim, Navajo silversmithing, the sun, begonias and ferns, Martin Luther, U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and...

Glenn O'Brien and 12 more 7 hours 28 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Historical Fiction

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Emily Sarah Holt - Lady Sybil's Choice

This historical novel is set in the 1100s in France and Jerusalem, following the First Crusade. Part of the story of Guy of Lusignan (a real historical character) is told through the eyes of his fictional sister,...

Rachel and 5 more 7 hours 21 minutes

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Children's Fiction

807

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of the Island (version 4)

The third book in the Anne of Green Gables series accompanies beloved redhead Anne Shirley to Redmond College. Here Anne receives numerous proposals, befriends a mangled but determined pussy cat, and sets up...

Rachel 7 hours 11 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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Family

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Martha Finley - Elsie's Widowhood

The seventh in the Elsie Dinsmore series, this book begins with the death of Elsie's beloved husband. As Elsie learns to live in widowhood, the story shifts to the lives of those most precious to her — her children...

Rachel 6 hours 53 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Family Life

860

Martha Finley - Elsie's Children

This book continues the delightful «Elsie Dinsmore» series. Elsie's children, introduced in the previous volume, live life, grow up, and encounter various problems of their own. — Summary by GabrielleC...

David Lawrence and 12 more 6 hours 53 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Animals & Nature

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Ella Rodman Church - Among the Trees at Elmridge

«On that bright spring afternoon when three happy, interested children went off to the woods with their governess to take their first lesson in the study of wild flowers, they saw also some other things which made a...

RachClem and 12 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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Religion

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Martha Finley - Grandmother Elsie

Change has come to Elsie's family in the 8th book of this delightful series. Her daughter, Violet, marries a naval Captain with three children of his own and the children try to adjust to life with their new...

Bria Snow and 7 more 6 hours 21 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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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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