Richard Kilmer

171 books

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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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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Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery Under Arms

A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the New South Wales outback with Captain Starlight. To quote the author «though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the Marston family...

Graeme Dunlop and 11 more 19 hours 47 minutes

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War & Military

Richard Harding Davis - Notes of a War Correspondent

Experiences and observations of the journalist in the Cuban-Spanish War, the Greek-Turkish War, the Spanish-American War, the South African War, and the Japanese-Russian War, accompanied by «A War Correspondent’s...

Barry Eads and 7 more 5 hours 43 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Byron A. Dunn - Raiding with Morgan

It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)

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Humorous Fiction

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Jerome K. Jerome - Idle Ideas in 1905

Back in 1905 Jerome K. Jerome shared his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including «Should Women Be Beautiful?», «Should Soldiers Be Polite?» and «Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass?». Each...

StephenC and 10 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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Westerns

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Max Brand - Night Horseman

A man, a dog, and a horse. The call of the wild geese. A very smart doctor from the east who finds there is a lot to learn from these desert people. A woman loved by three men. A gunslinger who has a debt to settle....

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 48 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Raymond Z. Gallun - Planet Strappers

The Planet Strappers started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to make...

Richard Kilmer 7 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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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Nautical & Marine Fiction

Captain Charles Johnson - General History of the Pyrates

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. It's author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a...

Barry Eads and 10 more 12 hours 47 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Outlaw of Torn

The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the...

Susan Umpleby and 1 more 6 hours 59 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Mark Twain - $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG and 6 more 9 hours 10 minutes

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Robert Leighton - Dogs and All About Them

This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets — as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of dog in a detailed and systematic way, with complete notes on show-dogs....

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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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