Richard Kilmer

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Action & Adventure Fiction

451

Emerson Hough - Covered Wagon

«Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families.» This is an old-fashioned adventure tale set on the Oregon Trail, just before the California Gold Rush. It is the story of a wagon train bound...

Lynne T and 9 more 9 hours 26 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

428

Zane Grey - Heritage Of The Desert

Jack Hare is a young cowboy who was rescued from sure death by an old settler by the name of August Naab. Hare learns that Naab's ranch is a dangerous place and is challenged by cattle thieves and a corrupt rancher...

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 25 minutes

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Captain of the Polestar, and other tales

Action & Adventure Fiction

460

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Captain of the Polestar, and other tales

This is a collection of early Sir Arthur Conan Doyle short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 24 minutes

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Science Fiction

453

Lee Hawkins Garby - Skylark of Space

The novel begins with the accidental discovery, in a Government laboratory in Washington D. C., of a form of clean nuclear power. Our hero, Dr. Richard Seaton, uses this power to build first a flying belt and then an...

Richard Kilmer 9 hours 22 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

502

George W. Ogden - Trail's End

When an agriculture professor wanders into a wicked Kansas cowtown in order to experiment raising wheat, both the professor and the town get more than they bargain for. A wild and wooly Western. (Summary by Jeff...

Jeff Chesnut and 1 more 9 hours 12 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

472

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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Historical Fiction

447

John R. Musick - Witch of Salem

A historical novel about the Salem Witch Trials. A fantastic illustrated historical novel by the prolific American author John R. Musick. From the author’s preface: The «Witch of Salem» is designed to cover...

Linette and 7 more 9 hours 1 minute

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Action & Adventure Fiction

481

Sapper - Bulldog Drummond

‘Sapper’, the pseudonym of Colonel. H.C. McNeile M.C. was one of the most popular English writers of thrillers between the two world wars. And Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond was his most popular leading character. This book,...

Andy Minter and 6 more 8 hours 56 minutes

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Westerns

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Max Brand - Rangeland Avenger

If you enjoy a fast moving western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you'll like The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand. A soft spoken but ruthless gunman cuts a path of deadly payback across the Wild West...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 50 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

548

Anna Katharine Green - Cynthia Wakeham's Money

A young lawyer is called to the house of a dying woman to draw up her will. While searching for her legal heirs, meets a beautiful woman with a mysterious scar. The lawyer soon finds that his search for the heirs...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

443

Max Brand - Gunman's Reckoning

A typical early 20th century western. It's a tale of a tough guy who gets involved with an evil man with an angel daughter for whom the tough guy falls. His efforts to recover hers and her father's gold mine claims is...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 45 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

429

E. Phillips Oppenheim - Box with the Broken Seals

A convoluted tale of espionage. This entertaining story is set in World War I. It has interesting characters. and I found my sympathies equally divided between the spy and his relentless pursuer. In my opinion, one of...

Richard Kilmer 8 hours 44 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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