Sibella Denton

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Early Modern

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Popular History of Ireland, Book 09

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 9 subtitled “From the Accession of James I Till the...

Sibella Denton 3 hours 14 minutes Popular History of Ireland - books 1-12

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Single Author Collections

457

Joseph Conrad - Tales of Unrest

Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime. Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Polish-born English novelist, was a master in the formats of long short...

Sibella Denton and 5 more 7 hours 5 minutes

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Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

Memoirs

442

Benvenuto Cellini - Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct,...

Kristine Bekere and 7 more 10 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

536

Eva March Tappan - When Knights Were Bold

This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictures of the manner of life and habits of thought of the people who lived...

Laura Caldwell and 10 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)

Humorous Fiction

475

Stephen Leacock - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The...

Dave Ranson and 3 more 5 hours 16 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

510

Thomas Bulfinch - Age of Chivalry

Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is «an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient...

Marlim and 14 more 10 hours 32 minutes

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General Fiction

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E. A. Gillie - Barbara in Brittany

Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disaster strikes — or so the children believe! Barbara is taken to France to see...

Sibella Denton 4 hours 6 minutes

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Short works

538

Ontario Readers: Third Book

The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary works, both stories and poems, geared to grade-school age children. (Summary by...

David Lawrence and 20 more 7 hours 15 minutes

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General

486

Jacob Abbott - Richard I

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history,...

Andrew Wilson and 6 more 6 hours 26 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant

Early Modern

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Louis Aubrey Wood - Chronicles of Canada Volume 16 - The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant

'Thayendanegea!' The name was taken from the great book of nature. It was a birth-name of the Mohawks meaning two sticks of wood bound together, a sign of strength; and the woman hoped that her tiny child might...

Esther and 5 more 2 hours 40 minutes Chronicles of Canada Series

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War & Military

612

Xenophon - Anabasis

Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having...

Graham Redman and 5 more 9 hours 5 minutes

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History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 1

Middle Ages/Middle History

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Henry Charles Lea - History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 1

The first volume of Lea’s monumental work on the Inquisition of Spain, covering its origin and establishment and its relations with the state. Also included are appendices listing Tribunals, Inquisitors-General,...

Kristine Bekere and 19 more 24 hours 55 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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