Timothy Ferguson

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Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

The sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreordained land of romance. In all ages and with all sea-going races there has...

Arnie Horton and 5 more 4 hours 46 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

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Andrew Lang - Letters to Dead Authors

With twenty two letters, addressed to various already deceased authors, Andrew Lang discusses literary subjects with his usual humour and acidity. The impulse for the writing of the letters came, almost as a joke,...

Brian Mansi and 9 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 002

A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Sandarroch and 10 more 4 hours 34 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Poetry

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Australian Miscellany

A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry — we only asked that the readings should have some sort of Australian hook. So they can be by an Australian...

Algy Pug and 12 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, cooking, humor, medicine,...

Betsie Bush and 9 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Children's Fiction

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Jennie Hall - Viking Tales

Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)

Timothy Ferguson and 10 more 3 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Literary Taste: How to Form It

Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 describe his method for learning to enjoy literature. Chapters 11, 12, and 13...

Timothy Ferguson 3 hours

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Poetry

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Maria J. Moss - Poetical Cook-Book

This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the civil war in the United States. The recipes are sound and can be used still...

Matthew Datcher and 7 more 2 hours 49 minutes

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Single author

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Andrew Barton Paterson - Man from Snowy River and Other Verses

A collection of poems by Australian poet Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson, picturesque glimpses into life in the Bush. From the preface: «A number of these verses are now published for the first time, most of the others...

Christoph Donges and 11 more 2 hours 35 minutes

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Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty

Literary Criticism

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty

Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. — Summary by Timothy Ferguson

Timothy Ferguson 1 hour 59 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Lacy Collison-Morley - Greek and Roman Ghost Stories

A non-fiction work, comparing and collecting ghost stories by Classical Greek and Republican or Imperial Roman authors. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Timothy Ferguson 1 hour 55 minutes

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Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series One

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series One

Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Timothy Ferguson 1 hour 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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