Tony Oliva

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British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Wirt Sikes - British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

The British Isles, in particular Wales, are renowned for legend and folklore. The author, an American journalist working in Europe, was appointed Consul to Wales and thus began his fascination with Welsh folklore....

Lynne T and 11 more 11 hours 28 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gibbs - In Search of Mademoiselle

Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores… The most...

Tony Oliva 11 hours 26 minutes

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General Fiction

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W. Somerset Maugham - Mrs. Craddock

“I thought it was you I saw coming up the hill,” she said, stretching out her hand. He stopped and shook it; the touch of his big, firm fingers made her tremble. His hand was massive and hard as if it were hewn...

Tony Oliva 11 hours 8 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gibbs - Forbidden Way

...he went over to a cracked mirror in the corner and examined his face, grinning at his image and touching the red marks with his fingers. «That was a love-tap for fair,» he said. «I reckon I deserved it. But...

Tony Oliva 10 hours 54 minutes

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Romance

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George Gibbs - Yellow Dove

A World War 1 spy vs spy novel. Oh! And perhaps I should also mention, a bit of romance? «I am sorry,” he said coolly, „awfully sorry. As you know, I would have had things different. You may still doubt me when I...

Tony Oliva 10 hours 51 minutes

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Animals & Nature

Marshall Saunders - "Boy" The Wandering Dog

Another 'dog's-eye view' book for children by this early activist for the American Humane Society. In this tale, we follow the travels and adventures of Boy, a loveable and loyal wire-haired fox-terrier in city and...

Lynne T and 10 more 9 hours 13 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Arthur J. Rees - Mystery of the Downs

«The storm had descended swiftly, sweeping in suddenly from the sea, driving across the downs to the hills at high speed, blotting out the faint rays of a crescent moon and hiding the country-side beneath a pall of...

Tony Oliva 8 hours 52 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Ray Cummings - Tarrano the Conqueror

In «Tarrano the Conqueror» is presented a tale of the year 2430 A.D.--a time somewhat farther beyond our present-day era than we are beyond Columbus' discovery of America. My desire has been to create for you the...

Tony Oliva 8 hours 36 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Sabine Baring-Gould - Curiosities of Olden Times

This book is a collection of 17 gems of random knowledge, such as what women are made of and the philosopher's stone, written in Baring-Gould's own style. (Summary by Carolin)

K.G.Cross and 11 more 8 hours 35 minutes

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Historical Fiction

Anatole France - Gods are Athirst

The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by Anatole France. The story follows the young Parisian painter Évariste...

Nicholas Clifford and 12 more 8 hours 32 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Ray Cummings - Fire People

In effect Professor Newland declared that the curious astronomical phenomena of the previous November--the new «stars» observed, the two meteors that had fallen with their red and green light-fire--were all evidence...

Tony Oliva 8 hours 8 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Edmund Gosse - Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh's plan in 1584 for colonization in the «Colony and Dominion of Virginia» (which included the present-day states of North Carolina and Virginia) in North America ended in failure at Roanoke Island,...

musil and 7 more 7 hours 43 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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