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Thomas Peckett Prest - Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2

Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula , which it heavily influenced. Flora...

Roger Melin and 14 more 22 hours 45 minutes

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Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War

Early Modern

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Thomas Guthrie Marquis - Chronicles of Canada Volume 15 - The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War

This is the history of Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765. It includes the siege of Detroit and his ultimate defeat. Summary by Esther.

Esther and 6 more 3 hours Chronicles of Canada Series

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History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries

Antiquity

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Samuel Cheetham - History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries

The intention of this work is to provide a sketch of the History of the Church in the first six centuries of its existence, resting throughout on original authorities, and also giving references to the principal...

Kristine Bekere and 6 more 15 hours 19 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Gerald Nolst Trenité - Chaos

«The Chaos» is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), also known under the pseudonym Charivarius. It first appeared in an...

Alan Davis Drake and 12 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Romance

Pansy - Ester Ried

Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name «Pansy.» Ester Ried's life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family's boardinghouse. She's overworked, jealous and cranky, a poor example of a Christian to her...

TriciaG 7 hours 16 minutes The Ester Ried Series by Pansy

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Humorous Fiction

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Don Marquis - Danny's Own Story

Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home because they need a new topic over which to bicker. Bicker they do, and fight...

Dan Kaufman and 7 more 7 hours 9 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Marcus Clarke - For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life...

Landii and 8 more 18 hours 21 minutes

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Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

Modern (20th C)

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William Hanford Edwards - Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America.(summary by Ian Hatley)

Ian Hatley and 17 more 10 hours 26 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Henry L. Williams - Lincoln Story Book

Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form — compiled by Henry L. Williams The Abraham Lincoln Statue at Chicago...

Ernst Schnell and 33 more 9 hours 55 minutes

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Family Life

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Grace Livingston Hill - Marcia Schuyler

A compelling love triangle. Marcia is young & sweet. Her older sister Kate is vain & selfish. Marcia deeply admires the man that Kate is to marry: handsome & respected David Spafford. But on the eve of the wedding,...

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Fantastic Fiction

G. K. Chesterton - Ball and the Cross

The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a «mixture of fantasy, farce and theology.» Gardner continues: «Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired,...

Matthew C. Heckel and 1 more 8 hours 36 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Sir George Webbe Dasent - Popular Tales from the Norse

The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the...

thedingo and 36 more 17 hours 23 minutes

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New

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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