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19 books
Historical Fiction
1.9K
Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...
18 hours 32 minutes
General
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Frances Jenkins Olcott - Good Stories for Great Birthdays
«Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South America. In the stories are more than 75 historical characters, men, women, and...
10 hours 14 minutes
Animals & Nature
843
Flora Klickmann - Flower-Patch Among the Hills
After poor health forced Klickmann to move from London to the country, she began writing a series of sketches for The Girl's Own Paper and in 1916 she published the first of a series of books based on them. Her...
7 hours 43 minutes
Essays & Short Works
1.1K
Robert Lynd - Pleasures of Ignorance
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. — Summary by Larry...
5 hours 35 minutes
Humorous Fiction
1.1K
Bill Nye - Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor
«What this country needs, aside from a new Indian policy and a style of poison for children which will be liable to kill rats if they eat it by accident, is a Railway Guide which will be just as good two years ago as...
4 hours 49 minutes
