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Romance

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Susan Warner - Nobody

There are many romantic tales about a handsome and rich man falling in love with a beautiful lower class woman over the objections of his family. Remember Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy? however, it takes...

Arie and 10 more 16 hours 42 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

607

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Wyvern Mystery

A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two handsome young sons,...

Amy and 11 more 15 hours 12 minutes

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Religion

473

Thomas De Witt Talmage - T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him

The Autobiography of Thomas De Witt Talmage, he was one of the most prominent religious leaders in the United States during the mid 19th century. His sermons which have been put into writing are convicting,...

David Olson and 8 more 12 hours 21 minutes

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Historical Fiction

467

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Armourer's Prentices

Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer,...

Lynne T and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Historical Fiction

527

Florence Morse Kingsley - Paul: A Herald of the Cross

This is an exciting sequel to the earlier books Titus: A Comrade of the Cross and Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross . It tells the story of the apostle Paul, from his conversion through his imprisonment. ( Rachel)

Rachel and 12 more 11 hours 6 minutes

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Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

Memoirs

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Charles Ball - Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work. (Summary by Tom Causby)

Tom Causby and 7 more 10 hours 47 minutes

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Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main

Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main

An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together with pirates of the famed Spanish Main. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

Lynne T and 7 more 10 hours 40 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

433

James Oliver Curwood - Courage of Marge O'Doone

David Raine is travelling, trying to escape his own memories. On the train he meets Father Rolland, who invites him North, to a world of «mystery and savage glory», to help him find himself again. On the same train,...

Natalie Paula and 5 more 9 hours 57 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

575

Mary Roberts Rinehart - K.

«K» is the initial of the mysterious lodger without a first name who rents a room from Sidney to escape his past. Sidney herself refuses the proposals of Joe in order to become a nurse and do useful work in the...

Beth Thomas and 16 more 9 hours 51 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Alexander Whyte - Bunyan Characters Volume II

This is the second volume of four which goes into the details of Characters from John Bunyan's books. This one continues with the characters of Pilgrims Progress. Summary by fiddlesticks

fiddlesticks and 11 more 9 hours 21 minutes

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Christianity - Biographies

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Arabella M. Willson - Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons

This book follows the three amazing stories of Adoniram Judson's wives, Ann, Sarah, and Emily. Each wife went through incredible hardships, but each hardship only proved to make them strong women of faith, who despite...

Kimberly Krause and 1 more 9 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

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Grace Livingston Hill - Dawn of the Morning

Fresh from school, mistreated and neglected by her father and stepmother, sixteen-year-old Dawn consents to marry a friend of her father's whom she has only met, but the wedding does not go as planned. Scared and...

Barbara Hale and 10 more 9 hours 8 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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