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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Household Tales

The complete Brothers Grimm stories, as translated directly from the German. Some of the stories will be familiar such as The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. Other tales are less well known such as The Three...

Beth Thomas and 39 more 30 hours 18 minutes

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Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

Action & Adventure

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William Patten - Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The stories are suitable for all ages and as with the rest of the series include the...

Ariphron and 16 more 14 hours 32 minutes The Junior Classics

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Action & Adventure

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Ian Bernard Stoughton Holborn - Child of the Moat

Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 year old girl named Avis Dolphin. She later complained that books for girls...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 12 hours 10 minutes

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Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Songling Pu - Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

«Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio» (or «Strange Tales of Liaozhai») is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling during the early Qing Dynasty. It was written in Classical...

Availle and 19 more 12 hours 6 minutes

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Animals & Nature

478

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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War & Military

533

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Fireside Chats

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt thirty radio addresses made throughout his terms as President of the United States between 1933 and 1944. The speeches are snapshots of American life during the turbulent decade...

Maria Kasper and 10 more 9 hours 2 minutes

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Cooking

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Thomas Richard Allinson - Dr. Allinson's cookery book

This is a cookbook promoting vegetarian recipes. The author of the book, Dr. Thomas Allinson, had strong views about health issues — he promoted vegetarian cooking and wholegrain bread, among other things which are...

BettyB and 5 more 7 hours 39 minutes

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

Literary Collections

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John Adams - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

Jennifer Fournier and 8 more 7 hours 35 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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Cooking

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Arthur Gay Payne - Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery

This is a little cookbook of vegetarian recipes, which were only slowly gaining popularity in England at the time of its publication in 1891. The recipes are all very clearly described, and any modern listener should...

BettyB and 7 more 7 hours 18 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Marie of Romania Alexandra Victoria - Dreamer of Dreams

Eric, artist for the king, has created a marvelous painting of a royal wedding. It is finished except for the face of the queen, which appeared to him in a dream. When he awoke, he had forgotten the form of the...

iloveyu and 11 more 5 hours 49 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margaret Vandercook - Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill

Betty Ashton is so very bored! She is in her home, wanting something interesting to do, when she meets her new companion, Esther Clark. Esther has just arrived at the request of Mrs Ashton, to live with Betty and to...

Debbie R. Baker Robinson and 6 more 5 hours 39 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Frederick Trevor Hill - Lincoln, The Lawyer

This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his practice as a lawyer. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Larry Wilson and 5 more 5 hours 22 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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