Betsie Bush
Organic Gardener's Composting
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Steve Solomon
The art and science of composting is presented in a humorous and readable manner from the basic elements to the in-depth science. An entire …
The Lair of the White Worm
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Bram Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. I…
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway
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Steve Solomon
Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener. Water conservation is the focus of thi…
The Gift of the Magi
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O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their on…
A Sicilian Romance
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Ann Radcliffe
A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The pl…
Dandelion Cottage
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Carroll Watson Rankin
Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel is Dandelion Cottage, published in 1904 by Henry Holt and Company. She first wrote the story serial…
It's Like This, Cat
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Emily Neville
1964 Newbery Medal winner, It's Like This, Cat is the story of a young man, Dave Mitchell, and how he grew to maturity, helped along indirec…
Fishing with a Worm
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Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry includes the poignant and philosophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry wa…
The Moon Metal
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Garrett P. Serviss
Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was an astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss showed a talent fo…
Deephaven
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Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
American Cookery
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Amelia Simmons
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks …
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
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Waldemar Bonsels
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is an exciting tale for children of all ages. Themes of growth and development of courage and wisdom are foun…
Rootabaga Stories
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…
The Girls of Gardenville
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Carroll Watson Rankin
It is pleasant to have another book about a group of merry, natural girls, who have the attractions of innocence and youthful faults. "…
Tale of Brownie Beaver
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Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books, centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weavin…
The Copper Princess
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Kirk Munroe
The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines is an adventure set in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The delightful story …
Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation)
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The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis, The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated By Charlton Miner Lewis
Charlton Miner Lewis' version of Gawayne and the Green Knight, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telli…
The Cinder Pond
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Carroll Watson Rankin
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…
What Diantha Did
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
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Imogen Clark
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
When Lighthouses are Dark: a Story of a Lake Superior Island
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Ethel C. Brill
The story of four children stranded on a Lake Superior island. They take refuge in a deserted lighthouse hoping to survive the winter. (Summ…
The Merry Anne
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
This 1904 maritime adventure is set in the Great Lakes region, upon water and in wood. Our hero is caught in a smuggling scheme and may lose…
Calumet “K”
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
"A novel, with several elements of rather unusual interest. As a tale, it is swift, simple, and absorbing, and one does not willingly p…
The Jingle Book
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Carolyn Wells
A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children.
Cornhuskers
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg's collection of 103 poems that earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Letters Award in 1919.
Girl Scout Collection
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Various
These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…
The Short Line War
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Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
"The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-W…