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Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The D…
The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers
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Arthur Ransome
Acclaimed British author Arthur Ransome presents us with a small collection of charming and wistful sketches on the character of the street,…
Alarms and Discursions
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G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…
Varied Types
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G. K. Chesterton
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …
Creative Mind
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Ernest Shurtleff Holmes
This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power…
Pollyanna Grows Up
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Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman se…
See You At The Morgue
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Lawrence G. Blochman
When a gigolo is shot to death in the bedroom of a beautiful girl, it raises some perplexing problems for Detective Kenny Kilkenny. Why, for…
The Circular Study
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Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…
Sesame and Lilies
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John Ruskin
Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live.About earlier and late…
Bob and Ray WOR 750 January 20th 1976
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"Wing Po” On the Oregon Trail “ Word Wizard” “ Elmer W Lipsinger – SPY” New Airstrip “ Do it Yourself-er” Plastic Tree “ Mary Backstayg…
Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way
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Frank Tousey
The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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Louisa May Alcott
Polly Milton, a 14-year-old country girl, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is …
The Peterkin Papers (version 2)
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Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …
Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton
These eleven files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for …
Bill Nye's Cordwood
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Bill Nye
From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…
Biltmore Oswald
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J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
The Wrong Letter
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Walter S. Masterman
The Home Secretary is found murdered. Even more bizarre is that the fact is communicated to the Scotland Yard before the commission of the d…
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
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Thomas Reid
"That excellent book by Thomas Reid, the Inquiry into the Human Mind (first edition, 1764; 6th edition, 1810), as a negative proof of t…