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15 - Chapter XV

In Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting

In The Iron Horse

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R. M. Ballantyne


“Is that your bundle, sir?” repeated Mr Blunt a little louder. “Eh? yes, yes—all right,” replied Edwin, annoyed at the interruption, and thi…

Chapter 35 - Psalm 105

In Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms (version 2)

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King James Version


The book of Psalms is a collection of the works of at least six authors.The book of Psalms has been a source of inspiration to all those bel…

The Ghost That Got The Button

In Humorous Ghost Stories

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Dorothy Scarborough


Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- …

Chapter 9

In Abandoned

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Jules Verne


Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a …

04 - Tom is Imprisoned

In Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

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Victor Appleton


Otherwise known as 'Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series. Tom persuades his father to us…

Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head

In Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

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James Baldwin


Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythol…

First Impressions Of Yucatan

In The American Egypt

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Channing Arnold


Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen…

14 - Chapter 3B

In John Quincy Adams

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John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

67alt - A Sermon to Leopold (alternate reading)

In Thomas Wingfold, Curate

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George MacDonald


Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no re…

Cromwell 1599-1658

In Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages Volume 2

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George Hodges


In this second volume, Hodges uses stories of the lives of fourteen well-known saints and heroes of the faith to continue the history of the…

William McKinley

In Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable

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Jean S. Remy


Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jac…

The Axton Letters

In The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

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William Macharg and Edward Balmer and William MacHarg


To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" released on LibriVox, here is a collection of stor…