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The Cliff-Dwellers

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Henry Blake Fuller


Between the former site of old Fort Dearborn and the present site of our newest Board of Trade there lies a restricted yet tumultuous territ…

Tales from Silver Lands

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Charles Finger


The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American i…

The Golden Book of Springfield

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Vachel Lindsay


The Golden Book of Springfield is American poet Vachel Lindsay's strange and mystical odyssey through the Springfield, Illinois of 2018, whe…

The Garies and their Friends

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Frank Webb


The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery…

Short Stories in Prose and Verse

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Henry Lawson


Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …

Old Santeclaus

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Clement Clarke Moore


Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Bib…

Innocencia: a story of the prairie regions of Brazil

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Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay


The story of Innocencia, an 18-year-old girl who lives in the prairies of Brazil, is a twist on the traditional love triangle. The plot has …

Deux petits sabots

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Ouida


Une jolie histoire d’une auteure sensible au talent reconnu… Voici Bébée, jeune fille douce, sensible, naïve aussi. Elle …

Ramona, la Conquête américaine au Mexique

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Helen Hunt Jackson


Ramona (titre original : Ramona) est un roman historique de Helen Hunt Jackson paru en 1884 aux États-Unis. L'histoire est celle d'un…

Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 18

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Various


This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country

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William Charles Griggs


The following stories have been taken from the great[v] mass of unwritten lore that is to the black-eyed, brown-skinned boys and girls of th…

Yellow Butterflies

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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews


The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…

Black Tales for White Children

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Nancy Stigand and Chauncey Hugh Stigand


Chauncey Hugh Stigand wrote this book of 29 East African folktales together with his wife, Nancy Stigand. Stigard was an officer in the Brit…

The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda

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Rosetta Baskerville


Rosetta Baskerville was the wife of George Baskerville, a missionary in Uganda. Some of the folktales in this book, published in 1925, are s…

Garthowen: A Story of a Welsh Homestead

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Allen Raine


The story centers around the Owens' family and young ‘Morva of the Moor’, the prettiest girl in the world.The Owens of Garthowen, once a pre…

Ikom Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria

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Elphinstone Dayrell


Elphinstone Daryell [1869-1917] was a British colonial administrator in southern Nigeria who had an interest in anthropology and folklore. T…

Balloons

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Elizabeth Bibesco


Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco, was an English writer and socialite. The daughter of a British Prime Minister and the wife of a Romanian aristo…

Deirdre

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James Stephens


Beautiful, playful young Deirdre, caught in the crosshairs of Ireland's wily, chauvinistic King Conachur, who desires to marry her after his…

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