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The History Of Sir Richard Calmady

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Lucas Malet


Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. She became a hugely successful Victorian novelist, rivalling Rud…

William Penn

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George Hodges


Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel

The Priceless Pearl

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Alice Duer Miller


Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …

Oh, Money! Money!

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Eleanor H. Porter


Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how …

Brewster's Millions

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George Barr Mccutcheon


The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…

The Midnight Passenger

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Richard Henry Savage


Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death. But Hug…

The Story of Wool

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Sara Ware Bassett


Mr. Clark and Donald spend a year out west to the Crescent Ranch in Idaho learning about raising sheep. (summary by David O)

The Wall Street Girl

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Frederick O. Bartlett


After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, …

David Ransom's Watch

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Pansy


A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…

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…

Ragged Dick

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Horatio Alger, Jr.


Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting "the American Dream" of poor boys making good …

Dan, the Newsboy

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Horatio Alger, Jr.


Dan and his mother are poor, so he begins selling newspapers on the streets of New York City. His perseverance, hard work, and honesty are q…

The Financier

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


Theodore Dreiser


In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money by buying cheap soaps on the market and selling it back w…

The History of Mr. Polly

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H. G. Wells


A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…

In Pawn

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Ellis Parker Butler


Inspired by "Lives of the Saints", fat, lazy, good-for-nothing Harvey Redding decides to give up the junk-collecting business, and…

Bacon

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Richard William Church


This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…

Mr H

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Charles Lamb


Mr H is a farce that was first performed at Drury Lane in 1806. The plot is slender and revolves around a single rather feeble joke, but the…

A Guide to Men

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Helen Rowland


A series of occasionally witty one-liners, poems and considerations on the subject of Men, Women and their Conjunction. By turns tender, bla…

Perkins of Portland

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Ellis Parker Butler


Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions dir…

The Stretton Street Affair

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William Le Queux


Hugh Gabriel has recently been repatriated from the war and has rejoined his old firm as an electrical engineer. On the way to visit his unc…

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