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The Wendigo

Read by Amy Gramour

Algernon Blackwood

Another camper tale, this time set in the Canadian wilderness. A hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the W…

The Man Whom the Trees Loved

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Algernon Blackwood

The story of a man’s deep connection with nature and his wife’s fear of it. –Summary by Amy Larch Gramour

A Romance of Two Worlds

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Marie Corelli

The book starts with a young heroine telling her story of coping with a debilitating illness that includes depression and thoughts of suicid…

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Collected Translations

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Omar Khayyám

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of…

Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity

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Robert N Bader, Donald J Coxwell and Thomas R. Johnson

In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same…

27 - Chapter XXVII: MYTHS

In The Marble Faun

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical …

The Spanish-English Lady, Part 2

In The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Walter K. Kelly, Translator) and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of "exemplary" stories, this translated version from 1881 brings …

05 - Mrs. Tebrick yearns to be outside like a wild fox.

In Lady Into Fox

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David Garnett

When Sylvia Tebrick, the 24-year-old wife of Richard Tebrick, suddenly turns into a fox while they are out walking in the woods, Mr. Tebrick…

Ch. XIX: The Carboniferous

In The Elements of Geology

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William Harmon Norton

Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…