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Secrets of the Woods
William J. LongWood Folk Series Book III in a series of nature books which describe the life, habitat, and behaviors of various woodland creatures by naturalist a...
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Sir Walter ScottA Romance A historical fiction novel based in England during the Middle Ages. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, it has been credited wi...
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Charles KingsleyOr, Greek Fairy Tales For My Children Kingley’s classic retelling of the Greek stories of Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The book is intended...
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Louisa May AlcottLife at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys A sequel to Little Women, Little Men recounts the life of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the various children at Plumf...
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Washington IrvingThe Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...
View full detailsThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinA Great American The life of Benjamin Franklin as told by himself. The autobiography covers Franklin's early life, work as a printer, travel to Eur...
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Washington IrvingThe Headless Horseman A Gothic story set in the countryside of Tarry Town whose secluded glen is known for it’s ghosts and haunting atmosphere. Ic...
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Howard PyleRobin Hood and His Merry Men The story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men and their adventures in Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood is an English outlaw wh...
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Lewis CarrollAnd What Alice Found There The sequel to Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a m...
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Howard PyleA Hand Of Silver Is Better Than A Hand Of Iron The story of Otto Conrad, the son of Baron Conrad, a German robber baron of Castle Drachenhausen (Dr...
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John MiltonAn Epic Poem John Milton’s epic poem about the Fall of Man including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel, Satan, and their expulsion...
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Mark TwainA Masterpiece of American Literature The story of Tom Sawyer, a young boy growing up along the Mississippi river in the fictional town of St. Peter...
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Eleanor PorterThe First Glad Book The story of Pollyanna Whitter, an eleven-year-old orphan who goes to live with her wealthy, but stern and cold Aunt Polly. To...
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Clara BartonGlimpses of Field Work Clara Harlowe Barton’s retelling of her founding of the American Red Cross and the subsequent disasters the Red Cross respon...
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J. M. BarriePeter Pan Originally published as a play in 1904 and a novel in 1911, Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. Both the novel and play ...
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Louisa May AlcottMeg, Jo, Beth, and Amy The story of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy —and their passage from childhood to womanhood. The novel is loos...
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Anna SewellThe Autobiography of a Horse The first person memoirs from Black Beauty. Beginning with his days as a colt on an English farm with his mother to hi...
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G. K. ChestertonA Classic of Christian Apologetics Chesterton considered Orthodoxy as a companion to his other work, Heretics, writing it expressly in response to ...
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Andrew LangArabian Nights Andrew Lang’s retelling of the famous stories of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic) also known as Arabian Nights (English). The wo...
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Edith NesbitThe Three Chimneys The story of a family who moves to a home near a railway after their father is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying....
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Kenneth GrahameAn English Classic Follow Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger on their adventures in the English countryside. These stories are for those “who keep the spi...
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Charles DickensBeing a Ghost Story of Christmas The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob M...
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Robert Louis StevensonOr The Mutiny of The Hispaniola A coming-of-age adventure novel narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. The book had an enormous influence ...
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Robert Louis StevensonThe Adventures of David Balfour A historical fiction novel set in the 18th century around Scottish events. The story is narrated by David Balfour, ...
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Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden The story of Mary Lennox, a 10 year old girl, and her time after the death of her parents in India. Mary is sent to live with her...
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Mark TwainTom Sawyer’s Comrade Huckleberry Finn and his friend, Tom Sawyer, have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adve...
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Louisa May AlcottA Village Story Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are best friends and are always seen together; so much so that Janey receives the nickname “Jill” to mimi...
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Albert Payson TerhuneA Dog The adventures of Lad, a rough collie, who lives at the Place. Lad is based on Terhune’s real life collie who was born in 1902. The book is o...
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Niccolò MachiavelliDe Principatibus A political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instructory guide for new prince...
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L. M. MontgomeryThe Good Stars Met in Your Horoscope The story of Anne Shirley, an imaginative and talkative orphan girl. Mistakenly sent to live with Marilla and ...
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Johanna SpyriA Story of the Swiss Alps Cornelli is the only child of her widowed yet wealthy father and is used to getting her way. When business calls her fath...
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Charlotte BronteAn Autobiography Originally entitled: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, and published under the pen name ‘Currer Bell,’ Charlotte Bronte’s Victorian era...
View full detailsBulfinch's Mythology
Thomas BulfinchMythos Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, published in 1855; The Age of Chiv...
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G. K. ChestertonA Nightmare Set in Edwardian-era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. He meets Lucian Gregor...
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Nathaniel HawthorneA Romance A classic work of historical fiction set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649. The novel tells the story of Hester P...
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Edgar Allan PoeThe Raven A narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The poem tells the story of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a t...
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