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The War of The Worlds
H. G. Wells‘Are we or they Lords of the World?’ One of the earliest works of fiction to detail a conflict between mankind and an extra-terrestrial race, the s...
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Charles KingsleyA Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby A children’s novel about a young chimney sweep named Tom who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl...
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Arthur Conan DoyleHundred Years’ War A historical adventure novel set in England, France, and Spain during the Hundred Years’ War against the backdrop of the campaig...
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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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G. K. ChestertonThe Father Brown Series A collection of detective short stories featuring Father Brown, a Catholic priest with a keen intellect and a deep understa...
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Andrew LangFairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the four...
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G. A. HentyThe Times of Hannibal The story follows Malchus, Hannibal’s cousin, as he joins Hannibal in his attempt to conquer Rome in the Second Punic War (21...
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H. E. MarshallThe Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of North America for children. Starting with the Viking exploration and brief...
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Jerome K. Jerome(To Say Nothing of the Dog) A humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the River Thames by three men and a dog. Initially intended to be a...
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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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Richard Henry DanaA Vacation Voyage Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s travel narrative of his trip to Cuba in 1859. While the United States was contemplating the annexation ...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
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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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Arabella BuckleyEyes and No Eyes The fifth of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series. This book covers trees and shrubs found in Northern climate...
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William ShakespeareA Shakespearean Comedy The story begins with a shipwreck that separates Viola, a young woman, from her twin brother, Sebastian. Viola disguises her...
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Richard Henry DanaA Personal Narrative of Life at Sea The book recounts Dana’s experiences as a common sailor on a merchant ship during the early 1830s. Motivated by...
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Harriet Beecher StoweOr, Life Among the Lowly The classic anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a profound effect on the attitudes of the public to...
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Dorothy CanfieldFrom City to Farm Elizabeth Ann, an orphan, lives a sheltered city life with her father’s Aunt Harriet and Cousin Frances. Her life is turned upsid...
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P. G. WodehouseUnexpectedly Difficult Wodehouse was one of the most widely read humorists of the twentieth century. This story tells of amiable but hard-up "Bill"...
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Charlotte YongeThe Captivity of Mary of Scotland Historical fiction based on the life of Mary of Scotland during the reign of her cousin Queen Elizabeth and the s...
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Booker T. WashingtonAn Autobiography The autobiography of the American educator, Booker T. Washington. Washington chronicles more than forty years of his life covering...
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Jennie HallThe Vikings The story of Harald Fairhair, starting in childhood, and his many adventures as he unites Norway as their king. As the Viking populatio...
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Henry David ThoreauOr, Life in the Woods. Written by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, the book is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundin...
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Eva March TappanThe Middle Ages A review of life in the Middle Ages. Each chapter covers a different topic including knights, tournaments, castles, daily life, pi...
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Frank H. SpearmanA Classic Western A classic Western novel that follows the story of railroad detective, Luke “Whispering” Smith, as he navigates the treacherous wo...
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Jack LondonWolfdog Set in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush, the story follows the journey of a wolf-dog hybrid named ...
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Arabella BuckleyEyes and No Eyes The first of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series. This book covers animals, insects, and plant life found in ...
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Eliza BrightwenThe Animal World Eliza Brightwen, a popular Victorian-era naturalist, re-counts her many experiences with the wild creatures she encountered on her...
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G. A. HentyThe Relief of the Legations The story follows Rex Bateman, the son of an English merchant, during the Siege of Pekin during the Boxer Rebellion. Re...
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R. Cadwallader SmithEyes and No Eyes The second of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals of the deep sea...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of the Thirty Years War The story follows Hector Campbell, the orphaned son of a Scottish officer in the French Army during the Thirty Years...
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G. A. HentyA Story of The Norman Conquest Wulf of Steyning is thane to King Harold Godwinson assisting him in the Welsh wars and taking part in the Battle of ...
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