Family & Relationships
The Reason Why
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Robert Kemp Philp
This collection of useful information on "Common Things" is put in the interesting form of "Why and Because," and compre…
My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard
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Elizabeth Cooper
"I hope that this book, based on letters shown me many years after they were written, will give a faint idea of the life of a Chinese l…
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion
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Lyndon Orr
"Famous Affinities of History" is a book of passion-filled accounts of the most famous love affairs of history. The stories of Cle…
Beautiful Joe
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Marshall Saunders
Beautiful Joe is a real dog, and "Beautiful Joe" is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master…
The Fairy of the Snows
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Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to la…
Tom Playfair; or Making a Start
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Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12.The stor…
When Shadows Die
Read by Bridget Gaige
E.D.E.N. Southworth
A sequel to "Her Mothers Secret" and "Love's Bitterest Cup" (Bridget Gaige)
By The Turtles of Tasman
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Jack London
Turn of the century sibling rivalry between successful but uptight California businessman and his ne'er-do-well older brother, both widowers…
Driven Back To Eden
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Edward P. Roe
Frustrated with life in the tenements generally and the negative influences on his children specifically, a father decides to move his famil…
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
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Anthony Trollope
Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sist…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
E. M. Delafield
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…
Mother
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Kathleen Norris
With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. A…
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
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Laurence Housman
It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to w…
Stories of Successful Marriages
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Walter Besant
A collection of short stories by celebrated authors on the subject of successful marriages. Pieces originally appeared in other publications…
One Day More
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Joseph Conrad
A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and sav…
The Christmas Hirelings
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pa…
Our Little English Cousin (Version 2)
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Blanche Mcmanus
Find out about the life of Edith, a little English child living at the turn of the last century. This is a fictionalised account of her dai…
Little Miss Grasshopper
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Johanna Spyri
The Feland family go on a holiday in Switzerland. While there, their impulsive younger daughter gets into a scrape that teaches the whole fa…
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms
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Harriet Lummis Smith
Pollyanna marries sweetheart Jimmy Pendleton, and together they move to start their married life in Boston. The book follows their many adve…
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
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Laura Lee Hope
This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6-year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5-year old little girl. You wil…