Roger Melin

Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It

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William Walker Atkinson



An in-depth series of chapters devoted to the use of our memory system; as the title suggests, how to develop our memory system, how to trai…

History of Billy the Kid

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Charles A. Siringo



A cowboy outlaw whose youthful daring has never been equalled in the annals of criminal history.When a bullet pierced his heart he was less …

Can Such Things Be?

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Ambrose Bierce



24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling…

Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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William R. Lighton



In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missou…

The Mystery of the Hidden Room

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Christopher Harvey and Marion Harvey



A classic mystery/detective story in the Sherlock Holmes tradition, the hidden room suggested by the title of this book does not remain a my…

The Jewel of Seven Stars

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Bram Stoker



The Jewel of Seven Stars (also published under the name: The Jewel of the Seven Stars) is a horror novel by Bram Stoker first published in 1…

The Flying Saucers are Real

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Donald Keyhoe



The Flying Saucers are Real is a book that investigates numerous encounters between USAF fighters, personnel, and other aircraft, and UFOs b…

The Lone Ranger Rides

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Fran Striker



Fans of the old radio shows and the TV series The Lone Ranger will recognize the characters in this book - the Lone Ranger, his faithful Ind…

Fathers and Sons

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Ivan Turgenev



The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazaro…

The Mad Planet

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Murray Leinster



It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the…

The Valley of Silent Men

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James Oliver Curwood



Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decid…

The Country Beyond

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James Oliver Curwood



The Country Beyond, subtitled A Romance In the Wilderness, is a story of "Jolly" Roger McKay, an outcast on the run from the law; …

Deep Lake Mystery

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Carolyn Wells



Imagine, if you will, a murder committed in a sealed room. A room which has been sealed from the inside, that is, with no possible means of …

The Gray Phantom

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Herman Landon



A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick…

The Black Star

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Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley



The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, ra…

The Flaming Forest

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James Oliver Curwood



A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him capt…

No Clue! A Mystery Story

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James Hay



“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when …

The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects

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Edward J. Ruppelt



'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official pr…

The Gold Hunters

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James Oliver Curwood



In The Gold Hunters we find 3 men in search of a treasure of gold hidden away in the upper reaches of the Canadian wilderness. One, a young …

The House by the Lock

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Alice Muriel Williamson



What secrets lay within the walls of the house by the lock? What secrets, if any, are held by the man who owns that mysterious house?A body …

The Thing from the Lake

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Eleanor M. Ingram



To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assista…

The Mystery Girl

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Carolyn Wells



Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…

The Brand of Silence

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Johnston McCulley and Johnston Mcculley



Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A…

The Story of the Pony Express

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Glenn D. Bradley



The Story of the Pony Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly popul…

The Secret of Lonesome Cove

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Samuel Hopkins Adams



A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near…

Unidentified Flying Objects

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United States Federal Bureau Of Investigation



Through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) this series of communications has been de-classified and made public. Most names have bee…

The Trail of the Axe

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Ridgwell Cullum



Dave ran a lumber mill in western Canada. There are some workers within his organization who he trusts implicitly, some who he doesn't trust…

Flower of the North

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James Oliver Curwood



Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he tho…

The Danger Trail

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James Oliver Curwood



Chicago engineer Jack Howland is sent to the edge of the Canadian barren lands north of Prince Albert to establish a train route through som…

The Golden Snare

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James Oliver Curwood



With but two years of service in the RNMP Philip Raine finds himself somewhat unwillingly on the trail of Bram Johnson, wanted for murder an…

The Clue

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Carolyn Wells



Once Carolyn Wells began, or re-invented her writing career, 'The Clue' was her initial book which strayed from children's writings into mys…

Three Thousand Dollars

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Anna Katharine Green



This short story by Anna Katharine Green revolves around a plot to steal some goods secured safely within an impenetrable vault within the c…

The Valley of the Giants

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Peter B. Kyne



The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in hi…

Isobel

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James Oliver Curwood



Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mount…

Tangled Trails

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William Macleod Raine



The aptly titled "Tangled Trails, A Western Detective Story" takes the listener through a web of curious incidents revolving aroun…

Midnight

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Octavus Roy Cohen



The crime seemed to have lost itself in the sleety cold of the December midnight upon which it was committed. The trails were not blind--the…

The Mystery of the Locks

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E. W. Howe



Davy's Bend was a dying, lonely, uncared-for river town. So when a stranger showed up one day and bought the old unoccupied house called 'Th…

The Honor of the Big Snows

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James Oliver Curwood



What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever ch…

On Secret Service

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William Nelson Taft



Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to e…

The Land of Frozen Suns

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Bertrand W. Sinclair



Bertrand W. Sinclair was known for his novels which centered in and around the rugged and frozen terrain of Montana and later, British Colum…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

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Fred M. White



The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

Six Feet Four

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Jackson Gregory



A hotel is robbed one night, and a cowboy makes his getaway with but few witnesses. When a young woman is also robbed, suspicion falls on on…

The Black Fawn

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Jim Kjelgaard



Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was…

Under the Andes

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Rex Stout



Under the Andes was written by Rex Stout years before his creation of the immensely popular Nero Wolfe series of novels, and while perhaps h…

The Secret Battle

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A.P. Herbert and A. P. Herbert



Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero sta…

Nomads of the North

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James Oliver Curwood



An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spit…

Conjuror's House, a Romance of the Free Forest

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Stewart Edward White



In the northern outreaches of the Canadian wilderness, it was understood that the Hudson Bay Company governed all trading, and one factor na…

Officer 666

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Barton Wood Currie



Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rat…

The Revolt of the Angels

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Anatole France



Anatole France, in his satirical and allegorical fashion, weaves a tale of fantasy which finds a mischievous guardian angel stealing books f…

The Harbor of Doubt

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Frank Williams



Young Code Schofield had lost his schooner May Schofield in an Atlantic gale a few months ago, and now the townspeople on the small island o…

The Hemlock Avenue Mystery

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Lily A. Long



"The Hemlock Avenue Mystery" is one of a series of mysteries written by Lily Augusta Long using the pseudonym Roman Doubleday. A …

Blindfolded

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Earle Ashley Walcott



Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…

The Ghost of Guir House

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Charles Willing Beale



Do you think you understand ghosts? Now you will.Paul Henley, seemingly summoned to a mysterious rural Virginia mansion from his home in New…

Northwest!

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Harold Bindloss



Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whe…

The Master Mystery

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Arthur B. Reeve



While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Myster…

His Dog

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Albert Payson Terhune



Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a j…

The Protector

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Harold Bindloss



Harold Bindloss, while born in England, based most of his novels in western Canada, and The Protector is based primarily in and around Vanco…

The Heath Hover Mystery

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Bertram Mitford



A stranger appears in the middle of the night at Heath Hover while John Seward Mervyn is tending the modest location in a wooded area near a…

Revenge!

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Robert Barr



A collection of 20 short stories of the crime, detective, and thriller variety, sharing a common theme of .... you guessed it, revenge, and …

The Hidden Places

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Bertrand W. Sinclair



Hollister, returning home from the war physically scarred but otherwise healthy and intact, finds life difficult among society, and so choos…

The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains

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Nathaniel Hawthorne



A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire's White Mountains. Consists of: The G…

The House of the White Shadows

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B. J. Farjeon and B. L. Farjeon



Is a defense attorney bound to defend his client, or with his conscience, when he knows that the man he is defending is guilty of the charge…

Lonesome Land

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B. M. Bower



Val had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, envisioning a life of wedded bliss, freedom, and was anticipating happiness in her a…

The Man Who Lost Himself

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H. De Vere Stacpoole



Best known for his literary work The Blue Lagoon, which has been made into film several times over, H. De Vere Stacpoole’s first publication…

The Web of the Golden Spider

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Frederick O. Bartlett



The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage,…

Snowdrift

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James B. Hendryx



The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away …

Good Sense

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Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach



In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of…

The Tragic Bride

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Francis Brett Young



The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…

What the White Race May Learn from the Indian

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George Wharton James



People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categ…

A Dog of Flanders

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Ouida



"Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world." So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become insepar…

Flood Tide

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Sara Ware Bassett



Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …

Pocket Island

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Charles Clark Munn



Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a p…

Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country

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Irving Bacheller



Eben Holden - A Tale of the North Country. Having lost both parents and his home in northern Vermont, orphan Willie Brower is taken in by Eb…

Man Overboard

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Francis Marion Crawford



Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. S…

The Snow-Burner

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Henry Oyen



The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up t…

All the Brothers Were Valiant

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Ben Ames Williams



Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, ele…

The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting

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D. B. Casteel



The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning…

Janet of the Dunes

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Harriet Theresa Comstock



Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in a…

The Mohawk Valley

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W. Max Reid



An in-depth view and early history of the Mohawk Valley in upper New York state, covering the time period of 1609-1780. This historical piec…

Jacqueline of Golden River

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Victor Rousseau



Jacqueline seems to have contracted a touch of amnesia, as she is found in an apartment with a dead man, and with a weapon in her hand. But …

The Branding Iron

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Katharine Newlin Burt



From the cold and mountainous regions of Wyoming to the bright lights of the big city, The Branding Iron is the story of a remarkable woman,…

A Knyght Ther Was

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Robert F. Young



"But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile - timewi…

The Trawler

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James Brendan Connolly



The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…

Where the Path Breaks

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Captain Charles De Créspigny



The soldier awakened from the brink of death eight months after his injury on the battlefield. As he slowly regained his senses and his memo…

The Great Taxicab Robbery

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James H. Collins



In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New York City in broad daylight. In what may appear astonishing in today's world, the …

Snow-Blind

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Katharine Newlin Burt



A bit of a menage-a-quatre in a remote cabin in the wilderness as fugitive Hugh, his younger brother Pete, nursemaid and cook Bella, and now…

Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies

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Charles G. Mutzenberg



As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily…

The Tyranny of Weakness

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Charles Neville Buck



Torn between her love for her aging father, a minister steeped in the puritanical values of old New England, and the young Virginian who was…

Anything Once

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Isabel Ostrander



An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…

The Trial of Callista Blake

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Edgar Pangborn



In 1959, in the state of New Essex, a witch was on trial. Or so she seemed to many of the jurors who would ultimately decide her fate, and t…

Pierre and Luce

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Romain Rolland



Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted…

The Return of the Soul

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Robert Smythe Hichens



Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not beli…

Away in the Wilderness

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R. M. Ballantyne



Jasper Derry was on a mission. He had left the northern wilderness a few years earlier when he had worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, but …

The Will and the Way Stories

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Jessie Benton Frémont



Simply put, this is a book of 9 short vignettes each of which describes a different scenario which demonstrates the age old adage: 'where th…

The Courage of the Commonplace

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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews



The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…

The Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods

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Albert Bigelow Paine



While riding a stage back to the city late in the summer, a youngster had no money to spend, and so gives his lucky piece as payment to a yo…

Following the Color Line

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Ray Stannard Baker



Subtitled "An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy", we are presented an in-depth and essentially non-opinionate…

Loss of the Sultana

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Chester D. Berry



April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been releas…

A Man of Honor

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George Eggleston



New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…

An Exchange of Souls

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Barry Pain



Although only lightly known as an author of horror stories, Barry Pain departs from his typical themes with 'An Exchange of Souls'. In this …

Stories from the Adirondacks

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Albert A. Young



A collection of five stories all of which take place in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, and most which contain elements of som…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of th…

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W. Stewart Wallace



Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …

The Jack-Knife Man

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Ellis Parker Butler



A lighthearted tale which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives in a houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time …

The Master-Knot of Human Fate

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Ellis Meredith



A tale of two people, and their search for answers to unknown questions. Adam and Robin find themselves inexplicably alone after an apparent…

The Spirit of Sweetwater

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Hamlin Garland



Clement had unwittingly succeeded where others had failed at mining in the western Colorado mountains. Now he found himself wanting to share…

The Romance of an Old Fool

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Roswell Field



A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintanc…

The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught

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Charles C. Nott



Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention…

The Way of the Wind

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Zoe Anderson Norris



From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes,…

Gargoyles

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Ben Hecht



The author, Ben Hecht, was a prolific writer as well as a renowned screenwriter, producer, and director of films. His screenwriting skills i…

The Island of Appledore

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Cornelia Meigs



Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…

History of New Brunswick

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Peter Fisher



Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…

The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy

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Jesse Pomeroy



Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massach…

A Fool There Was

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Porter Emerson Browne



Two friends were asked by their respective fathers on their death beds to promise to marry a special girl, who lived across the street and w…

Silas Strong

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Irving Bacheller



Per the author: "The book has one high ambition. It has tried to tell the sad story of the wilderness itself—to show, from the woodsman…

Concerning Genealogies

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Frank Allaben



Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…

Juggernaut: A Veiled Record

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George Eggleston



Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…

The Trevor Case

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Natalie Sumner Lincoln



The nation's capital was astir at the untimely and curious death of the young wife of the Attorney General, Edmund Trevor. She had obviously…

Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy

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E. Luscomb Haskell



"The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law" by E. Luscomb Haskell was pu…

Rustlers, Beware!

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Arthur Chapman



Cattle rustling had gotten out of control in northern Wyoming, so Asa Swingley is tasked with assembling a host of men to tend to the matter…

October Vagabonds

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Richard Le Gallienne



Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the …

The Isle of Dead Ships

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Crittenden Marriott



There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…

Shifting Sands

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Sara Ware Bassett



After days of fog Stanley Heath, a stranger whose power-boat runs aground on the treacherous Cape Cod shoals, stumbles into the Homestead an…

The Sturgis Wager

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Edgar Morette



Subtitled "A Detective Story", Ralph Sturgis is a city newspaper reporter who specializes in, and has a keen knack for solving imp…

Pilgrims' Project

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Robert F. Young



Robert F. Young works in a machine shop by day, and at night goes home and writes anti-machine stories! Pilgrims' Project is different: not …

House of the Trees and Other Poems

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Ethelwyn Wetherald



Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald was a Canadian poet and journalist, published across Canada and the United States. She also worked as an editor fo…