It is under a deep impression that the place and power of prayer in the Christian life is too little understood, that this book has been written. I feel sure that as long as we look on prayer chiefly as the means of maintaining our own...
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Author: Kingsley, CharlesSummary:Tom, an ill-treated chimney-boy, jumps into a cool stream to clean the soot off himself, and becomes a water baby, cleaner and happier than he has ever been, in a fairy world under river and sea. Meeting beautiful and frightening...
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Author: Thoreau, Henry DavidSummary:This essay was presented as a lecture by Thoreau in his later years, but only published after his death. It's best known for its quote "In wildness is the preservation of the world", which has become a rallying cry of the...
- Author: Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
- Author: PREST, Thomas PreskettSummary:
Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood was a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story by Thomas Preskett Prest (alternatively attributed to James Malcolm Rymer). It first appeared in 1845–47 as a series of cheap...
- Author: Garis, Howard RogerSummary:
A collection of stories about the adventures of a wise rabbit and his animal and human friends.
- Author: Harris, Joel ChandlerSummary:
Continuation of the Uncle Remus stories. Readers should note that these stories reflect the American thinking on race relations in the opening decades of the 20th century some passages may contain offensive material to modern readers....
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Author: STEVENSON, Robert LouisSummary:A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates’ gold he starts on an adventure that takes him from his English village to a desert island with the murderous Black Dog, half-mad...
- Author: BEARD, John RellySummary:
Franȯis-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revolt, he led thousands of slaves on the island of Hispaǫla to fight against the colonial...
- Author: Appleton, VictorSummary:
Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled hunter. As it turns out, Jake went missing just after sending word to Preston that Jake was...
- Author: Appleton, Victor pseudSummary:
In preparation for presenting his new airship to the United States Government, Tom has invited a Lieutenant Marbury, from the navy, to review his ship. Marbury informs Tom of a possible plot against Tom and his inventions, past and...
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Author: EDMUND, Peggy and Williams, Harold S.Summary:A collection of quotes, stories and jokes to be used in public speaking. Published in 1916 in the United States.
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Author: Norton, AndreSummary:In two related adventures, Ross Murdock travels in time to Britain in 2000 B.C. to uncover the base from which Russians are gathering weapons, then investigates an alien spaceship wrecked in North America during prehistoric times.
- Author: Burroughs, Edgar RiceSummary:
In this novel the focus shifts from John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and Dejah Thoris of Helium, protagonists of the first three books in the series, to their son, Carthoris, prince of Helium, and Thuvia, princess of Ptarth. Helium and...
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Author: AESOPSummary:Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The Fables of Aesop have been mostly considered, down the...
- Author: Bloch, RobertSummary:
This Crowded Earth is a taut and compelling story about an all too possible future. Earth is overcrowded and its resources are being taxed to the limit. The government has a desperate plan, but will it work and at what price?
- Author: Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)Summary:
This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living in the wilds of the Kentucky frontier of the 1700's. The story follows Henry as he helps to establish a frontier outpost, is captured by an Indian tribe, and ultimately ensures...
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Author: Keller, HelenSummary:The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of touch, smell, her imagination and dreams. My hand is to me what your hearing and sight together...