Fanny Price, is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of...
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Author: Austen, JaneSummary:
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Author: McCloskey, LarrySummary:
While camping in Ontario’s Algonquin Park with their fathers, best friends Dani and Caitlin spend the night by themselves at an isolated site on Canoe Lake, rumoured to be the favourite spot of...
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Author: Bishop, AustinSummary:Genre: Young adult fiction
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Author: CLANCY, TomSummary:
The sudden death of Russia's president has plunged the former Soviet Union into chaos. Against this turmoil, American businessman Roger Giordian finds his company in jeopardy. How far will...
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Author: Larsen, WayneSummary:
Tom Thomson (1877–1917) occupies a prominent position in Canada's national culture and has become a celebrated icon for his magnificent landscapes as well as for his brief life and mysterious...
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Author: Murray, JoanSummary:
This is an intimate biography of an artist who became a legend after his death, but who in his private life stands revealed as a troubled man who was, in many ways, his own victim. Joan Murray...
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Author: Appleton, VictorSummary:
Tom, we're having a problem with the gyro-stabilizer, said Mark Faber, gray-haired president of the Faber Electronics Company. "Hope you can find out what's wrong." The...
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Author: Austen, JaneSummary:
Felicity Jones, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch star in BBC Radio 4's full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Jane Austen, one of the great English classics. Seeking a position in...
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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...
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Author: Tom Clancy and Steve PieczenikSummary:
Second in a series of original novels based on the scenario of the American TV mini-series created by "Patriot games" author Tom Clancy and television producer Steve Pieczenik.
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Author: BYRNE, GeraldineSummary:
The story of the Kilfoyles, cousins of the Duracks, who played a part in the overland cattle drive from Queensland to the mouth of the Ord River.
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Author: Appleton, VictorSummary:
A $10,000 prize lures Tom into competing at a local aviation meet at Eagle Park. Tom is determined to build the fastest plane around, but his plans mysteriously disappear, which means Tom must...
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Author: Appleton, VictorSummary:
Having longed for a motorcycle, bright ingenious Tom Swift gets one unexpectedly.
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Author: Appleton, VictorSummary:
Tom and his father are arguing about Tom's latest idea, a photo telephone. Mr. Swift is adamant that the idea will not work, but Tom has some ideas in mind, and refuses to back down. Tom read...
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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...