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In this sprightly, entertainingly-written Western, two men, a good-humored old-timer and a young Easterner, are seeking the capital to develop a copper mining claim—but must contend with enemies bent on thwarting their purpose and claiming the copper ore for themselves.
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A sweeping, dramatic adventure novel—a fictionalized telling of the exploits of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce in their fight for Scotland's freedom in the 14th century.
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A delightful and fascinating account of a woman's experiences with homesteading in early 20th-century Wyoming, told through a series of letters to a friend and former employer in Denver.
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This cookbook, originally published around 1913, includes dozens of recipes and housekeeping tips going back a hundred years from that time—a great resource for anyone interested in old-fashioned cooking as well as history.
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Told entirely through the lively letters of its heroine, Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, to her unknown benefactor whom she has dubbed "Daddy-Long-Legs," this entertaining and beloved story follows Judy's experiences adjusting to the world outside the orphanage where she grew up, her studies at college, and eventually her introduction to romance.
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Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
Thackeray's most famous novel, a satire of early 19th-century British society, centering around the machinations of the ambitious and unscrupulous Becky Sharp, a young woman determine to make her way in society by whatever means possible.
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In this delightful stage play set in Regency England, a woman masquerades as her own (fictional) niece in order to teach a neglectful suitor a lesson—but finds her situation becoming more and more complicated as inquisitive neighbors grow insistently curious for a sight of the imaginary young lady!
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A charming collection of Stevenson's poems for children, on subjects such as bedtime, play, imagination, and the outdoors. The "with images" version of the Project Gutenberg edition includes illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
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A lawyer traveling by train with important documents is forced by circumstances to sleep in the wrong berth—and wakes to find the documents gone, the man in the other berth murdered, and himself a suspect!
