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Charles Summers

In Captains of Industry

Read by Theresa Sheridan


James Parton


In this volume are presented examples of men who shed lustre upon ordinary pursuits, either by the superior manner in which they exercised t…

10 - Chapter X

In Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

A Dog

In The Diamond Cross Mystery

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Chester K. Steele


Colonel Ashley is confronted with a difficult case: The proprietor of a jewelry shop is found murdered, and a valuable diamond cross is stol…

16 - A Mysterious Fire

In Tom Swift and His Sky Racer

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Victor Appleton


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 hi…

34 - The Underwater Coalfields

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2)

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Jules Verne


Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea b…

10 -- Ch 5, Parts 1-3

In The War in the Air

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H. G. Wells


War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…

Chapter 16, The Search for the "Flyaway"

In The Rover Boys on the Ocean

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Edward Stratemeyer and Arthur M. Winfield


The hearty, all-American Rover Boys sail by yacht to Africa in search of their kidnapped father. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Book 6, chapter 3

In The Dead Secret

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Wilkie Collins


"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? w…

Chapter 15 - Women as patriots

In Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the premier movers in the original women’s rights movement, along with Susan B. Anthony, her best friend f…

35 - Volume II Chapter 13

In The Mysterious Island (version 2)

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Jules Verne


The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, dur…

01 - An Explosion

In Tom Swift and his Airship

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Victor Appleton


In Tom Swift and His Airship, Tom Swift has finished his latest invention- the Red Cloud, a fast and innovative airship. Tom is anxious for …

Stepping Heavenward (version 2)

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Elizabeth Prentiss


How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!" Thus begins the lifelong diary of young Katherine as she pours out her hopes, dreams, and sp…

The Wagtail Family

In The Children's Book of Birds

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Olive Thorne Miller


The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respec…