A General History of the Pirates, Johnson (1724)

Posted on Mar 27, 2023 in blog • Tagged with book, quote, standard-ebook, du-lingva, angla-lingva

In the 18th century, daring outlaws terrorized the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.


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The Golden Ass, Apuleius (2ndC)

Posted on Aug 14, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

Curious Lucius turns himself into a donkey while learning magic and turns his Greek business trip into an odyssey of tribulation and spiritual growth.


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The Mark of Zorro, McCulley (1924)

Posted on Jun 12, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

While mild mannered Don Diego Vega seeks a bride, cloaked crusader Señor Zorro (Mr. Fox) rides the dangerous highway of Mexican California, armed with a sword, whip, and pistol—righting wrongs, defending the weak, and punishing injustice.


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Maria Chapdelaine, Hémon (1913)

Posted on Jun 08, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

It takes a hardy people to survive farming the harsh lands of the French Canadian wilderness and Maria Chapdelaine must choose either to remain Québécois in this unforgiving land that has broken her heart or to pursue a softer urban life in foreign New England.


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Darby O'Gill and the Good People, Kavanagh (1903)

Posted on Apr 23, 2022 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

When Tipperary man Darby O’Gill is imprisoned by the fairies of Sleive-na-mon in their home under the hollow mountain, it is the start of a lasting friendship with their King Brian Connors.


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The Humbugs of the World, Barnum (1866)

Posted on May 31, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

American archetype and cultural founding father, Phineas Taylor Barnum shares a varied collection of anecdotes that he deems “humbugs”—fodder for the gullible, deserving of skepticism—with the stated goal of making his fellow citizens a little wiser and more skeptical.


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The Plastic Age, Marks (1924)

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

This novel tells the story of Hugh Carver’s experience as an undergraduate student at Sanford College, a fictional, upscale, liberal arts school in Jazz Age New England.


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Pollyanna Grows Up, Porter (1915)

Posted on Feb 11, 2021 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

The second book about Pollyanna Whittier follows the events of her life in Boston at age 13 and then in rural Vermont at the age of 20.


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Pollyanna, Porter (1913)

Posted on Sep 06, 2020 in EBooks • Tagged with book, standard-ebook

An orphan’s unrelenting optimism sees her through adversity and lifts up her new community.


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