Family & Relationships
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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Various
A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage…
What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know
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John Dutton Wright
Wright, a pioneer in the education of the deaf, was a strong advocate for acoustic and auricular training. In this little book, he tries to …
The Girl Scouts at Home
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Katherine Keene Galt
Little Rosanna Horton was a very poor little girl. When I tell you more about her, you will think that was a very odd thing to say.She lived…
The Misses Mallett
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E. H. Young
The arrival of the eligible Francis Sales disturbs the calm existence of the four Misses Mallett in this social satire. Three women love him…
The Paying Guest
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George Gissing
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism…
Pauls Ontwaken
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Frederik Van Eeden
In dit aangrijpende korte werk beschrijft de schrijver en psychiater Frederik van Eeden het leven en met name de dood van Paul, de jongste z…
Concerning Genealogies
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Frank Allaben
Written over a century ago, this comprehensive book offers insight into the methods used (still to this day, in spite of modern computers) t…
Natalie Page
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Katharine Haviland Taylor
Natalie Page is coming to visit her aunt and uncle in New York. Of course they want her around, but every social engagement is more importan…
The Adopting of Rosa Marie
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Carroll Watson Rankin
In this charming girl's book we meet again the four chums of Dandelion Cottage. Their friendship knit closer than ever by their summer at pl…
The Children Of The Abbey
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Regina Maria Roche
Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…
The Man On The Other Side
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Ada Barnett
Ruth never expected to have a house of her own. Raised in an orphanage, she is forced to work for her living. She chooses to work in a book …
The Blythe Girls: Margy's Queer Inheritance
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Laura Lee Hope
Helen, Margy and Rose Blythe, displaced from their family home in Long Island, have struggled to carve out a new life in their tiny apartmen…
The Elements of Mammalogy
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William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…
The Inheritance
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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…
The Wind Boy
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Ethel Cook Eliot
A gentle, otherworldly novel featuring the mysterious “girl from the mountains” who aides a refugee family in a most unexpected way. Mystica…
In Times Like These
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Nellie Mcclung
"Believing that the woman's claim to a common humanity is not an unreasonable one, and that the successful issue of such claim rests pr…
A Hive of Busy Bees
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Effie Mae Hency Williams
In the summer, Don and Joyce stay on their Grandma and Grandpa's farm. They have great fun, and every night Grandma tells them a story about…
Ruffles and Danny, or the Responsibilty of Ruffles
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Margery Watson
A nice little story about a widower, his 18-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, and their vacation from their home in Colorado to the shor…
Bealby; A Holiday
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H. G. Wells
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
The Visioning, A Novel
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Susan Glaspell
"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…