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L. Frank Baum Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Illustrated)

Fairy Tale
English
41845 Words
Ages 6 and up
224
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On her way back from Australia, Dorothy visits her cousin, Zeb, in California. They are soon swallowed up by an earthquake, along with Zeb's horse Jim and Dorothy's cat Eureka. The group soon meets up with the Wizard and all travel underground back to Oz. A Faithful Record of Their Amazing Adventures in an Underground World; and How with the Aid of Their Friends Zeb Hugson, Eureka the Kitten, and Jim the Cab-Horse, They Finally Reached the Wonderful Land of Oz [more]

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R.M. Ballantyne The Iron Horse (Fiscle Part-X)

Architecture
English
95890 Words
Ages 18 and up
3
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Talk Of Earthquakes! Not All The Earthquakes That Have Rumbled In Ecuador Or Toppled Over The Spires And Dwellings Of Peru Could Compare, In The Matter Of Dogged Pertinacity, With That Earthquake Which Diurnally And Hourly Shocked Little Gertie's Dwelling, Quivered The White Dimity Curtains Of Little Gertie's Bed And Shook Little Gertie's Frame. A Graceful, Rounded Little Frame It Was; Yet Strong, And Firmly Knit--Perhaps In Consequence Of Its Having Been From Infancy So Constantly And So Well Shaken Together. [more]

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Lord Jesus 1993.08.28 - The Word of God at the feast of the Assumption

Religion
English
12405 Words
No Age Recommendation
367
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„... The wickedness has accomplished its work and its cup, but I was still slow in coming, sons, [more]

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Various . Stories by English Authors: The Sea

Short Story
English
32773 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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In the newspapers of 1876 appeared the following extracts from the log of a merchantman: "VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. --The ship Hercules, of Liverpool, lately arrived in the Mersey, reports as follows: March 23, in 2 deg. 12' north latitude, 33 deg. 27' west longitude, a shock of earthquake was felt, and shortly afterward a mass of land was hove up at a distance of about two miles from the ship. [more]

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James B. Stetson San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April, 1906

History
English
10984 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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As the earthquake and the great fire in San Francisco in the year 1906 were events of such unusual interest, and realizing how faulty is man's memory after time passes, I have here jotted down a few incidents which I personally observed, and shall lay them away, so that if in the future I should desire I can refer to these notes, made while the events were new and fresh in my mind, with some assurance of their accuracy. [more]

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Henry Morse Stephens Rulers Of India: Albuquerque

Essay
English
57951 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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H. Morse Stephens (October 3, 1857 – April 16, 1919) was an historian and professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley who helped to purchase the Bancroft Library, and who worked to build archives of California history, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, and World War I.Henry Morse Stephens (he generally went by his middle name) was born on October 3, 1857 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [more]

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Grace Denio Litchfield Only an Incident

Fiction
English
40846 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Grace Denio Litchfield (November 19, 1849 – December 4, 1944) was an American poet and novelist. She was born in Brooklyn Heights in New York City on November 19, 1849 to Grace Hill Litchfield and Edwin Litchfield, an attorney. Much of her early years were spent in Europe. Her first book, Only an Incident, was published in 1883, although she had begun writing much earlier. Her account of an earthquake on the French Riviera, In the Crucible, was published in 1897. [more]

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Miguel Saderra Masó Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas

Fiction
English
15280 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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The occasion for publishing this catalogue of Philippine earthquakes which were of violent and destructive character has been furnished by [more]

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Various . Astounding Stories, March, 1931

Fiction
English
81810 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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The first tremor that set the timbers of the house to creaking brought Garry Connell out of his bunk [more]

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G. L. Kay The Island Gardens of Takau

Fiction
English
2 Words
No Age Recommendation
489
5

Defying the social restrictions of 1927, Katherine, a young American doctor, crosses the Ma'rhu River in the obscure tropical country of Takau. Determined to open a clinic in the slums of Am'rha Bo, Katherine wins hearts and defies authorities. She survives an earthquake and gets tangled in a violent revolution. Her soul is awakened and she experiences the revelations of cultural immersion. As The Island Gardens of Takau disclose their secrets, she discovers allies in unlikely guises and a lover whose extravagant idealism finally exceeds her own. Sample chapters of the novel published by RiverWood Books. [more]

Keywords: Takau, GL Kay, historical fiction

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