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Laura E. Richards Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls

Fiction
English
53194 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. Samuel Gridley Howe's famous pupil Laura Bridgman was Laura's namesake. Julia Ward Howe, Laura's mother, was famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic. In 1871, Laura married Henry Richards. He would accept a management position in 1876 at his family's paper mill at Gardiner, Maine, where the couple moved with their three children. In 1917, Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maud Howe Elliott. Her children's book Tirra Lirra won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959. A pre-kindergarten to second grade Elementary School in Gardiner, Maine honors her name. [more]

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Laura E. Richards Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls

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Ages 18 and up
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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 – January 14, 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. Samuel Gridley Howe's famous pupil Laura Bridgman was Laura's namesake. [more]

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Paul Curtis Holiday Tales, Travel Woes and Places of Interest

Poems about Holidays and Travel

Poetry
English
3589 Words
No Age Recommendation
350
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Keywords: Holidays, Travel, Places

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Charles Dickens The Magic Fishbone A Holiday Romance from the

Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird Aged 7

Fiction
English
3859 Words
Ages 18 and up
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and [more]

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Edmund Blunden The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday

Fiction
English
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Ages 18 and up
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Edmund Charles Blunden, CBE, MC (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author and [more]

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Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols Ardours and Endurances Also a Faun's Holiday & Poems and Phantasies

Fiction
English
24453 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Asleep within the deadest hour of night And, turning with the earth, I was aware How [more]

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Charles Dickens The Magic Fishbone A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7

Fiction
English
3869 Words
Ages 18 and up
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of theVictorian era.[1] His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. [more]

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Charles Dickens Captain Boldheart & the Latin-Grammar Master A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Lieut-Col. Robin Redforth, aged 9

Fiction
English
3726 Words
Ages 18 and up
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social [more]

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Bob Ric It's Christmas

5 tales of light humor and inspiration to adorn your holiday

Fiction
English
11226 Words
Ages 12 and up
81
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Six short stories share your Christmas in different ways. They are each gifts for the heart. Can't find Christmas in all the holiday hustle and bustle? In "God's Living Prayer" read how the true spirit of Christmas fills an empty heart. Even when bad things happen they can make Christmas magic. See how Christmas thieves end up playing Santa Claus in "Sant'as Little Helpers". Things could always be worse. Christmas is there to soften the spirit and comfort the soul. Even in a homeless shelter there is the gift of sharing in "Christmas Present". Sometimes life is hard to figure out. Yes, there are wise men still finding ways to share Christmas while helping others wrestle with age old problems in "Wise Men". [more]

Keywords: christmas, yuletide, holiday

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Nigel Boeg Darts!

UK Holiday tournament results

Sports & Recreation
English
25666 Words
Ages 10 and up
72
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Do you want to know who won a specific event at a specific tournament in a specific year? Then this book will help provide the answers. The book lists darts holiday tournaments the have been played from the early 1970's. Records the winners and runners up the events that were played. Book provides useful references to resources that have been published on the sport of Darts and links on the internet to various organisations. [more]

Keywords: Hemsby, Darts, Camber Sands, Prestatyn, BDO, Ladbrokes, Watney, Brean Sands, Vauxhall, Butlins, Blackpool, Berwick, Easter, Spring, Winter, Autumn, PDC, Mill Rythe, Pontins, Festivals [more][Less]

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