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The Witchery of Yule (1929) by Salverson, Laura Goodman

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-18 | Formats: TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF

An Iceland folk-tale of midnight crossroads and white magic under the Christmas moon.—Title page

Sweet Thursday (1954) by Steinbeck, John

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This book is a sequel to Steinbeck's Cannery Row. In this story, Doc returns to a failed Western Biological Laboratories and a changed Cannery Row after serving in the army during World War II. Mack and the Boys are still living in the Palace Flop-house, but Lee Chong has sold his general store to Joseph and Mary Rivas. Since the death of its original owner Dora, the local brothel, The Bear Flag Restaurant, is now being run by Dora's older sister Fauna, a former mission worker previously known as Flora.—Wikipedia.

The Moon is Down (1942) by Steinbeck, John

Project: Faded Page | 2021-09 (update) | Formats: TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Published in 1942, the book tells the story of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia. Although the book never names the occupying force as German, references to “The Leader” and “memories of defeats in Belgium and France 20 years ago” clearly suggest it. Written with a purpose to motivate and enthuse the resistance movements in occupied countries, the book has appeared in at least 92 editions across the world. Numerous editions of the book were secretly and illegally published across all of occupied Europe. It was also adapted for stage and film. The film production in 1943 starred Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers and Lee J. Cobb.—Wikipedia.

The Red Pony (1945) by Steinbeck, John

Project: Faded Page | 2020-10 (update) | Formats: MOBI, PDF, TEXT, HTML, EPUB

The Red Pony is a four part novella. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933 to 1936. The book, published in 1937, has four stories about a boy, Jody and his life on his father's ranch. As the name suggests, horses and ponies feature in the stories. The boy is promised a pony and then a colt. The fulfilment of these promises result in sadness as well as the desired object. Jody learns a lot about life and adults through these sometimes harrowing tales. The stories have been made into a movie in 1949 and a television version in 1973. Though the main character is a boy and horses and ponies are central characters, this is not a book for young children.--DPC

They Die with Their Boots Clean (1942) by Kersh, Gerald

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-17 | Formats: MOBI, PDF, TEXT, HTML, EPUB

Set mostly in England in 1940 or 1941, this slim novel is Kersh's tribute to the Coldstream Guards, an elite British military outfit with whom he served during that period. Although war (the First and the impending Second) and the Germans surround the story, there really isn't any battle on stage here: Most of the book describes the transformation of average British guys into fighting trim during their basic training, although we hear the stories of old vets from wars past as well. The vast majority of the text is dialogue, in various British dialects. It's a portrait of a people, as well as a close look at how armies are built.-David Loftus

Origin of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1928) by Kennedy, Howard Angus

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-17 | Formats: PDF, TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI

A short history of the need for, and the construction of, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the C.P.R.

Homilies and Recreations (1926) by Buchan, John

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A collection of essays on literary, political and historical matters, many delivered as lectures or speeches. John Buchan’s personal interests come through clearly in both the choice and content of the pieces: his passion for the novels of Sir Walter Scott; his interest in history and education; his regard for the United States and Abraham Lincoln; and his fondness for the countryside around Oxford.

Bad Seed (1955) by Anderson, Maxwell

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This play is based on the novel “The Bad Seed” by William March (1893-1954). It premiered on Broadway in December of 1954 and ran in various theatres until the end of September of 1955 for a total of 334 performances and was Anderson’s last successful Broadway stage play. In 1956 the play was adapted into a film, “The Bad Seed”, with screenplay by John Lee Mahin. It received several nominations for an Academy Award.

Dogs Always Know (1926) by Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay

Project: RGL eBooks | 2026-03-16 | Formats: HTML, EPUB

Mark of Cain (1947) by Zagat, Arthur Leo

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Master of the Night Demons (1940) by Tepperman, Emile C.

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Plays by Zeami Motokiyo & George Long

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-16 | Formats: EPUB, KINDLE, KOBO

A collection of Zeami Motokiyo’s plays, arranged in chronological order of translation.

Retreat from Glory (1934) by Lockhart, R. H. Bruce

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-15 | Formats: TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Lockhart was the United Kingdom's first envoy to Bolshevik Russia, but was arrested, and accused of plotting to assassinate Lenin. Released in a prisoner exchange, he returned to London. This book picks up the story when he was assigned to Prague as Commercial Secretary. He was immediately plunged into the maelstrom of Central Europe—into that confused post-war period when the Peace Treaties were made, laying the foundation of subsequent post-war strife.

When the Moon Ran Wild (1931) by Verrill, A. Hyatt

Project: RGL eBooks | 2026-03-15 | Formats: HTML, EPUB

War Memoirs of David Lloyd George 1916-1917 (1934) by Lloyd George, David

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Lloyd George has become the Prime Minister heading a coalition Government. Major issues include the war at sea, rationing and conscription, the Western Front, the Russian Revolution and the United States entry into the war.

Island (1962) by Huxley, Aldous Leonard

Project: Faded Page | 2018-04 (update) | Formats: TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF

In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.--goodreads.com.

Tortilla Flat (1935) by Steinbeck, John

Project: Faded Page | 2021-10 (update) | Formats: PDF, TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI

The book portrays a group of paisanos—a small band of errant friends enjoying life and wine in the days after the end of the Great War. The central character Danny inherits two houses from his grandfather where he and his friends go to live. Danny’s house, and Danny’s friends, Steinbeck compares to the Round Table, and the Knights of the Round Table. Most of the action is set in the time of Steinbeck’s own late teenage and young adult years, shortly after World War I. The book was one of the author’s early works and an immediate hit for which film rights were sold. Steinbeck did however receive criticism for what was viewed by some as a stereotypical portrayal of Hispanic-Americans. The movie was not made until 1942 and starred Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr and John Garfield.—Wikipedia.

When the Future Dies (1939) by Schachner, Nat

Project: RGL eBooks | 2026-03-15 | Formats: HTML, EPUB

The Four Miss Whittingtons (1909) by Mockler. Geraldine

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-14 | Formats: HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TEXT

Four young ladies, left with a very slender provision for their support, resolve to spend their capital in the effort to fit themselves for earning their livelihood. One draws, a second sings, a third is bent on climbing the educational ladder, and the fourth has no special endowment but good sense. Their hopes and fears, successes and failures, are well told, everything being kept strictly within limits of moderation. The promise of the voice is the one most falsified, and this is eminently true to fact. There are a hundred successes of the drawing-room for one of the concert.—The Spectator Archive

The Wayside Cross (1929) by Waagen, Mary Elizabeth

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-14 | Formats: HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF, TEXT

A novel set in Quebec about the touching history of an abandoned and forgotten wayside cross erected in the mid 1800's at a rural intersection and how a descendant, a lame young lad, changes all that by bringing love back to the village, a love that his ancestor's pride had driven out.

Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-13 | Formats: KOBO, EPUB, KINDLE

An author is placed in a dilemma when he’s approached to provide background for a biography of a novelist with whom he’s had a relationship.

Black No More by George Schuyler

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-14 | Formats: EPUB, KINDLE, KOBO

A medical process that makes black people look white revolutionizes American society.

Lake Lyrics and Other Poems (1889) by Campbell, William Wilfred

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The Phantom's Greatest Gamble (1941) by Donovan, Lawrence

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Tama, Princess of Mercury (The Light Country #2) (1931) by Cummings, Raymond King

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Les Aventures du capitaine Magon (1875) by Cahun, Léon

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Just a Bit Too Fast (1929) by Moore, Hal

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Randall and the River of Time (1950) by Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton

Project: Faded Page | 2026-03-13 | Formats: TEXT, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, PDF

In Randall and the River of Time we’re taken along on a young man’s journey from a naïve child to a mature, experienced adult. Although just a teenager during WWI, Charles Randall learns quickly how to stay alive during battle. During his first leave he meets two people who forever change his life. The wife of another military man intrigues and fascinates him. Sadly, a telegram announcing the death of her husband arrives, and he is drawn further into her web. However, he is also fortunate enough to impress a highly influential man with his knowledge and scientific evaluations of flares used for the war effort. His inventiveness results in a welcome, but unexpected chain of events including financial benefits as well as special treatment. As this relationship builds him up, so the other one tears him down. Randall’s impromptu marriage takes him down a lonely, desperate path full of deception and adultery as he finds himself in prison for manslaughter.

Beside the Laughing Water (1953) by Cunningham, Louis Arthur

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The House of Evil (1927) by Queux, William Le

Project: RGL eBooks | 2026-03-13 | Formats: HTML, EPUB

Les Vautours (1902) by Scott, Hugh Stowell

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Un roman qui explore les thèmes de la cupidité, de la trahison et de l'ambiguïté morale. Avec pour toile de fond la fin du XIXe siècle, l'histoire se déroule dans une petite principauté européenne, où se joue un drame complexe d'intrigues politiques et financières.

The Unfinished Crime (1935) by Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay

Project: RGL eBooks | 2026-03-13 | Formats: HTML, EPUB

Mary Olivier — A Life by May Sinclair

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-12 | Formats: KINDLE, KOBO, EPUB

A gifted young woman born into a strict upper middle class Victorian family struggles for decades to balance duty to her controlling mother with a driving need to learn and to create her art.

The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-12 | Formats: EPUB, KINDLE, KOBO

A man’s apparently accidental death soon arouses suspicions.

Chimes And Rhymes for Youthful Times! (1871) by Pletsch, Oscar

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Simple rhymes and poems for young children, richly illustrated.

María by Jorge Isaacs & George Long

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-12 | Formats: KINDLE, KOBO, EPUB

A young man and his distant cousin, who suffers from a mysterious affliction, fall in love in the idyllic Colombian countryside.

The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald

Project: Standard Ebooks | 2026-03-12 | Formats: EPUB, KINDLE, KOBO

A young miner accepts a mysterious commission that will test his faithfulness and restore justice to a faltering kingdom.

The virgin and the gipsy by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Project: Project Gutenberg | 2026-03-11 | Formats: HTML, TEXT, EPUB, KINDLE

The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Volume 1, Number 4, December, 1900 by Various

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True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Train, Arthur Cheney

Project: Project Gutenberg | 2004-08-13 (update) | Formats: HTML, TEXT, EPUB, KINDLE

Storia della città di Roma nel medio evo vol. 4/8 — dal secolo V al XVI by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

Project: Project Gutenberg | 2026-03-11 | Formats: HTML, TEXT, EPUB, KINDLE

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles

Project: Project Gutenberg | 1997-08-01 (update) | Formats: HTML, TEXT, EPUB, KINDLE

Household Words, No. 10, June 1, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household Words, No. 11, June 8, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household Words, No. 13, June 22, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household Words, No. 14, June 29, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household Words, No. 15, July 6, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household words, No. 16, July 13, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household words, No. 17, March 30 to September 21, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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Household words, No. 18, July 27, 1850 — A weekly journal by Dickens, Charles

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