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  • Hashimura Togo, Domestic Scientist

    by Wallace Irvin ...
    The story is a humorous and satirical take on the cultural fascination with domestic science and the burgeoning interest in household efficiency during the early 20th century. The protagonist, Hashimura Togo, is depicted as an eccentric and innovative domestic scientist who develops unconventional methods for improving household efficiency and productivity.Through Togo's exploits and experiments, ... Read more

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  • Jeremy and Hamlet

    by Hugh Walpole ...
    This is a horror book, but prone to human psychology. The book begins: between the kitchen and the pantry there was a certain window, which was a favorite for Hamlet. Thirty years ago – these chronicles of 1894 – the basements of houses in provincial English cities, even large houses owned by wealthy people, were dark, cold, odorous caves sizzling with bad gas and smelling of poorly prepared ... Read more

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  • Don'ts for Wives

    More than 1,000,000 copies sold!Don'ts for Wives is a facsimile of the original 1913 edition, containing hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage. While some are quirkily of their time, and rich with fascinating insights into the history of relations between the sexes, many contain wisdom that rings true more than 100 years after they were written.Inside you can find advice ... Read more

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  • The Rocking-Horse Winner

    Short Story

    Members of an upper-class urban family struggling to make ends meet deal with their economic troubles in different ways—while the matriarch of the family bemoans her lot in life, her son focuses on trying to use luck as way to earn a better life. When the son develops the mysterious ability to predict the winners at the local horse race, he attempts to alleviate his family’s troubles with his race ... Read more

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  • The World of Peter Rabbit & His Friends: 14 Books with 450+ Original Illustrations

    Enriched edition. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

    Illustrated by Beatrix Potter ...
    Beatrix Potter, a renowned children's author and illustrator, has created a charming collection of stories in 'The World of Peter Rabbit & His Friends'. This anthology brings together 14 delightful tales featuring beloved characters such as Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, and Jemima Puddle-Duck, accompanied by over 450 original illustrations. Potter's writing style is simple yet whimsical, capturing ... Read more

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  • Mother Knew Best

    Memoirs of a London Girlhood

    Series Book 1 - Dorothy Scannell's East End Memoirs
    'Cheer up,' said Mother. 'Don't make your unhappy life miserable.'Before Jennifer Worth and other East End memoirists, there was Dorothy 'Dolly' Scannell.In the East End of Dolly's childhood, people met poverty and hardship with unfailing optimism and humour. Dolly grew up with nine brothers and sisters, her father - a plumber earning ?2 a week and a man who believed that 'all aristocratic men ... Read more

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  • Five Little Peppers Midway

    Novel from the Five Little Peppers series. According to Wikipedia: "Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of Harriett Mulford Stone ( 1844– 1924). She was an American author, born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1878, at the age of 34, she began sending short stories to Wide Awake, a children's magazine in Boston. Two of her stories, "Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie" and "Phronsie Pepper's New Shoes", proved ... Read more

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  • THE TALE OF MR JEREMY FISHER - Book 08 in the Tales of Peter Rabbit & Friends

    Book 08 in the Tales of Peter Rabbit & Friends

    Series Book 8 - The Tales of Peter Rabbit & Friends
    Jeremy Fisher is a frog who lives in a "slippy-sloppy" house at the edge of a pond. One rainy day he collects worms for fishing, and sets off across the pond on his lily-pad boat. He plans to invite his friends for dinner if he catches more than five minnows. He encounters all sorts of setbacks to his goal, and escapes a large trout who tries to swallow him. He swims for shore, decides he will not ... Read more

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  • Five Little Peppers Grown Up

    POLLY GIVES MUSIC LESSONS. Miss Pepper – Miss Pepper! ... Read more

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  • My Life and Hard Times

    A Nostalgic Journey Through American Society and Humorous Reflections

    by James Thurber ...
    In "My Life and Hard Times," James Thurber constructs a masterful blend of memoir and humor, meticulously weaving together anecdotes from his upbringing in Columbus, Ohio, during the early 20th century. The literary style is characterized by its vivid imagery, sharp wit, and whimsical narrative voice, making the mundane aspects of life resonate with comedic brilliance. As part of the American ... Read more

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  • Five Little Peppers Grown Up

    Novel from the Five Little Peppers series. According to Wikipedia: "Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of Harriett Mulford Stone ( 1844– 1924). She was an American author, born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1878, at the age of 34, she began sending short stories to Wide Awake, a children's magazine in Boston. Two of her stories, "Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie" and "Phronsie Pepper's New Shoes", proved ... Read more

    $1.56 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Boarding House

    by James Joyce ...
    One of Irelands most famous writers was James Joyce, a novelist and poet whos best known for his avant garde classic Ulysses, which was inspired by The Odyssey but written in a completely modern, stream of conscience way. Joyce was also acclaimed for his poetry, journalism, and novels like A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ... Read more

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