Susan Iannucci
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The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells. The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most striking characteristic is his "innate sense of epithet",...
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"The state of working women has been declared and debated since the days of Rosie the Riveter. The headlines, and the statistics behind them, however, don't tell the whole story. The truth is, many women today are breadwinners; and these breadwinners are struggling. They are caught in a perfect storm of male-dominated culture at work, traditional social norms at home, and outdated schedules in the school. Mogul, Mom, & Maid takes an honest look at...
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THE SMOKY GOD is an Edwardian era "hollow earth" fantasy novel, presented as a true story. The narrator, Olaf Jansen, voyages through a polar opening in 1829 and spends 2 years in a strange underground world, believed to be the original Garden of Eden. This inner Earth is lit by its own sun, and here underground civilization has diverged from the ways of the surface. Here are giants, monsters, omnipotent High Priests, and lost races that speak Sanskrit...
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When Mr. Burton Crane leases a house in the country, he expects it to be fully staffed. Except-it isn't. Mr. Crane enlists the help of his friend, Mrs. Falkener, to interview his prospective cook, butler, housemaid, and general helper. She, however, doesn't like them-but Mr. Crane is especially drawn to the cook and overrules his friend.
But was Mrs. Falkener right to be suspicious? Who are these servants, really?
Soon the helper, the housemaid, and...
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Anne of Green Gables volume 8
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Rilla is Anne and Gilbert Blythe's youngest daughter, an excitable 15-year-old who is unaware of how the world works, and is only interested in having fun. But the world is on the brink of a global war, and soon Rilla's family and life are turned upside down, as several of her brothers enlist in the army and are sent to fight overseas. The audiobook follows Rilla's life through the duration of World War I, as she grows up quickly from the responsibilities...
6) Heidi
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An adaptation of the beloved tale of an orphan sent to live with her grandfather who learns to love both the the old man and the Swiss Alps and is homesick when she goes to to the city to be a companion to an invalid.
