Books in English in Australia

A Girl of the Limberlost Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 A Girl of the Limberlost is a novel by Gene Stratton-Porter, published in August 1909. The story is set in Indiana’s vanishing Limberlost Swamp and centers on Elnor…

Cover of Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible
Apocrypha

Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Anonymous This anonymous collection brings together deuterocanonical biblical texts associated with certain Christian traditions. Compiled from writings of the late Second Te…

At the Earth's Core Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 When mining heir David Innes and inventor Abner Perry test an experimental drilling machine, they end up burrowing far into the Earth’s crust and uncovering Pelluci…

The Return of the Native Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 The Return of the Native is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1878, unfolding entirely on Egdon Heath over the course of a year. The story interweaves the lives …

Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel by Jane Austen, completed in 1799 and published posthumously in 1817. It centers on Catherine Morland, a naïve seventeen-y…

Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894; Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926 [Illustrator] Set in 1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson follows young Jim Hawkins after he discovers a mysterious map in a dead pirate’s sea chest. Believing it coul…

A Tramp Abroad Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 A Tramp Abroad is a travel literature work by Mark Twain, published in 1880. It follows Twain and his companion Harris as they move through Germany, the Alps, and I…

Cover of Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet

Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet Electronic Frontier Foundation; Gaffin, Adam [Author of introduction, etc.]; Kapor, Mitchell [Author of introduction, etc.] Big Dummy’s Guide to the Internet, produced by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the early 1990s, is designed for readers with little or no experience in networ…

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67, is a symphony composed between 1804 and 1808. Created during a turbulent period, it reflects the challeng…

Cover of United States Census Figures Back to 1630

United States Census Figures Back to 1630 United States. Bureau of the Census This statistical publication by the United States Bureau of the Census compiles historical population data for the United States, reaching back to early colonial ti…

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 Orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle’s gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she begins to explore a property that holds a long-forgotten mystery. In the estate she…

Violists McGowan, Richard, 1958- Violists by Richard McGowan is a novel set in the early 1990s that explores identity and the pressures of social expectations through intersecting lives shaped by m…

Freckles Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 Freckles, a young orphan, leaves behind a precarious life to take a job guarding valuable timber in Indiana’s Limberlost Swamp. At first, he feels overwhelmed and f…

Cover of Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, published in 1891, follows Tess, a poor country girl whose discovery that her family is descended from an an…

Renascence, and Other Poems Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 Renascence, and Other Poems is an early 20th-century collection by Edna St. Vincent Millay that brings together poems exploring love, loss, nature, and the human co…