Full Online Books: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Vegetables - Potato Salad - Triple-gold Potato Salad

2-1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, cut into 1" chunks 4 cloves garlic, peeled 8 scallions, thinly sliced 1/3 cup fresh lime juice 3 tablespoons olive oil...

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Casseroles - Seafood - Marlen's Spaghetti Casserole

1/2 pound spaghetti, cooked and cut in 1" pieces 4 Tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 4 Tablespoons all purpose flour 2 cups milk (2% ok) 1 8 oz....

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Flowing Gold - Chapter 9

CHAPTER IXNo industry can boast a history more dramatic, more exciting, than that of oil. From the discovery of petroleum, on through the development of...

Long Stories

Rex Beach

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A Woman's Wrath

By Isaac Lob Perez The small room is dingy as the poverty that clings to its walls. There is a hook fastened to the crumbling ceiling, relic of a departed...

Short Stories

Isaac Lob Perez

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Magazines

JULY 16, 1918. I was looking in a hurry for something to read. One magazine on the bookstall told me it was exactly what I wanted for a railway journey....

Essays

Henry Major Tomlinson

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Peter: A Novel Of Which He Is Not The Hero - Chapter 30

CHAPTER XXXJack strode out into the night, his mind in a whirl. No sense of elation over the money had possession of him. All his thoughts were on Isaac....

Long Stories

Francis Hopkinson Smith

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Bread - Muffins Banana Poppy Seed Muffins

2 ripe medium bananas, peeled 1 egg 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup oil 2 tsp. grated orange peel 2 cups flour 1 1/2 tbsp. poppy seeds 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp....

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The Gold Bat - Chapter XXII - A DRESS REHEARSAL

CHAPTER XXII - A DRESS REHEARSALSome people in Trevor's place might have taken the earliest opportunityof confronting Rand-Brown, so as to settle the matter...

Long Stories

P G Wodehouse

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Aunt Jane's Nieces At Work - Chapter 7. Patsy Makes Progress

CHAPTER VII. PATSY MAKES PROGRESSMeantime Patsy was in the thick of the fray. The druggist was a deep-dyed Democrat, and sniffed when she asked him what...

Long Stories

L. Frank Baum

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This Mother's Day Without You Strains Belief

This Mother's Day without you strains beliefIn life and love and what it means to be,But there is beauty in my lonely grief. Your death is like a wound...

Poems

Nicholas Gordon

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The Turn Of The Screw - Chapter XXII

Yet it was when she had got off--and I missed her on the spot-- that the great pinch really came. If I had counted on what it would give me to find myself...

Long Stories

Henry James

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Cakesandfrostings - Fruit Cake Cassata Alla Siciliana

1 9x5x3 inch loaf pound cake 2/3 cup orange juice 1/4 cup rum 1 pound riccota cheese 2/3 cups toasted chopped filberts, divided 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup mini...

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The Sea Wolf - Chapter XXVI

Wolf Larsen took the distribution of the whisky off my hands, andthe bottles began to make their appearance while I worked over thefresh batch of wounded...

Long Stories

Jack London

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The Wonderful Tune

Maurice Connor was the king, and that's no small word, of all the pipers in Munster. He could play jig and reel without end, and Ollistrum's March, and...

Short Stories

Andrew Lang

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An Appeal For Ireland

"Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days."--Ecel. xi; 1. Hark! hear the cry of Erin's sons, By plague and famine frantic;...

Poems

Sarah S. Mower

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Cakesandfrostings - Cheesecake Cappuccino Cheesecake Squares

Crust: 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) butter softened 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Filling: 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese...

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Tatterdemalion - Part 1. Of War-Time - Chapter 2. Defeat

PART I. OF WAR-TIME CHAPTER II. DEFEATShe had been standing there on the pavement a quarter of an hour or so after her shilling's worth of concert. Women...

Long Stories

John Galsworthy

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Fragments From "green Fire"

THE BIRDS OF ANGUS ÒG "Then, in the violet forest all a-bourgeon, Eucharis, said to me: It is Spring."--ARTHUR RIMBAUD. After the dim purple bloom...

Essays

William Sharp

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The Last Chantey

"_And there was no more sea._" Thus said The Lord in the Vault above the Cherubim Calling to the Angels and the Souls in their degree: "Lo! Earth has passed...

Poems

Rudyard Kipling

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Cakesandfrostings - Cheesecake White Chocolate Lemon

1 ¸ c. chocolate wafer cookie crumbs 5 TBSP. butter, melted CRUST Combine cookies and butter and press into a lightly buttered 10-inch springform pan....

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A Poet's Fad

HE writes bad verse on principle, E'en though it does not sell. He thinks the plan original- So many folk write well.(The end)John Kendrick Bangs's...

Poems

John Kendrick Bangs

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Canadian-born

Although I'm not unduly proud, Inordinately vain, But humble, as will be allowed, And modest in the main; I must confess to pride of birth,...

Poems

W. M. Mackeracher

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A Story Of Experience - Chapter X. BEGINNING AGAIN

MRS. STERLING.IT was an April day when Christie went to her new home. Warm rainshad melted the last trace of snow, and every bank was full ofpricking grass-blades,...

Long Stories

Louisa May Alcott

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The First Christmas-tree

IThe day before Christmas, in the year of our Lord 722.Broad snow-meadows glistening white along the banks of the river Moselle; steep hill-sides blooming...

Short Stories

Henry Van Dyke

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Friday, January 30, 2015

Casseroles - Pasta - Baked Macaroni And Eggplant Neapolitan

1/2 package Creamette elbow macaroni (1-lb.) -- uncooked 1 medium eggplant -- peeled and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 jar Classico or other...

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Susan Van Doozen

I'll write, for I'm witty, a popular ditty, To bring to me shekels and fame,And the only right way one may write one to-day Is to give it some Irish...

Poems

Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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Words And Deeds

A fire broke out in Bildad's shack and burned it to the ground; and Bildad, with his roofless pack, sent up a doleful sound. And I, who lived the next...

Poems

Walt Mason

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He Knew He Was Right - Chapter 43. Laburnum Cottage

CHAPTER XLIII. LABURNUM COTTAGEThere had been various letters passing, during the last six weeks, between Priscilla Stanbury and her brother, respecting...

Long Stories

Anthony Trollope

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Piccola

Suggested by One of Mrs. Celia Thaxter's Poems. "Story-telling is a real strengthening spirit-bath."--Froebel. Piccola lived in Italy the oranges grow,...

Short Stories

Nora A. Smith

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Vegetarian - Pasta - Pasta With Black Beans And Artichoke Hearts

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup sliced green onions (can use sweet onion) 3/4 teaspoon dried whole oregano 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper...

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On The Old Road Volume 2 (of 2) - Minor Writings Upon Art - The Study Of Beauty And Art In Large Towns

THE STUDY OF BEAUTY AND ART IN LARGE TOWNS.(21) 266. I have been asked by Mr. Horsfall to write a few words of introduction to the following papers. The...

Essays

John Ruskin

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French Camel

Two guys are on duty at a French Foreign Legion fort. One says to the other one, "See that camel over there? I'll bet you I can make him jump 30 feet...

Funny Stories

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Vegetables - Simmered Tomatillo Jalapeno Sauce

1 1/2 tbsp. olive or vegetable oil, divided 1 medium white onion, roughly chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled & roughly chopped 2 cups chicken,...

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The Forest Of Dreams

I. Where was I last Friday night?-- Within the forest of dark dreams Following the blur of a goblin-light, That led me over ugly streams, Whereon...

Poems

Madison Julius Cawein

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Who Marched In Sixty-one

CAL STEWART, New York, Memorial Day, 1903. I'VE jist bin down at the corner, mother, To see the boys in line, Dressed up in their bran'...

Poems

Cal Stewart

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Glinda Of Oz - Chapter 7. The Magic Isle

Chapter Seven. The Magic IsleOzma, seeing it was useless to argue with the Supreme Dictator of the Flatheads. had been considering how best to escape from...

Long Stories

L. Frank Baum

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Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls - Chapter 6. The Garden Tea

CHAPTER VI. THE GARDEN TEATHERE was a gnarled old pear-tree of great age and size that grew near Betty Leicester's east window. By leaning out a little...

Long Stories

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Missy's Room

Mrs. Falconer and Miss Bailey walked home together through the fine blue summer afternoon from the Ladies' Aid meeting at Robinson's. They were talking...

Short Stories

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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The Story Of A Play: A Novel - Chapter 6

CHAPTER VIMaxwell, now, at least, knew that he had got his play going in the right direction again. He felt a fresh pleasure in returning to the old lines...

Long Stories

William Dean Howells

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White Feather - Chapter XIII - DEUS EX MACHINA

CHAPTER XIII - DEUS EX MACHINAIt did not occur to Sheen immediately that his boat had actually gone.The full beauty of the situation was some moments in...

Long Stories

P G Wodehouse

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Snacks - Icy Paws Frozen Homemade Dog Treats

2 (32 oz). containers plain or vanilla yogurt 1 Small (6 oz.) can of tuna in water 2 Teaspoons of garlic powder 24 (3 oz). Plastic (not paper) bathroom...

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Cookies - Drop Cookies Soft Molasses Cookies By Becky

1 c shortening 1 c brown sugar 2 eggs 1 c sour milk 4 c flour 1 c molasses 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp soda 1/2 to 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 to 1 tsp ginger Mix...

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Poultry - Chicken Sandwich - Ranch Chicken Sandwiches

1/4 cup ranch dressing 1 tbsp. chopped fresh chives 4 boneless -- skinless chicken breast halves 4 slices Canadian style bacon 4 whole grain sandwich buns...

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The Virginians - Chapter XXXVI. Which seems to mean Mischief

Though she had clearly had the worst of the battle described in the last chapter, the Baroness Bernstein, when she next met her niece showed no rancour...

Long Stories

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Salads And Dressings - Spinach - Spinach, Egg And Bacon Salad

4 large eggs, hard-boiled 3/4 pound slab bacon, cut into 1/4-inch cubes 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced 1 small shallot, finely chopped Juice of 1/2...

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Inquiries And Opinions - Literature In The New Century

(This paper was read on September 24th, 1904, in the section of Belles-lettres of the International Congress of the Arts and Sciences, held at St. Louis.)There...

Nonfictions

Brander Matthews

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Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John - Chapter 11. A Real Adventure At Last

CHAPTER XI. A REAL ADVENTURE AT LASTUncle John woke up when the Major inadvertently placed a heel upon his round stomach on the way to the ground. The...

Long Stories

L. Frank Baum

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Village Miners

"Right so, the hunter takes his pony which has been trained for the purpose, and stalks the deer behind him; the pony feeds towards the herd, so that they...

Essays

Richard Jefferies

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