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Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. At the beginning of her writing career she focused on poetry on children’s books. Later in her career she devoted herself to the mystery genre. The Come Back was frist published in 1921.

Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet. Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. At the beginning of her writing career she focused on poetry on children’s books. Later in her career she devoted herself to the mystery genre. The Vanishing of Betty Varian was first published in 1922.

Trivia-on-Book: The House We Grew Up in by Lisa Jewell **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted...

Trivia-on-Book: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted...

We know from the contents of Charles Darwin's Note Book of 1837 that he was at that time a convinced Evolutionist. Nor can there be any doubt that, when he started on board the Beagle, such opinions as he had were on the side of immutability. When therefore did the current of his thoughts begin to...

Trivia-on-Book: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline In the 1800’s up to early 1900’s, orphan trains were used to bring orphans and homeless children from the west to the east. They were lucky if the family that adopted them was loving and caring, but unfortunate if the family was not....

Trivia-on-Book: Quiet by Susan Cain​ **You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?** Trivia-on-Books is an independently quiz-formatted unofficial...

Moral education is everywhere acknowledged to be the most important part of all education; but there has not been the same agreement in regard to the best means of securing it in the school. This has been due in part to a want of insight into the twofold nature of this sort of education; for instruction...

JOAN OF ARC was perhaps the most wonderful person who ever lived in the world. The story of her life is so strange that we could scarcely believe it to be true, if all that happened to her had not been told by people in a court of law, and written down by her deadly enemies, while she was still alive....

Philippe Guilleri, brigand du Poitou sous le règne d'Henri IV, exécuté à La Rochelle en 1608. Voilà pour l’Histoire. Pour le reste, que sait-on ? La légende en a fait le héros d'une comptine célèbre : "Il était un p'tit homme, appelé Guilleri Carabi..." On a rapporté qu'il était un gentilhomme...

I do not know which of us got into the carriage first. Indeed I did not know he was in the carriage at all for some time. It was the last train from London to a Midland town-a stopping train, an infinitely leisurely train, one of those trains which give you an understanding of eternity. It was tolerably...

'Seen anything of Carnacki lately?' I asked Arkright when we met in the City. 'No,' he replied. 'He's probably off on one of his jaunts. We'll be having a card one of these days inviting us to No. 472, Cheyne Walk, and then we'll hear all about it. Queer chap that.' He nodded, and went on his way....

A reflection is an afterthought. While things are happening, we only think about the here and now. Its only afterwards that we have the opportunity to rethink, analyse, consider and REFLECT. In this book the author George Manus has reflected over this and that and also the somewhat unexpected. No...

Il y a trente ou quarante ans, alors qu'on mettait près de quinze jours pour se rendre de Paris à Marseille, et qu'on n'était pas toujours sûr d'arriver à destination, il fallait être doué d'une certaine dose de courage pour se risquer de propos délibéré sur un navire à vapeur partant à...