Culture & Heritage
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa
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Elphinstone Dayrell
A collection of folk stories and fairy tales from Southern Nigeria gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell, deputy commissioner of the region when t…
Vie de Rancé
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François-René de Chateaubriand
Hagiographie. Vie de Rancé, 1626-1700. La Trappe. Noblesse de robe. Abbé mondain. Partisan du cardinal de Retz, ennemi de Ma…
The Sport of the Gods
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered around urban black life. Forced to leave the Sou…
The Stone Axe Of Burkamukk
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Mary Grant Bruce
Mary Grant Bruce was an Australian children's writer who spent one year collecting Aboriginal stories in Gippsland - a part of Victoria whic…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
Anno 2070: een blik in de toekomst
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Pieter Harting
Een schrijver die vrij hardhandig met de nukken en grillen van de toekomst kennis maakte, was de negentiende-eeuwse professor Pieter Harting…
Cádiz, Episodios Nacionales VIII, serie I (Version 2)
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Benito Pérez Galdós
Acorralada por el infame francés, toda España se ha refugiado en Cádiz. Todos huyen ante el empuje del invasor: nobles,…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 10
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
Elissa
Read by Keith Salis
H. Rider Haggard
Anthropologists have studied the ruins of a great city and temple in Zimbabwe, and it has left them in wonder. The construction and markings…
The Gray Mills of Farley
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Sarah Orne Jewett
As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…
A Family of Noblemen
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Meet the Golovliovs, the ultimate dysfunctional family. In the difficult transition years before and after the liberation of Russia’s serfs,…
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Sir Walter Scott
An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines
Jess
Read by Jim Locke
H. Rider Haggard
The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are com…
Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times
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George Payne Rainsford James
Picture a tranquil English village, with an inn on the green. A lone patron enjoys his wine and teasing the landlord's pretty daughter, when…
L' Homme de fer
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Paul Féval, père and Paul Féval, Père
TRILOGIE, « La Fée des Grèves », « A la plus belle », « L’Homme de fer ».Suite de « …
The Story Of A Modern Woman
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Ella Hepworth Dixon
"This touching short novel tells the story of Mary Earl, a woman who has to fend for herself in London at the end of the 19th century. …
Bracebridge Hall
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Washington Irving
Famed American humorist and essayist Washington Irving published a series of short pieces entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon,…
Towards Democracy
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Edward Carpenter
“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …
Le Dernier Jour d’un Condamné (Version 2)
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Victor Hugo
Roman à thèse.Plaidoyer politique pour l’abolition de la peine de mort.Forme de l’ouvrage : Journal tenu par un condamné…
The Children Of The Abbey
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Regina Maria Roche
Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…