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Return to Scotland
Read by Katie Riley
Jacob Abbott
In Mary Queen of Scots
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
XIII to Note
Read by Kyle James Maclean
William Butler Yeats
In J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
The Laird
Read by Ignitio
George MacDonald
In The Elect Lady
Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…
Malcolm
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
Malcolm MacPhail has lived, for all of his twenty or so years, in a fishing village on the north coast of Scotland. He lives with his grandf…
A Plot
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
The Natives
Read by Tibbi Scott
Katherine MacLean
In Short Science Fiction Collection 046
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
There was a lad was born in Kyle
Read by Patti Brugman
Robert Burns
In Robert Burns 250th Anniversary
Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including…
Conclusion
Read by Russ Lemker
Jacob Abbott
In Peter the Great
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…
Answer to Prologue and Epilogue
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
02 - The Spell of the Yukon
Read by Becky Cook
Robert W. Service
In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …
Canada's Answer
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Temple Scott
In Recruiting Songs
This rousing collection of poems is sure to bring out patriotic sentiments in us all. These works were written with the glories of victory i…
Canada's Word
Read by Pam Castille
Ralph Connor
In Princess Mary's Gift Book
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…
Russell Kincaid
Read by Betsie Bush
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Forgotten?
Read by Bruce Kachuk
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Book 1, prologue
Read by KirksVoice
John Campbell, John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.
In The Black Star Passes
A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of…
Part I - Chapter I
Read by ToddHW
Wilkie Collins
In My Lady's Money
Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…
XIII. The Sequel
Read by Ryan Cherrick
Jacob Abbott
In King Alfred of England
The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of "The Great." King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions an…
Momentum
Read by Glenn Carruthers
Katherine MacLean
In Short Science Fiction Collection 105
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Bookbinder and His Pupil
Read by csinclair
George MacDonald
In There and Back
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …
Work
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Norman Macleod
In Good Words: 1870
Good Words was an English monthly magazine directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes. It contain…