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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024
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Various and Plato
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
Example by John Keble
Read by Leanne Yau
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 2)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
Selected excerpts by Fénelon
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062
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Various
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 62 features several introspective essays: b…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 043
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Various
Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the role of "people of color&…
Preface, Contents and Letter from Thomas Hood
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In Athenaeum Souvenir
The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection …
Fragment, by Anonymous
Read by czandra
Various
In Famous Poems: A New Anthology Of Lyrics And Ballads
A collection of famous poems by various authors who wrote during the period 1550 to 1892, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090
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Various
In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor cr…
Columbia, by Timothy Dwight
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 1)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Preface
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Various
In A Christmas Hamper: Full of Pictures and Tales
This book contains stories, tales, and pictures from Christmas for little folks! - Summary by Shriya (spatel2)
Preface, by John Bolton Rogerson
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Festive Wreath
The Festive Wreath, edited by John Bolton Rogerson, and subtitled 'A Collection of Contributions Read at a Literary Meeting Held in Manchest…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
Montrose L. Barnet
In Poems We All Love
This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but w…
Show Sunday
Read by S_B
Andrew Lang
In Lost Leaders
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
Part V. Trial
Read by KHand
Belle W. Cooke
In Tears and Victory
A collection of poems about the author's life on the Oregon Trail, their experiences of their brother in the Civil War, their perspectives o…
Alfred the Harper, by John Sterling
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Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8: National Spirit (Part 2)
The eighth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
The Answer By Harry Stillwell Edwards (Second Prize)
Read by Laurie Banza
Various
In Short Stories From Life
Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maxi…
Introduction. By Edward J. O'Brien, Editor
Read by Dar'Keith Lofton
Various
In The Best Short Stories of 1917
I deny that the American short story is at a low ebb, and I offer the present volume as a revelation of the best that is now being done in t…