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Chapter VI
Read by Kristine Bekere
George Griffith
In A Mayfair Magician; a Romance of Criminal Science
Our narrator, a researcher, finds himself snowed in at a Scottish prison. The resident doctor, an observer of criminal psychology, offers hi…
Chapter 22 part 2
Read by Kristine Bekere
Austen Layard
In Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…
Ch 2, pt. 2
Read by Kristine Bekere
John Foxe, William B. Forbush, ed. and John Foxe
In Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beli…
Observ. XXXII.
Read by Kristine Bekere
Robert Hooke
In Micrographia
Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to t…
29 - Partition 2, Section 3 , Member 8
Read by Kristine Bekere
Robert Burton
In The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 2
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…
Concerning other people's cats
Read by Kristine Bekere
Helen M. Winslow
In Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
"I have known, and loved, and studied many cats, but my knowledge of her (Pretty Lady, a cat) alone would convince me that cats love pe…
Netlik
Read by Kristine Bekere
Zachariah Atwell Mudge and Zachariah Atwell Mudge
In North-Pole Voyages
For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…
Architecture and the Arts
Read by Kristine Bekere
Eva March Tappan
In When Knights Were Bold
This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictur…
The Author's Epilogue
Read by Kristine Bekere
Giovanni Boccaccio
In The Decameron
The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and…
Selected works
Read by Kristine Bekere
Olof von Dalin
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 10
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…
Bessy Wardour
Read by Nancy Gorgen
Amanda Minnie Douglas
In A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…
Part 5. The North
Read by Kristine Bekere
Karl Ploetz
In The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …
April 24 St. Fidelus of Sigmaringen
Read by Kristine Bekere
John Gilmary Shea
In Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June)
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
Chapter X
Read by Kristine Bekere
Anonymoustranslated Byrobert Charles, William James Mcglothlin, Anonymoustranslated By Robert Charles and William James McGlothlin
In The Book of Jubilees
The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters, considered canonic…
St. Bathildis, Queen of the Franks, Chapter 2
Read by Kristine Bekere
Unknown
In The Sainted Queens
A collection of short biographies of six Catholic Queens who became saints. Saint Margaret of Scotland - Saint Elisabeth of Portugal - Saint…
The Next Morning
Read by Devorah Allen
Johanna Spyri
In Little Miss Grasshopper
The Feland family go on a holiday in Switzerland. While there, their impulsive younger daughter gets into a scrape that teaches the whole fa…
Ulysses S. Grant, December 2, 1872
Read by Kristine Bekere
Ulysses S. Grant
In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…
Chair Cover 11 - Leaf Pattern
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Cornelia Mee
In Exercises in Knitting
Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…
Chapter XXXII. Conclusion
Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
Hope Mirrlees
In Lud-in-the-Mist
Nathaniel Chanticleer, staid and respectable mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist, wants nothing more than to preserve the traditions of his city and th…
Chapter XIII
Read by Traceyann
Katherine Keene Galt
In The Girl Scouts Rally
The continuation of the story of Rosanna, a spirited young girl, and her friends who are determined to help a less fortunate girl in need of…