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Martha Maxwell, Taxidermist, at the Centennial Exposition (1876)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 073

Read by Sue Anderson


Mary Emma Dartt Thompson


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Salve! ye dumb hearts. Let us be still and wait by the roadside." With these…

Lightfoot in the Woods

In Lightfoot, the Leaping Goat

Read by Sue Gill


Richard Barnum


Lightfoot is a delightful little goat who jumps from one adventure to another, some heroic some just mischief, but always a lot of fun. This…

Governor Adlai Stevenson's Veto of the "Cat Bill" (1949)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079

Read by Sue Anderson


Adlai E. Stevenson


"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …

Letter from William Blake to Mr. Butts, 16th August, 1803

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 075

Read by Sue Anderson


William Blake


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Is the sound of a dripping faucet music? According to Aldous Huxley, "The music of…

Alice Freeman Palmer's Three Rules for Happiness

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066

Read by Sue Anderson


George Herbert Palmer


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Why Women Should Vote" (Jane Addams, 1910) is one of several selections devo…

On the Nests of the Fifteen-Spined Stickleback

In LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

Read by Sue Anderson


Anonymous


This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

From Rose Petals to Rose Oil

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052

Read by Sue Anderson


Anonymous


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

Emerson and Thoreau, November 10, 1838

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 048

Read by Sue Anderson


Ralph Waldo Emerson


Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy and thought--Phtah-Hotep…

Native Bees

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053

Read by Sue Anderson


Beatriz Moisset


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th…

Prison Journal of Stephen Austin, 1833-1835, Part 1

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 069

Read by Sue Anderson


Stephen Fuller Austin


"It seemed as if a total dissolution of nature was taking place" is the way 15-year old Alexander Hamilton described living throug…

James Wilson, Blind Biographer

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074

Read by Sue Anderson


James Wilson


Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…

1 - My Mammy's Soup; The Whiskey Barrel

In Reminiscences of a Southern Hospital, by Its Matron

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Phoebe Yates Pember


Phoebe Yates Pember served as a matron in the Confederate Chimborazo military hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, overseei…

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