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A Child’s Lifted Cross

In Muse and Mint

Read by Kaye Burke


Walter Seymour Percy


Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…

Dining Under Difficulties

In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Read by Kaye Burke


Palmer Cox


Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

The Flight of the Gulls

In Lake Lyrics and Other Poems

Read by Kaye Burke


William Wilfred Campbell


A Collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell most of which describe the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of O…

IV. My Experience with Reporters and Newspapers

In My Larger Education

Read by Kaye Burke


Booker T. Washington


This is a sequel to Washington's first autobiographical book, Up From Slavery, which depicted his early life. He says "This book contai…

A Strange Tow

In The Outdoor Girls in Florida

Read by Kaye Burke


Laura Lee Hope


In "The Outdoor Girls in Florida, Or Wintering in the Sunny South", the parents of one of the girls have bought an orange grove in…

12 - Part II, Homes in Iceland

In Viking Tales

Read by Chuck Burke


Jennie Hall


Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)

Fatme's Rescue

In Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales

Read by Jeff Burke


Wilhelm Hauff


Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

Social Condition - A - Al-Islam

In The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights) Volume 10

Read by Jeff Burke


Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton


This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

Animal Life in the Sea

In The Book of the Ocean

Read by Jeff Burke


Ernest Ingersoll


The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…

Life in the Ocean: Animals – Part 1

In The Ocean: A General Account Of The Science Of The Sea

Read by Dave Burke


John Murray


Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

Say "Hello" For Me

In Short Science Fiction Collection 043

Read by Emily Burke


Frank W Coggins and Frank W. Coggins


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Part 9 of THE STORY OF BIRD-OF-GOLD WHO WAS THE BRAMBLE GATHERER’S DAUGHTER IX.…

In The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter

Read by Jeff Burke


Pádraic Colum


King Manus ruled over the Western Island, and he had a castle that was neither higher nor wider than any other King’s castle. But he had a s…

Explanatory

In Nequa or The Problem of the Ages

Read by Jeff Burke


Jack Adams


Nequa or The Problem of the Ages is one of the first feminist science fiction books published in the United States. It was first serialized …