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29 - Jesus at Jericho

In Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 6

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut


Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …

Chapter 1

In A Little Servant

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Grace Livingston Hill


A short story of a little girl who is Jesus' servant and how she won the heart of an unbelieving gardener. Summary by Esther

A Thrush Before Dawn - Read by EHL

In A Thrush Before Dawn

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Alice Meynell


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of A Thrush Before Dawn by Alice Meynell. This was the weekly poetry project for the w…

A Face in a Book

In Short Poetry Collection 065

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Richard Le Gallienne and Richard le Gallienne


LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 065: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Ch. VII. Off the Gunfleet

In Famous Sea Fights

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John R. Hale


I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I sha…

2 - Hints for the Selection of Becoming and Appropriate Types of Head-Gear

In What Dress Makes of Us

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Dorothy Quigley


A wickedly funny book of advice on women's dress. However old, fat or plain you are, Dorothy Quigley will tell you what not to wear. (Summar…

24 - Chapter XXIV: The Artist And His Costume

In Woman as Decoration

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Emily Burbank and Helen M. Urban


A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. (Summary by Julie VW)

On Clerical Snobs

In The Book of Snobs

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W M Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray


The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…

1-28 - The Borgias: Epilogue

In Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and The Cenci

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Alexandre Dumas [pere] and Alexandre Dumas


Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

08 - In which Kin-Fo makes a Serious Proposition to Wang, which the Latter no l…

In The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

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Jules Verne


The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wa…

Book 2, Chapter 4

In Off on a Comet

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Jules Verne


The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various natio…

00 - Preface

In Travels in Alaska

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John Muir


In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …

When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies - Read by EHL

In When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of When Stars Are in the Quiet Sky by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. This was the weekly poetry…

The Beautiful Queen of Persia

In Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 5

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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut


Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …

Chapter 11

In The Alaskan

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James Oliver Curwood


A wilderness story of adventure and intrigue in Alaska in the 1920’s. Summary by Maire Rhode.

Robinson Crusoe's Story - Read by EHL

In Robinson Crusoe's Story

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Charles E. Carryl and Charles Edward Carryl


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of Robinson Crusoe's Story by Charles Edward Carryl, published in "Modern America…

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