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The Doings of Raffles Haw

Read by Patrick Wells

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

2-06-The Law

In The Social Contract

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

03- Symbols of Music Defined (continued)

In Music Notation and Terminology

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Karl Wilson Gehrkens

Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…

02 - In which Kin-Fo and the Philosopher are more fully described

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…

10 - How the Monkey Got a Drink When He Was Thirsty

In Fairy Tales from Brazil

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Elsie Spicer Eells

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths…

06 - Squinty on a Journey

In Squinty the Comical Pig

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Richard Barnum

"This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors t…

Book 1, Chapter 1

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…

11 - Five Weeks in Back Cup

In Facing the Flag

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Jules Verne

Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what…

06 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Testimony of the Sea.

In Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

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Ignatius Loyola Donnelly

"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…