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Song of the Kicking Horse
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Bliss Carman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Song of the Kicking Horse by Bliss Carman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…
Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art
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William Henry Holmes
A study of ceramics in the Americas: its form, function and ornamentation as well as its history. Produced by the Smithsonian's Department o…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter an…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
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James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison
Alfred Burdon Ellis
British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological mag…
Under the Guns
Read by Celine Major
Annie Wittenmyer and Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Our Southern Highlanders
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Horace Kephart
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…
Joseph and his Brethren
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W. K. Tweedie
"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wi…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…
Among the Head-hunters of Formosa
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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern
"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…
Discoveries
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John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…
Cupid's Darts
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Cupid's Darts by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 12, 2012.To celeb…
Entertaining Made Easy
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Emily Rose Burt
A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. - Summary by MaybeCordelia
The Dread Apache
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Merrill Pingree Freeman
Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…
The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
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William Graham Sumner
Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor cr…
Death-bed Visions
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William Fletcher Barrett
In his book Death-bed Visions, William Barrett was "anxious to prove that even people who have been skeptical all their lives of any su…
Lydia is gone this many a year
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Lizette Woodworth Reese
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of 'Lydia is gone this many a year' by Lizette Woodworth Reese. This was the Fortnightly Poetry …
A Parting Guest
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James Whitcomb Riley
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Parting Guest by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.…
A Ruined Reversolet
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C. J. Dennis
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Ruined Reversolet by C. J. Dennis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2012.…