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Down the Bayou

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Mary Ashley Townsend


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Down the Bayou by Mary Ashley Townsend. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 27th…

The Angler

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Thomas Buchanan Read


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Angler by Thomas Buchanan Read. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 29th, …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various


"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Japan and Korea

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Frank G. Carpenter


Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…

Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture…

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079

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Various


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

Rousseau and Education According to Nature

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Thomas Davidson


In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I ha…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084

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Various


Ghosts everywhere, and of any colour," was the promise of Spectropia, a book of "surprising spectral illusions" published in …

Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

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Richard Alfred Davenport


This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…

The British Isles and the Baltic States

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Frank G. Carpenter


Another in a long series by the author focusing on the British Isles and a few chapters on Germany, Poland and other countries of the Baltic…

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

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Henriette Campan


Introduced into the royal household as court reader at the age of 15 and later rising to the office of first lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin…

Vlaemsche Dichtoefeningen

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Guido Gezelle


De bundel Vlaemsche Dichtoefeningen bevat 52 gedichten. Het is vooral eigen werk van Guido Gezelle, en hiernaast ook enkele vertalingen. Het…

Nocturne

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich


LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Nocturne by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 3, 2011.Aldrich…

The Flag and the Faithful

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William J. Lampton


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Flag and the Faithful by William J. Lampton. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Janua…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086

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Various


"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 087

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Various


"Certitude is not the test of certainty." This pithy phrase is from Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr's essay on Natural Law, one of…

The Early Diary of Frances Burney, Vol. 1

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Frances Burney and Annie Raine Ellis


Vol. 1 of Diaries and letters of the young Fanny Burney. The diaries give a lively and accurate account of her experiences in the literary a…

De Kerkklokken

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Charles Dickens


Dit is het tweede 'kerstverhaal' van Charles Dickens. Het boek is geschreven in 1844 een jaar na het beroemdere Chrismas Carol. Eigenlijk is…

First Chapter Collection 006

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Various


The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082

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Various


"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…

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