David Wales
Tales Of Lonely Trails
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Zane Grey
Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he…
Recollections of a Missionary in the Great West
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Brady was a journalist, historian, adventure writer, and Episcopal priest. As a priest he spent some time on the American frontier as a miss…
A Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year …
Days with the Great Composers
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May Gillington Byron
Days with the Great Composers invites listeners to step into the lives of some of history's most celebrated composers through a series of im…
The Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Sketches
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Bret Harte
The Luck of Roaring Camp is a poignant short story by Bret Harte that captures the rugged spirit of California's Gold Rush era. Set in a rou…
A Thin Ghost And Others
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M. R. James
Five ghost stories, published in 1920, by the early twentieth century master of ghostery. - Summary by david wales
Cape Cod Stories
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Joseph Crosby Lincoln
This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an Amer…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
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Owen Wister
The New Swiss Family Robinson is a humorous take on the classic adventure story, crafted by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon. This parody…
Lin McLean
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Owen Wister
Lin McLean follows the life of a young cowboy navigating the rugged landscape of the Wyoming territory before it achieved statehood. Through…
Treatises On Friendship And Old Age
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship. Old Age. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher. He is considered one …
Sherman's March To The Sea, And The Burning Of Columbia, South Carolina, From His Memoirs
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William Tecumseh Sherman
This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And D…
The Water Ghost and Others
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John Kendrick Bangs
Eight ghost stories by a master story teller and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (Summary by David Wales)
Myths And Legends Of The Pacific Northwest Especially Of Washington And Oregon
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Katharine Berry Judson
The basis on which these myths were selected necessarily excluded those which showed traces of the white man's religion or of the red man's …
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
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A. E. W. Mason
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as w…
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life
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Stewart Edward White
Thirteen short stories by a popular writer of the early 20th century (not to be confused with an earlier book Blazed Trail). White's books …
Auguste Rodin
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Rainer Maria Rilke
Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, was a …
The Great K. & A. Train-Robbery
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Paul Leicester Ford
In this short novel the narrator is a superintendent on the K. & A. railroad, sometime in the late nineteenth century. The train is robb…
Five Tales
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John Galsworthy
Five Tales by John Galsworthy presents a collection of five evocative short stories that explore the complexities of human relationships and…
Sevastopol
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Leo Tolstoy
Sevastopol Sketches (Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, Sevastopolskiye rasskazy) are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and publish…
The House Of The Arrow
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A. E. W. Mason
A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French S&uc…