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In Urania

Read by Jay Gatling


Camille Flammarion


Urania is a work of science fiction from the fine mind of French astronomer Camille Flammarion. Named for Urania, the muse of astronomy, thi…

Licet Multa (On Catholics in Belgium) August 3, 1881

In Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

Read by Brandy Jay


Pope Leo Xiii


Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) wrote eighty-eight Encyclicals during his twenty-five year pontificate (1878-1903). Fifty-six of those are include…

The Wild Clematis

In Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 2, September 1901

Read by Jay Lenhert


Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…

The Reconstruction Period

In Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Read by Jay Vance


Booker T. Washington


Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War…

How the Cobbler Cheated the Devil - English

In Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 07

Read by Jay Gatling


Charles John Tibbits


This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

WEDDINGS - THE FAVORS

In Entertaining Made Easy

Read by Jay Wright


Emily Rose Burt


This book provides the hostess with ideas for parties and games. There are five sections: Socials and Parties, Outdoor Affairs, Birthdays an…

Alternating-Current Systems, part 1

In Silent Sentinels: Protective Relays for A-C and D-C Systems

Read by Rick Jay


Westinghouse Electric And Manufacturing Company


Possibly the first book concerning the protective relays and schemes used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric powe…

Chapter I

In Windsor Castle, Book 6

Read by Jay Wills


William Harrison Ainsworth


Book 6 - Jane Seymour. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as …

The Telephone, From Invention to Business

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080

Read by Jay Randolph


Herbert Newton Casson


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…

Chapter 17

In Show Boat

Read by Jay Randolph


Edna Ferber


Published in 1926, Show Boat tells of three generations of the Hawks-Ravenal family and the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre on the Mi…

August

In A Medley of Weather Lore

Read by Brandy Jay


M. E. S. Wright


A Medley of Weatherlore is a compilation of poems, sayings, and bits of folklore for each month of the year. - Summary by A. Gramour

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