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How Gloves Came to Grenoble

In Gloves Past and Present

Read by Chad Gates


Willard M. Smith


From the preface: "For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one o…

The Palace of Wonders

In Dot and Tot of Merryland

Read by Chad


L. Frank Baum


Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the advent…

Shakespeare and Voice

In Great Writers Inspire

Read by Linda Gates


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Shakespeare and Voice

In Interviews on Great Writers

Read by Linda Gates


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Snob Royal

In The Book of Snobs

Read by Gates Maru


W M Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray


The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…

Don in the City

In Don, a Runaway Dog: His Many Adventures (Version 2)

Read by Chad Jackson


Richard Barnum


Don is a dog with a yearning for adventure. After he escapes from home, he makes new friends and has a run-in with the dog-catcher, but he p…

Deepfreeze

In Short Science Fiction Collection 066

Read by Chad Jackson


Robert Donald Locke


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Dr. John Blow

In Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell

Read by Chad Jackson


Frederick Bridge


Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. - Summary by KevinS

The Heart of Hull House -- Jane Addams

In Heroines of Service

Read by Chad Jackson


Mary Rosetta Parkman


From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…

James Lawrence

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2

Read by Chad Jackson


Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…

Dry Beans and Peas

In Money-Saving Main Dishes

Read by Chad Jackson


Anonymous


This is Home and Garden Bulletin No. 43 from the Human Nutrition Research Division and Consumer and Food Economics Research Division Agricul…

Section 6

In The Machine that Saved the World (Version 2)

Read by Chad Jackson


Murray Leinster


They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in fromspace--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense couldE…

Pope and the Art of Satire

In Twelve Types

Read by Chad Jackson


G. K. Chesterton


Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS

Chapter 12

In The Famous Missions of California

Read by Chad Jackson


William Henry Hudson


Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…

Return Voyage-Edale Once More

In The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777

Read by Chad Jackson


Nicholas Cresswell


Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

Dead Man's Rock by 'Q'

In My First Book (Version 2)

Read by Chad Jackson


Various


Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literat…

The Potter's Vessel

In The Bible For Young People Vol. 1

Read by Chad Schwartz


Anonymous


"The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctri…