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Chapter 1.XXXVIII.—How Gargantua did eat up six pilgrims in a salad

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I

Read by Daniel Watkins


Francois Rabelais and François Rabelais


The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

2-11-The Different Systems of legislation

In The Social Contract

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau


The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

Chapter 15: The Bloody Angle

In Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

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William H. Edwards and William Hanford Edwards


A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America. (summary by Ian Hatley)

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In The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Volume I

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Horatio Nelson


Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English flag officer famous …

06 - Operations: Sept. 1-3; Drocourt-Queant Line

In Canada's Hundred Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - No…

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John Livesay and John Frederick Bligh Livesay


This is Part Two of Four of the incredible story of the actions of the men and women of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canada's contribut…

19 - A Dread Prophecy

In The Story Girl

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Lucy Maud Montgomery


The Story Girl, by Anne of Green Gables author L.M. Montgomery, tells about the summer Felix and Beverly King visit their cousins in Carlise…

Snow-Flakes - Read by DMW

In Snow-Flakes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20…

The Rise of Carthage

In On the Shores of the Great Sea

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M.B. Synge and M. B. Synge


Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham…

On the Nature of Things (Leonard translation)

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Titus Lucretius Carus


On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philoso…

The Science of Getting Rich (version 2)

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Wallace D. Wattles


This groundbreaking book uses simple language to bring an astonishing idea to the world. Our thoughts, powered with the emotion of gratitude…

The Black Monk

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Anton Chekhov


Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black m…

The Science of Being Well (version 2)

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Wallace D. Wattles


The sequal to "The Science of Getting Rich", this book discusses how the power of positive thinking, and other specific habits can…

The Science Of Being Great (Version 2)

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Wallace D. Wattles


The 3rd and final book in Wallace D. Wattles' "The Science of.." trilogy. Wattles offers this work as a practical guide to achieve…