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A Christmas Miscellany
Read by David Wales
Various
A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales
Sheriff Larrabee's Prisoner
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Max Brand
The stranger rode up in the pouring rain to the lonely ranch house. Before dawn he was riding quickly away. Who had killed old Mr. Benton?…
Never: A Handbook For The Uninitiated And Inexperienced Aspirants To Refined So…
Read by David Wales
Nathan Dane Urner
An 1883 tongue-in-cheek spoof of manners and mannerisms of “society”. ‘the “Open Sesame” to that jealously-guarded realm,—good society,—in …
Young Readers Science Fiction Stories
Read by David Wales
Richard Mace Elam
This 1957 book contains thirteen pre-space-exploration stories for young readers. Some of the details show their dated composition (we now…
The Cross Brand
Read by David Wales
Max Brand
Jack Bristol shot the sheriff and stole his horse. He rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him cap…
Kaffir, Kangaroo, Klondike; Tales Of The Gold Fields
Read by David Wales
Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt
Seven short stories. - Summary by david wales
The Good Soldier; A Selection Of Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918
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N. P. Dawson
“Here are boys, all sorts of boys: French, English, Italian, American… These are soldiers’ letters written home. But reading, one finds t…
The Martyrdom Of Belgium; Official Report Of Massacres Of Peaceable Citizens, W…
Read by David Wales
George Cooreman
The title says it all. World War I narratives of German activities in Belgium after the German invasion of this neutral country. - Summary b…
Canyon de Chelly; The Story of its Ruins and People
Read by David Wales
Zorro A. Bradley
A 1973 U.S. government publication describing the history and physical characteristics of this Arizona national monument within the boundari…
A Cathedral Singer
Read by David Wales
James Lane Allen
New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Di…
The White Cowl
Read by David Wales
James Lane Allen
A Trappist monastery in nineteenth century Kentucky. A young monk. A young woman in distress. Whither? One might want to compare this story …
Sister Dolorosa
Read by David Wales
James Lane Allen
A Carmelite convent in Kentucky in the nineteenth century. A beautiful immature nun. A handsome immature visitor. A chance meeting. Whither?…
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
Read by David Wales
Various
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb
Read by David Wales
Various
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was teste…
A Soldier Of The Legion;An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Alg…
Read by David Wales
George Manington
An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as…
Round The Fire Stories
Read by David Wales
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In the present [1908] collection those [stories] have been brought together which are concerned with the grotesque and with the terrible—suc…
The Giant Crab And Other Tales From Old India
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W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse
This is the first collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. There is a second entitled The Talking Thrush (LibriVox audio…
The Talking Thrush And Other Tales From India
Read by David Wales
W.H.D. Rouse and W. H. D. Rouse
This is the second collection by this author of charming folk tales from India. The first collection is entitled The Giant Crab (Librivox au…
The Mirror Of Kong Ho
Read by David Wales
Ernest Bramah
This 1905 tongue-in-cheek book is ostensibly the letters of a dutiful son to his Chinese father describing his encounter with and experience…
Three Days On The Ohio River
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William A Alcott and William A. Alcott
This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time…