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The Reverberator
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a …
Zanzibar Tales
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George W. Bateman
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speak…
Die Volkssagen von Pommern und Rügen
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Jodocus Deodatus Hubertus Temme
Sagen aus Pommern und Rügen, zusammengetragen von Jodocus Deodatus Hubertus Temme. Dabei handelt es sich meist um kurze Abschnitte &uum…
A Christmas Carol (Version 09)
Read by Greg Giordano
Charles Dickens
"A Christmas Carol" has been credited with relaunching the celebration of Christmas as we know it. It relaunched Charles Dickens' …
Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct
Read by William Allan Jones
John Dewey
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…
The Crossing
Read by Bob R
Winston Churchill
This is an historical fiction novel. Many real characters of history are included, as well as fictitious ones. The saga takes place in the p…
A Son of the Middle Border
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Hamlin Garland
In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank …
Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes
Read by David Wales
Katharine Berry Judson
It is a loss to American literature that so much of the legendary history of these Indian tribes has gone, beyond hope of recovery. Exquisit…
Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 2)
Read by Peter Tucker
King James Version
Job was a prosperous landowner who encountered a series of misfortunes, leading him to question himself and his relation to his God. A gran…
By What Authority?
Read by Carol Pelster
Robert Hugh Benson
Two wealthy families are neighbors in Elizabethan England; one is staunchly Catholic and the other is devoutly Protestant. The attractive yo…
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars
Read by Grant Hurlock
Bampfylde Moore Carew
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew recounts the wide-ranging exploits of a real-life rogue – a wily professional mendicant w…
La Symphonie pastorale
Read by Christiane Jehanne
André Gide
Un pasteur recueille dans sa famille une jeune fille aveugle et non éduquée. Un attachement, un sentiment naît. Cé…
Tea: Its Mystery and History
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Samuel Phillips Day
Samuel Phillips Day traces the history of tea from Asia to England, exploring some of the romance of this treasured drink and its place in B…
Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
This is Stowe's second book, another one depicting the horrors of southern slavery, published 4 years after Uncle Tom's Cabin and 5 years be…
Tales of Daring and Danger
Read by Keith Salis
G. A. Henty
G A Henty takes us on a variety of adventures in this collection:A daring rescue on rough seas, a military action against Chinese pirates, h…
The Convivio
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Dante Alighieri
Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four tr…
Old Rail Fence Corners
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Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris
Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers i…
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1
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Songling Pu
"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly sup…
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
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David Kalakaua
A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of …