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The Portion of Labor
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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
This is the story of Ellen Brewster, pretty little daughter of shoe-mill workers in a Northeastern US town of the late 19th century. After t…
The Road To Mandalay
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Bithia Mary Croker
Sophy Leigh and Douglas Shafto come to Burma on the same ship in 1912. They come for different reasons. Through them, we learn about British…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 16
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Complete Works of George Savile, first Marquess of Halifax, with an Introduction by Walter Alexander Raleigh
Read by John Greenman
George Savile Marquis Of Halifax
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman, writer, and politician who sat in the Hou…
The Crock of Gold
Read by Michele Fry
James Stephens
This is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens, a quick-witted storyteller whose pantheistic philosophy is revealed in his adu…
With Her in Ourland
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Third in the trilogy of the feminist classics, after Moving the Mountain and Herland. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodic…
The Mikado, Or The Town of Titipu (version 2)
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W. S. Gilbert
In the town of Titipu, flirting is punishable by death on the command of the Mikado himself! But what happens when the Lord High Executioner…
The Imperialist
Read by Bruce Pirie
Mrs. Everard Cotes and Sara Jeannette Duncan
“The Imperialist,” a novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan, published in 1904, is a portrait of life in small-town Ontario at the beginning of the …
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Although this book may not have the immediately recognizable title of, say, “Rip Van Winkle” or “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” this book deserve…
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
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Charles Reade
A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. Wi…
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 17
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Various
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…
The Chronicles of America Volume 06 - The Fathers of New England
Read by Jim Locke
Charles Andrews, Charles Mclean Andrews and Charles Morris
This sixth installment in the series, as one would expect, deals with events in the northern settlements that were taking place at the same …
Sketches by Boz, version 2
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Charles Dickens
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications f…
Legends of Saints and Sinners
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Douglas Hyde
"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …
The Heart of the Ancient Wood
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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts and Charles G. D. Roberts
A woman and her daughter take refuge in a cabin deep in the Canadian forest. This is a tale of survival from the land, friendship and love.…
Legends of Old Honolulu
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William Drake Westervelt
Hawai'i: land of wonder and beauty and a culture rich in history and mythology. Dr. Westervelt settled in Hawai'i as a young man and collect…
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death
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Franz Von Dingelstedt
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Sir John Mandeville
This is an Elizabethan translation of a 14th century travelogue, allegedly composed by one Sir John Mandeville. According to the book, John …
A Christmas Miscellany 2020
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Various
Nine stories, chapters, or essays about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by David Wales
October Vagabonds
Read by Roger Melin
Richard Le Gallienne
Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the …