Short non-fiction
The Columbian Orator
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Caleb Bingham
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…
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Various
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 004
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Various
Diese Sammlung umfasst verschiedene deutschsprachige Texte aller Genres, Fiktion, Non-Fiktion.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzä…
Vida vertiginosa
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João Do Rio
Vida vertiginosa é uma coletânea de crônicas de João do Rio, autor conhecido por seus retratos da vida carioca na …
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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Various
During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…
Mornings at Bow Street
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John Wight
This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1
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Various
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2
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Various
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs
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Various
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3
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Various
What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …
The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1
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Various
Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke
There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …
The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2
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Various
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…
The World's Best Orations, Volume 3
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Various
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
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William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
Dedications
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Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
Readings from Modern Mexican Authors
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Frederick Starr
Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…
The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2
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Various
Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…
Canada in War-Paint
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Ralph W. Bell
There is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souv…
Multilingual Short Works Collection 027 - Poetry & Prose
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Various
This is our 27th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…