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Deephaven
Read by Betsie Bush
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was …
In the Bishop's Carriage
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Miriam Michelson
Nancy 'Nance' Olden, a young and very pretty woman, is an accomplished liar and thief. Raised in a horrific orphanage, called the Cruelty by…
Eskimo Folk-Tales
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Knud Rasmussen
Quote:"No man is better qualified to tell the story of Greenland, or the stories of its people. Knud Rasmussen is himself partly of Esk…
Pollyanna (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
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Eleanor H. Porter
The story begins when Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly, a strict and dutiful middle aged woman. Pollyanna imme…
Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall
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Alice B. Emerson
In this, the second book of the Ruth Fielding series, Ruth goes to boarding school with her best friend Helen. When they get there, Ruth sta…
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall arrives at her aunts' brick house in Riverboro, she is not exactly welcomed with the open arms one would h…
Ruth Hall
Read by Deborah Knight
Fanny Fern
This is a COMPELLING semi-autobiography of a woman who experienced severe highs and lows! Starting many things at a very young age in life &…
The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
True Stories from History and Biography
Read by Susan Morin
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such…
Mr Hogarth's Will
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Catherine Helen Spence
Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and th…
Peggy's Trial
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Mary Knight Potter
Ten-year old Peggy Clayton and her two younger brothers, Teddy and Harry, live with their father, Dr. Clayton, and Nurse, a woman who has ta…
Rasputin and the Russian Revolution
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Catherine Radziwill
Princess Catherine Radziwill exposes Rasputin as a charlatan and pawn of Germany in this two-part analysis. Part one discusses the social an…
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls
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Helen Ekin Starrett
Helen Ekin Starrett, journalist, mother of two daughters, grandmother of seven granddaughters and teacher to many young girls at the Starret…
Schetsen uit Amerika
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
"Schetsen uit Amerika", een Nederlandse vertaling van "American Notes" (vertaler onbekend), is een reisverslag van Charl…
Eve’s Diary
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Mark Twain
Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world arou…
Gertrude Bell
Read by Lynette Caulkins
Ronald Bodley and Lorna Hearst
A highly engaging biography about a fascinating English woman who was most unusual for her time. An adventurous traveler who fell completely…
The Story of Abraham Lincoln
Read by John Lieder
Mary Agnes Hamilton
In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…
Heroines of Service
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Mary Rosetta Parkman
From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…
Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer
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Dexter C. Bloomer
As Mrs. Bloomer was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the “Woman’s Movement,” it seems right that a record of her work should …