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The Book of Ghosts
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Sabine Baring-Gould
Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. During his life, he publis…
Discourses of Epictetus
Read by Christine Rottger
Epictetus
Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…
A Peep Behind the Scenes
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Mrs. O. F. Walton
Rosalie is the daughter of a traveling theater master and is envied by many young girls as she appears to live a life full of glamour, glitz…
Just Stories: The Kind That Never Grow Old
Read by Maria Therese
Winfrid Herbst
Good Books are wise counselors. They point out the right way in the devious paths of life. Have we not often stood at the juncture of two ro…
A Daily Rate
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Grace Livingston Hill
A dark, dreary boardinghouse, with unpalatable meals and slovenly housekeeping is all she can afford. But God will give Celia just what she …
The Mystery of Mary
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Grace Livingston Hill
Handsome young Tryon Dunham has just returned home on the train from a business trip one evening when he's accosted by a beautiful young wom…
Spun from Fact
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Pansy
As the title suggests, this story is from real events. As the author explains in the last chapter, all of the events are true; the conversat…
Wanted
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Pansy
Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …
Molly Make-Believe
Read by Nathalie J.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancee is gone for the winter and though he begs her to write …
Ester Ried
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Pansy
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy."Ester Ried's life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family's boardingh…
Biographia Literaria
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammett…
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Read by Karen Savage
Baroness Emma Orczy
The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summ…
Divers Women
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Pansy
A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in ou…
Unknown to History
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…
Somehow Good
Read by Helen Taylor
William Frend De Morgan
A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…
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 …
Deephaven
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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…
The Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
The Child's Book of American Biography
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Mary Stoyell Stimpson
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so …