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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…
Skiddoo!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry is quite a character! King of the "Beloved of the Short Arm Jab". John Henry has his own unique perspective on the even…
Scott Cherry The Book Of Shadows
Saturday Playhouse: The Book of Shadows Sat 28th Oct 1995, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM In Scott Cherry's tale of the superna…
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Read by Tadhg
Thomas Hardy
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …
The Vegetable; or, From President to Postman
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Any man who doesn’t want to get on in the world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even park his toothbrush in the White House, has…
The Phoenix Conspiracy
Read by Richard L Sanders
Richard L Sanders
Calvin, an intelligence operative, is sent to eliminate a dangerous traitor. But as he chases his prey across the stars, he realizes they ar…
Putting the Most Into Life
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Booker T. Washington
The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…
Nikolaas Nickleby
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Dit is het verhaal van Nikolaas Nickleby en zijn zuster Kate die na het sterven van hun vader steun zoeken bij de broer van hun vader. In di…
The Gentle Persuasion
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Alan Gray
Twelve stories from the author's life in Scotland, by Robert Cuthbert Johnstone, writing as Alan Gray. For more information on the author se…
The Beautiful and Damned (Version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Anthony Patch, the only heir of millionaire Adam Patch, his grandfather. Antho…
The Tale of Grandfather Mole
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books.Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newar…
A Man of Honor
Read by Roger Melin
George Eggleston
New Yorker Robert Pagebrook travels to Virginia to visit relatives. The Civil War has ended and family ties are in order to be re-establishe…
Emily
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
Before she met Nicholas, all Emily cared about was shopping, and she believed her teachers when they told her the vampires had made the worl…
Nick Warburton Every Book In The World
Every Book in the World By Nick Warburton The Victorian bibliomaniac Sir Thomas Phillipps aimed to own a copy of every book in the world. Bu…
History of a Literary Radical, and Other Essays
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Randolph Silliman Bourne
A posthumous collection of Bourne's writing from publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and early issues of The New Republic, with a long…
In the Village of Viger
Read by Lee Smalley
Duncan Campbell Scott
These ten superb short stories of Duncan Campbell Scott, published in 1896, portray humorous, farcical, and tragic aspects of life in the fi…
Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent
Read by Phil Benson
William James Mcglothlin
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour…
Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism
Read by Jim Locke
John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…