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St. Clair's Defeat 1791

Read by Phil Schempf


Anonymous


St. Clair's defeat was a battle fought between the United States and the Western Confederacy of Native Americans on November 4, 1791, during…

Bobby in Search of a Birthday (version 2)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Lebbeus Mitchell


Bobby is a little orphan boy of about 5 who discovers he has somehow lost his 'birfhday' and decides to go looking for it. This epic quest …

An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773

Read by Phil Benson


William Hutchinson


In the summer of 1773, lawyer and antiquarian William Hutchinson set out from his home in County Durham on a tour of the English Lake Distri…

The Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia: A selection from the Sydne…

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Sydney Morning Herald


In early 1907 the world of Australian rugby was rocked by the news that a professional New Zealand All Blacks team was set to tour the north…

With Swag and Billy: A Guide to Walking Trips in Tourist Districts of New South…

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Henry J. Tompkins


A guide to hikes around Sydney, Australia, from the early years of the twentieth century. In 1895, Henry J. Tompkins and William Mogford Ham…

Allan's Wife and Other Tales

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H. Rider Haggard


In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Sol…

Selections from Harris's Cabinet

Read by Phil Benson


William Roscoe


In the early 1800s, London publisher John Harris began producing small books for children that were designed not to instruct, but to enterta…

Exeter

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Frederick W. Heath and Sidney Heath


Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England's most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view…

Footsteps of Fate

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Louis Couperus


A short but intense novel, Footsteps of Fate tells of the friendship of two young Dutchmen in London, Frank and Bertie. Arriving destitute a…

The White Doe of Rylstone

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William Wordsworth


A narrative poem in seven cantos, set during the Northern Rebellion of 1569. A group of Catholic nobleman from the North of England attempt …

The Hampdenshire Wonder

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J. D. Beresford


By the age of three, Victor Stott's intellectual powers exceed those of any known human. He is the Hampdenshire Wonder, son of an extraordin…

The Wishing Horse of Oz (Version 2)

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Ruth Plumly Thompson


The magical kingdom of Oz is happily doing all the wonderful things it does in peace and happiness, not knowing that a far off evil and gras…

Mr. Moffatt

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Chester Francis Cobb


Mr. Moffatt owns a chemist's business in suburban Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife, Florence, and adult daughter, Naomi. The …

Song of Myself

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Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one wit…

The Later Life

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Louis Couperus


Set in the stifling world of turn of the century Dutch aristocracy, the second volume of the 'Books of the Small Souls' quartet, begins wher…

A Gallery of Children (Version 2)

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A. A. Milne


These are 12 imaginative stories written by A.A. Milne about beautiful 12 illustrations originally published in the Colliers magazine. (I s…

Victory (Version 2)

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Lester Del Rey


The earth is undefended. A ripe, juicy, rich plum just innocently waiting for one of the many new and warlike civilizations in the nearby un…

The Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems

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James Russell Lowell


A collection of poems by Lowell, one of the Fireside poets with Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Bryant, including a sketch of his life. T…

Six lyrics from the Ruthenian of Taras Shevchenko, also The Song of the Merchan…

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Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov


Poetry by two radical poets, born in the same year, who suffered exile and punishment under the Tsarist Russian empire. Taras Shevchenko is …

The Twilight of the Souls

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Louis Couperus


The third book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. The Twilight of the Souls begins some months after the conclusion of The…

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