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Thomas Carlyle

Read by David Wales


G. K. Chesterton


A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…

Minstrel Weather

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Marian Storm


A series of poetically written meditations on the seasons and other nature subjects. Or “ …Minstrel Weather, a series of open-air vignettes…

Christmas Tales Of Flanders

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Andre De Ridder


“The Christmas Tales Of Flanders presented in this volume are popular fables and legends current in Flanders and Brabant, which have for cen…

Saved and Kept: or How to Get Saved and How to Keep Saved

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G. A. Mclaughlin


This little volume is by no means intended to be a theological work. Nor does it attempt to show the details of the Christian life. The auth…

The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War

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Robert Laurence Binyon


This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (18…

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

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Alexander K. Mcclure


“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical

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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin


This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

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Mark Twain


This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

Portrait Of A Man With Red Hair; A Romantic Macabre

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Hugh Walpole


Is the father insane or merely sadistic, a man entombed in a spirit of malevolence? This 1925 novel by a perceptive observer explores the te…

News From No Man's Land

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James Green


James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania

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Frederick Herman Tilberg


On the gently rolling farm lands surrounding the little town of Gettysburg, Pa., was fought one of the great decisive battles of American hi…

Silly Verses: Selections From Shores, Carroll, Lear, and Gilbert

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Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, Edward Lear and Robert J. Shores


Silly and fun verses beginning with the lesser known Robert J. Shores and going on to the more known Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gi…

Wongo And The Wise Old Crow

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Grace Moon


Stories of an Indian boy and his friends told by a children’s author of yesteryear, published 1923. - Summary by david wales

Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

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John Calvin


If ever there was a time when the consolations derived from religious instruction were necessary, what other resource is left to the most he…

Winnowed Wisdom

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Stephen Leacock


This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales

The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2)

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W. S. Gilbert


Pinafore’s sublimely silly story is made even sillier by this (ostensibly for children) 1908 story version of the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan …

A Christmas Miscellany 2022

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Various


Seven stories, chapters, essays, or poetry about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by david wales

A Christmas Miscellany 2021

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Various


Seven chapters involving Christmas from different books. Plus part 8 which is twelve verses about Christmas and part 9 which is four Christm…

Robert Louis Stevenson

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G. K. Chesterton


This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…

Cupid's Cyclopedia

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Oliver Herford


This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and i…

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