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The Free Press

Read by Sean McClain


Hilaire Belloc


I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 100

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Various


Volume 100 of the Short Nonfiction Collection celebrates 16 years (2007-2023) of volunteer readings which reflect the wide range of nonficti…

The Biography of a Grizzly (version 2)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Ernest Thompson Seton


Wahb (meaning White Bear) is an orphaned Grizzly Bear who learns to respect his fears, fight for peace, and trust the healing powers of a st…

Ultima Thule

Read by Karen Savage


Dallas Mccord Reynolds and Mack Reynolds


Ronny Bronston has dreamed all his life of getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets the opportunity when …

The Life Of Abraham Lincoln

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Ward Hill Lamon


Ward Hill Lamon's work is a study of the life of the 16th President of the United States of America from his childhood to the day of his fir…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 096

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Various


"Can we solve the problems confronting us? Well, the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic yes." This quote, from U.S. President R…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083

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Various


“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

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Various


A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Charles I

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Jacob Abbott


There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…

Dan, the Newsboy

Read by DaleBarkley


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Dan and his mother are poor, so he begins selling newspapers on the streets of New York City. His perseverance, hard work, and honesty are q…

Penrod and Sam

Read by Jonathan Burchard


Booth Tarkington


Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…

An American Politician

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Francis Marion Crawford


In 1880’s Boston, Mass. the good life is lead according to all the Victorian era societal rules of the New World. Political ambitions and th…

The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable

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Josephine Pollard


The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to the case …

Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States

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Charles Godfrey Leland


The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipatio…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independentl…

Short Science Fiction Collection 022

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Various


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Short Science Fiction Collection 042

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Various


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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Various


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

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…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 033

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Various


Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include astronomy, religion, United States…

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