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In Journeys to Bagdad

Read by Gordon S. Jones


Charles S. Brooks


In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling…

The New Basilica. Don Bosco a Thaumaturgus

In The Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth

Read by Gordon S. Jones


M. S. Pine


This brief sketch of the holy life and marvelous achievements of a great inheritor of the spirit of Saint Francis of Sales, Saint Don Bosco …

The Moors in Spain

Read by S S Kim


Stanley Lane-Poole


“The history of Spain offers us a melancholy contrast. Twelve hundred years ago, Tarik the Moor added the land of the Visigoths to the long …

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I, From the Beginning until t…

Read by S S Kim


Simon Dubnow


Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an a…

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

Read by S S Kim


James Headlam-Morley


"It is hard to be an Emperor under such a Chancellor." lamented Wilhelm I, the first emperor of the German Empire. Otto von Bismar…

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexande…

Read by S S Kim


Simon Dubnow


Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became an authority of Jewish history and a…

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland Volume III, From the Accession of Nich…

Read by S S Kim


Simon Dubnow


Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an a…

Ocherki proshlago : razskazy

Read by Maya S


Lev Osipovich Levanda


A collection of six short stories about life of a Jewish community in Poland. (Summary by MayaS)

Moo Cow Tales (Version 2)

Read by Alicia S.


Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland


Four short children's stories regarding a family's barnyard cows and their comical adventures. - Summary by Alicia S

Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 2, The Place of Impulse In Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


Part 2 describes Dewey's concept of IMPULSES. They encompass the interaction of one's self with the environment. When the environment encoun…

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 4, Conclusion

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist. This project encompasses Part 4 of 4 of his book…

Atala

Read by William Allan Jones


François-René de Chateaubriand


What were the lower Mississippi River, Gulf Coast regions, and Appalachians of North America like in the earliest colonial days? Full of unt…

Elmer Gantry

Read by William Allan Jones


Sinclair Lewis


This novel tells the story of a young, charismatic, and morally corrupt salesman who becomes involved in evangelism. Gantry's involvement in…

Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…

Read by William Allan Jones


Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…

Clarence Darrow, Selected Works: 1893-1917

Read by William Allan Jones


Clarence Darrow


This is a collection of 8 works by Clarence Darrow written between 1893 and 1917. Clarence Darrow was most noted in his time as an enormousl…

The Quest of the Golden Girl

Read by William Allan Jones


Richard Le Gallienne


The main character fears that he will never get married and performs a long pilgrimage whose goal is the perfect companion, the girl God mea…