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The First Signpost

In Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio

Read by Marie Christian

Marguerite Henry

Each summer, in the ancient hill town of Siena, Italy, there erupts one of the most extraordinary, exciting, and dangerous horse races in th…

Chapter I

In The White Sister

Read by Marie Christian

Francis Marion Crawford

Angela Chiaromonte, daughter of a wealthy Italian prince, has her world turned upside down when, within a short period of time, she loses al…

At Home

In The Adventures of a Bear, and a Great Bear Too

Read by Marie Christian

Alfred Elwes

This is the second book in this series of three which include The Adventures of a Dog and of a Cat. British author and philologist, Alfred…

A BOY’S RACE WITH GENERAL GRANT AT EPHESUS

In Wonder Stories of Travel

Read by Marie Christian

E. E. Brown, Ernest Ingersoll, David Ker and Eliot McCormick

A curiously interesting collection of folkloric tales and firsthand accounts written by global travelers for 19th century periodicals; compi…

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