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Travels to Oaxaca

Read by Sue Anderson


Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville


Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …

The Soul of an Immigrant

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…

My Days and Dreams

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against est…

Spiders

Read by Sue Anderson


Cecil Warburton


The mental capacity of spiders; web architecture; spiders that live under water, even though they need air to breath; spiders that mimic ant…

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Ve…

Read by Sue Anderson


William Beebe and Blair Niles


In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Migration of Birds

Read by Sue Anderson


U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service and U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service


Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast "60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 mi…

Towards Democracy

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

Briarwood Girls

Read by Julia Lestargette Glover


Julia Lestargette Glover


The 'Kindred Spirit' are a group of seven friends who met in their freshman year at Briarwood College. The girls have all sorts of difficul…

Sailing Alone Around The World

Read by Alan Chant


Joshua Slocum


Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boa…

The House on the Borderland

Read by Alan Winterrowd


William Hope Hodgson


In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, …

The Bat

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and…

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…

The Wouldbegoods, Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers

Read by Alan Chant


E. Nesbit


The Bastable children, first met in The Treasure Seekers, are sent to stay in the countryside; is it large enough to contain their exuberant…

Armageddon- 2419 A.D. (Version 2)

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Philip Francis Nowlan


Armageddon—2419 A.D. is the first appearance of the character that would become Buck Rogers. First published in the August 1928 issue of Ama…

Doctor Ox's Experiment

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Jules Verne


An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves a…

No Thoroughfare

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right th…

History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Friedrich Schiller


The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Writ…

The Door of the Unreal

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Gerald Biss


An early werewolf novel, praised by H.P Lovecraft. The only weird fiction from an author of mainly crime fiction. Two strange disappearanc…

The Airlords of Han

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Philip Francis Nowlan


Airlords of Han is the 2nd Buck Rogers story, the sequel to Armageddon 2419 A.D.. Anthony Rogers takes the fight to free 25th Century Americ…

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