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Miscellaneous Phrases: A bewildering labyrinth of facts - A pleasant flow of ap…

In Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

Read by Joan Walton


Grenville Kleiser


A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embelli…

The Psychology of Alcoholism

Read by Curt Walton


George Barton Cutten


After presenting an overview of alcoholism and its affect on society, Dr. Cutten dives into the effects of chronic alcoholism on physiology,…

The Psychology of Religion

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Edwin Diller Starbuck


“The present volume is an excursus into individual psychology, and represents only one of several aspects of the psychology... “It is a pur…

A Study in the Psychology of Religious Phenomena

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James H. Leuba


"The present essay when complete will contain three parts. Of the two parts now published, the first is an analysis of the conversion p…

On chronic alcoholic intoxication : with an inquiry into the influence of the a…

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William Marcet


Physician William Marcet treated numerous cases of acute alcoholism (delirium tremens) and chronic alcoholism. He suggests gastrointestinal …

Eleven years a drunkard, or, The life of Thomas Doner: having lost both arms th…

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Thomas Doner


He tells of the shame, misery and pain which alcohol brought on him, and will bring to anyone whosoever be tempted by the pleasant feeling i…

A Treatise of Modern Falconry

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James Campbell


The 18th century book A Treatise on Modern Falconry is still one of the most quoted books in today's falconry community. The preface was pos…

Transformed; or, the History of a River Thief, Briefly Told

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Jerry Mcauley


Jerry McAuley gives a testimony of his transformation from one of the wickedest men to ever live to being saved and a life of helping others…

Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking

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Edmund Bert


An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good …

The Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks

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Philip Ilott Roberts


After an introduction to the Ole Jerry McAuley Mission in the year 1912, many wonderful stories of destitute alcoholics and addicts making a…

Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale

Read by Karen Joan Kohoutek


Charles Brockden Brown


The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionar…

Preface

In Canyons of the Colorado

Read by Joan Freeman


John Wesley Powell


John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 1

In The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

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George Frederick Kunz


Full title is "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mys…

Chapter 9 - Annie is Shown the Magic Crystal

In Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch

Read by Joan Lewis


Eva Katherine Gibson


Annie Elfrida McLane lives in a little brown house of the South Dakota prairie, within sight of the Black Hills. Her father is a widower and…

Chapter 6

In The Alaskan

Read by Joan Freeman


James Oliver Curwood


A wilderness story of adventure and intrigue in Alaska in the 1920’s. Summary by Maire Rhode.

Pt 3 Ch 4: The Lantern in the Lane

In The Uttermost Star, and Other Gleams of Fancy

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Frank W. Boreham


Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…