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05 - Light, Air, and Color

In The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

Read by Sue Anderson


John Charles Van Dyke


The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…

Appearance of the 17-year Cicada in Rhode Island in 1903

In LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection

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Alpheus S. Packard


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

The Amana Community

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028

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Charles Nordhoff


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

Ch 73-77:

In Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2

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Benvenuto Cellini


Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

The Story of Broomcorn

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 098

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Arthur Martin


"The moment a man attempts to tell the truth as he not only thinks but feels it, what he says becomes charged with that man himself.&qu…

How to Furnish and Decorate an Eleven Hundred Dollar Cottage

In LibriVox 11th Anniversary Collection

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Cosmos


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

07 - Chapter VII

In Afloat on the Ohio

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Reuben Gold Thwaites


Afloat on the Ohio, An Historical Pilgrimage, of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, From Redstone to Cairo.There were four of us pilgrims—my Wife,…

The Day The Piano Went Up The Hill

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

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Dennis M. Knobloch


Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089

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Harriet Monroe


"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete …

Fire-eater Arcana

In The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé

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Harry Houdini


"A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowe…

Chapters 66-70

In Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1

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Benvenuto Cellini


Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…

"Introduction of the Honey Bee to California," from Bee-Keeper's Directory, or…

In LibriVox 18th Anniversary Collection

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John S. Harbison


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

After Icebergs with the Painter Frederic Edwin Church (1861)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 087

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Louis Legrand Noble


"Certitude is not the test of certainty." This pithy phrase is from Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr's essay on Natural Law, one of…

Chapter IV: Doors

In The Decoration of Houses

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Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman and Edith Wharton


The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In …

The Circular Snare

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051

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Cecil Warburton


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…

Introductory Essay, Part 1

In The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner

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George-Gunther Freiherr von Forstner and George-Günther Von Forstner


The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U…

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