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An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions

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James Thacher


An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions, also, an account of the witchcraft delusion at Salem, in 1682. - …

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss

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George Prentiss


This memoir was undertaken at the request of many of Mrs. Prentiss' old and most trusted friends, who felt that the story of her life should…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062

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Various


Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 62 features several introspective essays: b…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 066

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Why Women Should Vote" (Jane Addams, 1910) is one of several selections devo…

Great Epochs in American History, Volume II

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Francis Whiting Halsey


This is the second volume in ten volume series of great epochs in the history of the United States, from the landing of Columbus to the buil…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 073

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Salve! ye dumb hearts. Let us be still and wait by the roadside." With these…

Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Version 2)

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Inazō Nitobe


Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 072

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works, individually chosen by the readers. "The ground rose and fell in successive furrows, like the ruffled wa…

Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena

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Elizabeth Balcombe Abell


In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the…

Life (Raleigh Version)

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Sir Walter Raleigh


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Life by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 25th, 2010.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

North-Pole Voyages

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Zachariah Atwell Mudge


For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 065

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. A review of William Carlos Williams' "Kora in Hell" by Robert McAlmon is one …

Turns About Town

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Robert Cortes Holliday


Robert Cortes Holliday was an early 20th century essayist, editor, and librarian. Writer Christopher Morley said that he "has the genu…

An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh

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Nabíl-I-A'Zam


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh by Nabíl-i-A'zam (Mullá Muhammad Zarand&iac…

The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler

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Various


18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…

Thoughts on South Africa

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Olive Schreiner


'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …

Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village (version 2)

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Tickner Edwardes


Tickner Edwardes (properly Edward Tickner Edwardes) served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI and later became the vicar of the West…

The Romance of Rubber

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United States Rubber Company


This pamphlet was published in the early 20th century by the United States Rubber Company so that "coming generations of our country ..…

On the Ruin of Britain

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Gildas


Gildas was a well-informed and definitely opinionated 6th century commentator on the topic of the era of the Roman occupation of Britain beg…

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