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More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker


The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

November

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John Clare


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of November by John Clare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 18, 2012John Clare wa…

January

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Helen Hunt Jackson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of January by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.Helen M…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 077

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 079

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Various


"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette

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Henriette Campan


Introduced into the royal household as court reader at the age of 15 and later rising to the office of first lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin…

The Open Window

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Edward Rowland Sill


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Open Window by Edward Rowland Sill. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February …

A to Zed Collection Vol. 002

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Various


This is a collection of 26 selections, both fiction and nonfiction, in which each topic begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

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Various


"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words

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Ludwig van Beethoven and Ludwig Van Beethoven


This book consists of brief biographical commentaries about Beethoven arranged by topic and followed by quotations by Beethoven about the to…

The Secret Doctrine, Volume I. Cosmogenesis. Part I, Cosmic Evolution

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky


A vast, sweeping survey on the origin of creation, its expansion, contraction, maintenance and instructions for humanity in the contexts of …

Tis the Last Rose of Summer

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Thomas Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of ’Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Sir Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…

Freshness of Poetic Perception

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Paul Hamilton Hayne


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Freshness of Poetic Perception by Paul Hamilton Hayne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068

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Various


Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of seve…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various


"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

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Richard Alfred Davenport


This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089

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Various


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

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

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Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

The Web of Indian Life

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Sister Nivedita


The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…

There Was a Cherry-Tree

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James Whitcomb Riley


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 1…

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