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A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity
Read by Steven Warner
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner
Thrice Welcome
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Harrison S. Morris and Poor Robin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11,…
Mettray - Bathmen
Read by Marcel Coenders
Jacobus Craandijk
Wandeling van Zutphen via het Nederlandse Mettray (een jeugdinrichting die tegenwoordig Rentray heet) naar Joppe en huize Dorth. In Bathmen …
First Chapter Collection 003
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Various
LibriVox First Chapter Collection 003 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, chosen by LibriVox volunteers. This volum…
The KEA: a New Zealand problem
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
George Reginald Marriner
The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot, and is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Although this large parrot …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 093
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Various
"Flirting is more serious than talking nonsense and not so serious as making love" was journalist Eliza Lynn Linton's take on rela…
Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War
Read by Celine Major
Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Epistle to Mrs. Tyler
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Christopher Smart
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epistle to Mrs. Tyler by Christopher Smart. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 25, …
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880
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Various
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…
Song of the Shingle-Splitters
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Henry Kendall
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song of the Shingle-Splitters by Henry C. Kendall. This was the weekly poetry project for June…
Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Some German Women and Their Salons
Read by AliceStein
Mary Hargrave
German women living at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century have paved the way to modernity for the female gender in Germany. Mary Hargr…
Spring (Barber)
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Margaret Fairless Barber
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Spring by "Michael Fairless" (pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber). This was the F…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 10
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Giorgio Vasari
Volume 10 of the lives of some eminent painters, sculptors and architects in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Behind the Screen
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Samuel Goldwyn
Learn about the early days of Hollywood from the eyes of Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. - Summary by…
Common Sense, version 4
Read by Mark Leder
Thomas Paine
In November 1774, Norfolk native Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia. He came under the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, and indeed it…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 094
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Various
"Fine experience lies at one's own doorstep" writes Raymond S. Spears, suggesting that boating on the Mississippi River offers &qu…
Resist Not Evil
Read by Martha H. Weller
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending …
First Chapter Collection 007
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Various
The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 06
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne
Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - S…