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Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th…
Home Vegetable Gardening
Read by Christine Rottger
Fredrick Frye Rockwell
Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who …
The History of England, from the Accession of James II
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This chapter begins with a description of William, Prince of Orange – his early life, personality, and political policies. It goes on to des…
Across Mongolian Plains
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Roy Chapman Andrews
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for …
The History of England, from the Accession of James II
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 5 chapter 23 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death. To quote from the …
Ιστορίαι (Histories)
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Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
Sesame and Lilies
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John Ruskin
Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live.About earlier and late…
Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Read by Katie Riley
Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Read by Roger Melin
Charles C. Nott
Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention…
Briefe
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium sind eine Sammlung von 124 Briefen. In den Briefen erteilt Seneca Ratschläge, wie Lucilius, von dem lange…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the …
Divine Conduct
Read by Ruth P.
John Flavel
Shows God's providence in every aspect of our lives. - Summary by RuthP
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie
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Abner Doubleday
Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents con…
The Malay Archipelago
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Alfred Russel Wallace
A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with …
The Owl and the Pussycat
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Edward Lear
LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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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 Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …
A System of Logic
Read by Chris Greaves
John Stuart Mill
"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…
Mrs. Shelley
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Lucy Madox Rossetti
"I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving an…
Opportunity
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Walter Malone
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Opportunity by Walter Malone. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 27, 2013.Wa…