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Stickeen

Read by Sue Anderson


John Muir



A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, …

Quiet Talks about Jesus

Read by Chiquito Crasto


S. D. Gordon



So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talks fit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book o…

Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 1

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Thomas Stevens



Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman

Read by Sibella Denton


Philip Stanhope, 4Th Earl Of Chesterfield



Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, was at one time Ambassador to the Hague, negotiated the second Treaty of Vienna, was a founding gover…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

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James Boswell



Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

Poezdka v Polesye

Read by Yakovlev Valery


Ivan Turgenev



To tell the truth, this story — “A trip to Polesye” — is not so much complicated with philosophical or psychological ideas. In this story au…

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

Read by Lee Smalley


Frederick Douglass



These two articles were reproduced as an e-book by Project Gutenberg in 2008 to supplement "...several articles by Frederick Douglass,…

Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

Read by Gary Gilberd


John Stuart Mill



This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the…

The Wonder-Worker of Padua

Read by dave7


Charles Warren Stoddard



This is the inspiring story of Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231). The son of a wealthy Portuguese family, he was initially ordained a pries…

Four Great Americans

Read by Sibella Denton


James Baldwin



Written for children, James Baldwin's history of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln brings these men to life in a way that will be i…

Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears

Read by dave7


Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani



Padre Quadrupani was an Italian priest and member of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul, also known as the Barnabites, from their association w…

The Faith of Our Fathers

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James Gibbons



The Faith of Our Fathers: A Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ is a book published in 1876 by a…

Army Life in a Black Regiment

Read by Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot


Thomas Wentworth Higginson



These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …

The Secrets of the Italian Language 2 - I Segreti della Lingua Italiana per Stra…

Read by Antonio Libertino


Antonio Libertino



Have YOU ever wanted to listen to real Italian, read it and understand it? How can YOU understand Italian even if YOU are an absolute beginn…

The Mother and the Child

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Maria Montessori



"The mother and the child" is a lecture given by Maria Montessori in 1915. The famous educational reformer speaks about the import…

Constitución Española de 1978

Read by AVG


Las Cortes Y El Pueblo Español



Constitución vigente en España actualmente, fruto de la Transición a la democracia tras la muerte de Francisco Franco. …

The Friendship of Christ

Read by dave7


Robert Hugh Benson



Robert Hugh Benson, who was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, was ordained an Anglican priest in 1895 by his father, …

History of the Britons

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Nennius



One of the earliest recorded histories of Britain; Nennius wrote the book around 796BC. These days Nennius is recognised as being a teller, …

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1

Read by Phil Griffiths


Archibald Forbes



The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts durin…

Historical Tales, Vol I: American I

Read by Kalynda


Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews



Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises…

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