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First Chapter Collection 008

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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. In this, th…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 081

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Various



"There has always been a tendency on the part of men of brains to look with contempt on women's work in the arts." Screenwriter an…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 092

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Various



Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…

Common Sense, version 4

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Thomas Paine



In November 1774, Norfolk native Thomas Paine arrived in Philadelphia. He came under the recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, and indeed it…

First Chapter Collection 005

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Various



LibriVox First Chapter Collection 005 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, fiction and nonfiction, mostly English but…

Joseph and his Brethren

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W. K. Tweedie



"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wi…

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

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John Middleton Murry



Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…

North America Vol. 1

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Anthony Trollope



Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…

Cupid's Darts

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William James McGlothlin



LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Cupid's Darts by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 12, 2012.To celeb…

Een reiziger, die geen handel drijft

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Charles Dickens



Een serie journalistieke artikelen uit het tijdschrift 'All the Year round' geschreven in de periode 1860 - 1869. In deze artikelen worden v…

First Chapter Collection 004

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Various



LibriVox First Chapter Collection 004 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, chosen by LibriVox volunteers.This volume …

Multilingual Short Works Collection 015

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Various



This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…

Entertaining Made Easy (Version 2)

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Emily Rose Burt



A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. - Summary by MaybeCordelia

Among the Head-hunters of Formosa

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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern



"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…

The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Selections from

Read by Faith Abiola-Ellison


Alfred Burdon Ellis



British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological mag…

Under the Guns : A woman's reminiscences of the Civil War

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Annie Wittenmyer and 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…

The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

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William Graham Sumner



Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…

Death-bed Visions

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William Fletcher Barrett



In his book Death-bed Visions, William Barrett was "anxious to prove that even people who have been skeptical all their lives of any su…

By Way of Cape Horn

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Paul Eve Stevenson



Author Paul Eve Stevenson tells the tale of his journey around Cape Horn from New York to San Francisco in the mid-19th century aboard a tal…

Lydia is gone this many a year

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Lizette Woodworth Reese



LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of 'Lydia is gone this many a year' by Lizette Woodworth Reese. This was the Fortnightly Poetry …

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