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Nights With Uncle Remus

Read by Mark F. Smith


Joel Chandler Harris



That the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Dad…

On the Laws

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Marcus Tullius Cicero



On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) was written shortly after Cicero's "On the Commonwealth" during the last years of the Roman Republ…

The Sins of Hollywood

Read by Chuck Williamson


Ed Roberts and Edward Roberts



Exacerbated by several high-profile Hollywood scandals, a wave of anti-Hollywood rhetoric tried to paint the movie capital as a veritable ho…

The Book of Hallowe'en

Read by Sibella Denton


Ruth Edna Kelley



This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other…

Torah (JPSA) 01: Genesis

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Jewish Publication Society Of America



The first book of the Pentateuch - Genesis. Presented according to weekly parshah.Praised are You, Adonai, Our G-d, ruler of the Universe, w…

The Sovereignty of God

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Arthur Pink



In the following pages an attempt has been made to examine anew in the light of God's Word some of the profoundest questions which can engag…

The Awful German Language (version 2)

Read by Kirsten Wever


Mark Twain



This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, compl…

An Introduction to Metaphysics

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Henri Bergson



An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For B…

Magna Carta

Read by Jim Mowatt


Unknown



The original document is in Latin so this can only be a fairly rough approximation of the actual content. The text used is the first version…

Stories of Inventors

Read by Adam Marcetich


Russell Doubleday



Doubleday chronicles the history of everyday inventions that form the foundation of technology now common through the world. While some of t…

Saint Athanasius: The Father of Orthodoxy

Read by Patty Marie


Frances Alice Forbes



A short and rather old fashioned biography a great saint. Don't expect subtlety; it's unapologetic hagiography. The saint is presented as a …

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI

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Edward Gibbon



The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

Read by Karlsson


Oskar Panizza



Auf einem Nürnberger Jahrmarkt wird in einem Wachsfigurenkabinett mit beweglichen mechanischen Figuren das »Leiden und Sterben un…

Romulus

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Jacob Abbott



Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…

Rheinsberg

Read by Wolfgang


Kurt Tucholsky



Ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte. Claire und Wolfgang, ein verliebtes Paar aus Berlin fahren für einige Tage nach Rheinsberg. (Summary…

Music Notation and Terminology

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Karl Wilson Gehrkens



Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for t…

Radioactive Substances

Read by Availle


Marie Curie



Marie Curie, born in Warsaw in 1867, was a Polish-French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in th…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. V

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Edward Gibbon



The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Queen Victoria

Read by Michele Eaton


E. Gordon Browne



This book is about the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). All nine of her children married into the royal houses of Europe. She became t…

The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Read by Allyson Hester


Logan Marshall



This is a detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those…

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