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The Mirror of the Sea
Read by Peter Kelleher
Joseph Conrad
The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays by Joseph Conrad, reflecting on his deep connection to the sea and the life…
Wild Life on the Rockies
Read by Laura Caldwell
Enos A. Mills
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…
Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen
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Jacob Christoph Burckhardt
Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen von Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818 - 1897), herausgegeben von Jacob Oeri (1844-1908). 1905 veröffent…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times
Read by Cate Barratt
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a do…
Omega
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Camille Flammarion
Omega: The Last Days of the World transports listeners to a thought-provoking vision of the 25th century, where humanity faces an impending …
What Is Love?
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Ernest Dowson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of What Is Love? by Ernest Dowson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 15, 2012.Ernest C…
Signs of Change
Read by Deborah Brabyn
William Morris
In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw him…
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee
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L. L. Langstroth
Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving…
Domestic Cookery
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Elizabeth E. Lea
The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…
The Country of the Pointed Firs
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Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…
Public Opinion
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Walter Lippmann
Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann offers a profound exploration of the dynamics that shape public perception and its impact on democracy. Wr…
Scott's Last Expedition
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Robert Falcon Scott
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…
Good Sense
Read by Roger Melin
Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
Good Sense is an essential work by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D'Holbach that distills the core ideas of his earlier masterpiece, Systeme de la N…
The Prairie Traveler
Read by Angel5
Randolph B. Marcy
Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel g…
France in the Nineteenth Century
Read by Cate Barratt
Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer
France in the Nineteenth Century offers a comprehensive overview of a pivotal era in French history, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth W…
Pirates of Panama
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Alexandre Exquemelin
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaenech…
Making a Rock Garden
Read by Peter Yearsley
Henry Sherman Adams
A short look at building a rock garden, right from the rocks themselves and how to arrange them, to choosing and placing the plants, touchin…
Three Years In Europe
Read by James K. White
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowl…
The Petticoat Commando
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Johanna Brandt
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…
A Ballade of Suicide
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G. K. Chesterton
A Ballade of Suicide is a thought-provoking poem by G. K. Chesterton that delves into the complexities of life and death with a unique blend…