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Old Chants
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.Walter &…
Chronicles of Canada Volume 14 - The War With the United States: A Chronicle of…
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William Wood
"International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of…
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 09
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1
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Various
This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeche…
Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2
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Various
This collection of 20 public domain newspaper articles comprises volume 2 of Historic Newspaper Articles in the LibriVox collection. Both U.…
The Medici, Volume 1
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G. F. Young
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006
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Various
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…
Life In Mexico
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Frances Calderón De La Barca
FRANCES CALDERON DE LA BARCA, born in Edinburgh, 1804, the daughter of William Inglis. After her father's death she settled in America, wher…
Woman in Science
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John Augustine Zahm
A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made. (summary by Guero)
Longings for Home
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 6
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François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. He played a significant role in French politics befor…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 4
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…
The Frontier in American History
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Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner was an extremely influential U.S. historian, who is best known for his "frontier thesis", which proposed …
The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time: A Popular View of the Historical E…
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Thomas Cooper
Written by the former skeptic, poet, and scholar, Thomas Cooper, The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time admirably sets forth a winsome …
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
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George Bethune English
As a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 assigned to Marine Corps headquarters, English sailed to the…
A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, ther…
Vagabond Adventures
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Ralph Keeler
Ralph Keeler failed as a novelist, but this autobiography reflects a life well-lived with humor and adventure. Keeler was in the same litera…