Short non-fiction

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5

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Charles Dickens


2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poet…

The Columbian Orator

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Caleb Bingham


The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 004

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst verschiedene deutschsprachige Texte aller Genres, Fiktion, Non-Fiktion.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzä…

Vida vertiginosa

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João Do Rio


Vida vertiginosa é uma coletânea de crônicas de João do Rio, autor conhecido por seus retratos da vida carioca na …

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

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Various


During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…

Mornings at Bow Street

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John Wight


This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs

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Various


This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1

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Various


Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2

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Various


This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke


There can be no hesitation in according to him a station among the most extraordinary men that ever appeared; and we think there is now but …

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time

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William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

Dedications

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Mary Elizabeth Brown


Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…

Canada in War-Paint

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Ralph W. Bell


There is no attempt made in the little sketches which this book contains to deal historically with events of the war. It is but a small Souv…

Readings from Modern Mexican Authors

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Frederick Starr


Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…

Multilingual Short Works Collection 027 - Poetry & Prose

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Various


This is our 27th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard Engli…

The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2

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Various


Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

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