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The Gyro-Compass

In Marvels of Scientific Invention

Read by Robert Ray


Thomas W. Corbin


This is a chronicle of the 19 most interesting inventions of the early 20th century. Some of the inventions are still in use and of consider…

The Voyage of the Polaris

In The Romance of Polar Exploration

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G. Firth Scott


While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been told again and again, the constant renewal of expedition…

Preparations for the Care of the Skin

In Perfumes and their Preparation

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George William Askinson


Most of us take for granted the sense of smell. It gives pleasure, warning, anticipation and a sense of nostalgia. People have used perfumes…

Heretics

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicki…

A Short History of England

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interac…

What I Saw in America

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G. K. Chesterton


“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and wh…

The Superstition of Divorce

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


This short book was written in 1920, and in it Chesterton, with his usual wit and incisive logic, presents a series of articles defending ma…

The French Revolution

Read by Ray Clare


Hilaire Belloc


“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both c…

Eugenics and Other Evils

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G. K. Chesterton


Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of …

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

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G. K. Chesterton


While the novel is humorous (one instance has the King sitting on top of an omnibus and speaking to it as to a horse: "Forward, my beau…

All Things Considered

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G. K. Chesterton


Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These r…

The New Jerusalem

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G. K. Chesterton


The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone involved in the production of this book, and are not the views of LibriVox.Dale A…

Manalive

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G. K. Chesterton


The flying blast struck London just where it scales the northern heights, terrace above terrace, as precipitous as Edinburgh. It was round a…

The Servile State

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Hilaire Belloc


A clear boundary exists between the servile and the non-servile condition of labour, and the conditions upon either side of that boundary ut…

Tremendous Trifles

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G. K. Chesterton


“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…

The Crimes of England

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G. K. Chesterton


"Second, when telling such lies as may seem necessary to your international standing, do not tell the lies to the people who know the t…

Utopia of Usurers

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G. K. Chesterton


“Now I have said again and again (and I shall continue to say again and again on all the most inappropriate occasions) that we must hit Capi…

The Defendant

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good hu…

George Bernard Shaw

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G. K. Chesterton


Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good…

A Miscellany of Men

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G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…

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