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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
Your Days Are Numbered
Read by Myke Bartlett
Myke Bartlett
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'Somewhere in this city, there's a hole in history, in reality itself, and it's g…
The Merchant Adventurer
Read by Patrick E. McLean
Patrick E. McLean
After countless heroes fail to overcome an evil Wizard, Boltac, humble shopkeeper, must answer the Call of Adventure and save his home and t…
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
Yet Again
Read by Kirsten Wever
Max Beerbohm
This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard …
Write it Right
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Ambrose Bierce
Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, though…
SHAT
Read by S. Lawrence Parrish
S. Lawrence Parrish
In a post-plague world where plants have suffered as much as animals, a colony of human survivors has gathered in a fortified former-luxury …
Querkopf Wilson
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Mark Twain
In der am Mississippi gelegenen Kleinstadt Dawson's Landing vertauscht eine schwarze Sklavin ihr Baby mit dem ihres Herren um ihm vor dem Ve…
Pariah Planet
Read by Phil Chenevert
Murray Leinster
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of million…
Writing Awesome Book Blurbs - A Modern Indie Author's Guide
Read by Evo Terra
Evo Terra
This book is not for dummies, but it is a guide for the modern indie author.
Big Publishing spends big bucks on professional copywriters who…
Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…
Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel
Read by Martin Geeson
Guy de Maupassant
“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to …
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Read by Peter Eastman
George Gissing
This novel consists of selections from the diary of an author, starting soon after his retirement and continuing until just before his death…
Lifted Masks
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Susan Glaspell
In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)
Follies in Fiction
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Stephen Leacock
A pamphlet from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, containing selections from Further Foolishness and Frenzie…
The Khaki Kook Book
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Mary Kennedy Core
We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…
Kathleen
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Christopher Morley
A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of…
The Best Man
Read by Gail Mattern
Grace Livingston Hill
Cyril Gordon, a young and handsome secret service agent is running from pursuers who desperately want the information he holds. He hides out…
Parnassus on Wheels
Read by Dawn Larsen
Christopher Morley
Parnassus on Wheels is about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-…