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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th…
The Westminster Alice
Read by Ruth Golding
Saki
Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland, Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles,…
A History of the Four Georges, and of William IV, Volume 3
Read by Pamela Nagami
Justin Mccarthy
In Volume III of this series on the Hanoverian Kings, Justin McCarthy is joined by his son, Justin Hartly McCarthy, a liberal Irish MP like …
The Autobiography of Methuselah
Read by Matthew Reece
John Kendrick Bangs
A satirical look at early biblical events from the point of view of someone who was there to witness most of them: the oldest man in recorde…
Days With Sir Roger de Coverley
Read by Elijah Fisher
Joseph Addison
The author Sir Richard Steele, who was one of the writers for The Spectator, gets the opportunity to spend a month in Sir Roger de Coverley'…
The Motor Pirate
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George Sidney Paternoster
Of course every one has heard of the Motor Pirate. No one indeed could help doing so unless he or she, as the case may be, happened to be in…
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
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John Henry Haaren
“THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in me…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
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Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…
The Three Just Men
Read by Howard Skyman
Edgar Wallace
It is early twentieth century England and all is not well. Innocent citizens are found murdered by an apparent snake bite accredited to a di…
The Faith of Men
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Jack London
A collection of short stories by author Jack London.
Nonsense Novels
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Stephen Leacock
Ten silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore
"If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply" ... thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The no…
Fables
Read by Ben Tucker
Robert Louis Stevenson
Master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped) brings us an entrancing and at times quite…
A Changed Man And Other Tales
Read by David Wales
Thomas Hardy
Eleven short stories. - Summary by david wales
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…
1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones
Ferox Aeternum
1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones
The History Of Sir Richard Calmady
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Lucas Malet
Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. She became a hugely successful Victorian novelist, rivalling Rud…
De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Het kerstverhaal van 1845 vertaling van 'The Cricket on the Hearth'.De mooie jonge Dot en de oude vrachtrijder John lijken gelukkig getrouwd…
Bunyan Characters Volume I
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Alexander Whyte
This is the first volume of four which goes into the details of Characters from John Bunyan's books. This one is about characters of Pilgrim…
The Splendid Wayfaring
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…