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The Coming People
Read by Max Cusimano
Charles F. Dole
Dole briefly sketches the history of life, and shows how it has a definite direction - toward the survival of the kind and gentle people. It…
Tribute To Jon Arthur (1982) Big Jon and Sparkie No School Today
KGO, Ted Hering
Tribute to Jon Arthur Goerss of Big Jon and Sparkie/No School Today. KGO radio San Francisco. From the collection of Ted Hering.
Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts
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David Alec Wilson
Although David Alec Wilson is best known for his writings about Thomas Carlyle, he was a Scottish civil servant who spent much time in India…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 065
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. A review of William Carlos Williams' "Kora in Hell" by Robert McAlmon is one …
Literary Lapses
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054
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Various
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute …
Sojourns On Mars
Read by Brian Downes
Brian Downes
Murdock Woodman’s life takes a turn when an old school friend asks the investigator to find $105,000 in stolen Disney collectibles, his web …
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Peter Francis Browne Amarok
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Amarok By Peter Francis Browne Set in the early 18th century, the story of Amarok, an Eskimo, who was discovered drifting in his kayak off t…
Winnowed Wisdom
Read by David Wales
Stephen Leacock
This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales
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 Chronicles of America Volume 14 - Washington and His Colleagues
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Jones Ford
This next volume of the Chronicles of American series investigates Washington's development in the day to day world the various dimensions o…
Who's the Dupe?
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Hannah Cowley
A short farce. Scholar meets woman. "Plato! Aristotle! Zeno! I abjure ye. A girl bred in a nursery, in whose soul the sacred lamp of kn…
Scripture Characters
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Robert Smith Candlish
Nineteen studies of figures from the Bible - some well-known and some obscure. The discourses were originally written as sermons and then re…
My First Book (Version 2)
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Various
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literat…