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In My First Book (Version 2)

Read by Chad Jackson


Various


Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literat…

Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,''…

In American Leaders and Heroes

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Wilbur F. Gordy


Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…

Inaugural Address by the 15th U.S. President

In LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

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James Buchanan


This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Pope and the Art of Satire

In Twelve Types

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G. K. Chesterton


Short biographical essays of twelve persons central to European culture. - Summary by KevinS

Sharp Eyes Gets Home

In Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox

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Richard Barnum


Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox is another tale of adventure that follows a young silver fox from his birth in the woods of England, through trai…

Battle of Bannockburn, AD 1314 by Andrew Lang

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Can We Communicate With Other Worlds?

In Marvels of Modern Science

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Paul Severing


The purpose of this little book is to give a general idea of a few of the great achievements of our time. For instance, the flying machine i…

The Gracchi and Their Reforms, BC 133, by Theodor Mommsen

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Section 6

In The Machine that Saved the World (Version 2)

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Murray Leinster


They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in fromspace--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense couldE…

Chapter 12

In The Famous Missions of California

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William Henry Hudson


Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…

Diplomacy and Dixie

In G. K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1921

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign…

Science and Modern Thought

In The Outline of Science, Vol 4

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J. Arthur Thomson


The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

X. Words from the Names of Places

In Stories That Words Tell Us

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Elizabeth O'Neill


A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …

A Medieval Ghost Hunter

In Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

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Henry Addington Bruce


The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (e…

The American Robin

In Birds, Vol. I, No 2, February 1897

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Various


Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

Deepfreeze

In Short Science Fiction Collection 066

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Robert Donald Locke


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Heart of Hull House -- Jane Addams

In Heroines of Service

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Mary Rosetta Parkman


From time immemorial, women have served as wives, mothers and domestic organizers. But in the nineteenth century, the lives of women were ch…

Kidnapped

In An Earthman on Venus

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Ralph Milne Farley


When Myles Cabot accidentally transmitted himself to the planet Venus, he found himself naked and bewildered on a mystery world where every …