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Don in the City

In Don, a Runaway Dog: His Many Adventures (Version 2)

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Richard Barnum


Don is a dog with a yearning for adventure. After he escapes from home, he makes new friends and has a run-in with the dog-catcher, but he p…

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…

Dr. John Blow

In Twelve Good Musicians: From John Bull to Henry Purcell

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Frederick Bridge


Brief sketches of the lives and music of 12 well-known musicians. - Summary by KevinS

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…

James Lawrence

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2

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Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…

Dry Beans and Peas

In Money-Saving Main Dishes

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Anonymous


This is Home and Garden Bulletin No. 43 from the Human Nutrition Research Division and Consumer and Food Economics Research Division Agricul…

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…

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

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…

Return Voyage-Edale Once More

In The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777

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Nicholas Cresswell


Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

Dead Man's Rock by 'Q'

In 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…

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…

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…

He Worked to Secure a Foot-Hold William Dean Howells

In How They Succeeded

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Orison Swett Marden


Success! Alluring, fascinating, informative. Why are some people successful while others languish on the scrap heap of life? Hard work? Luc…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

Preface to Complete Edition

In Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays

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Edward Carpenter


This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicte…