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Bullets & Billets

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Bruce Bairnsfather


A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…

Confessions of a Book-Lover

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E. Walter Walters


"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…

Marius the Epicurean, Volume 2

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Walter Pater


The conclusion of Pater's historico-philosophical novel about a young Roman nobleman's search for purpose and meaning. Set in the time of Ca…

Christmas Under Three Flags

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Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox


This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, …

From Mud to Mufti: With Old Bill on all Fronts

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Bruce Bairnsfather


This second volume of memories from the Great War (WWI) by the celebrated war cartoonist and social observer, begins with Bairnsfather's rec…

The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763

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Samuel Madden, Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman


Imagine a world in which there were no major revolutionary upheavals (the American, French and Russian revolutions did not occur), there was…

Selected Poetry on or about the MacLeans

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John Patterson MacLean and John Patterson Maclean


"Gifted with poesy as are the Highlanders, and given to the praise of their country and their leaders, it would be expected that many p…

Discordants

In Short Poetry Collection 170

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Conrad Aiken


This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017. It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-D…

Dogging the Schoolmaster

In Doctor Syn

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Russell Thorndike


Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike and inspired a Disney movie call…

Preface

In The American Language

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H. L. Mencken


"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work…

An Enchanted Place

In The Day before Yesterday

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Richard Middleton


This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during h…