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Gladiator

Read by Mike Pelton

Philip Wylie

Gladiator by Philip Wylie is the story of a man who although normal in all other ways, through the genius of his Father a biologist attains …

The Journal of Julius Rodman

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Edgar Allan Poe

The Journal of Julius Rodman, Being an Account of the First Passage across the Rocky Mountains of North America Ever Achieved by Civilized M…

Part III Chapter 2: The Smithsonian Expedition for Museum Specimens, The Hunt

In The Extermination of the American Bison

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William T. Hornaday

The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the gra…

Chapter V

In Danny's Own Story

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Don Marquis

Danny is the proverbial basket-on-the-doorstep baby, found by Hank and Elmira Walters, a childless couple who welcome him into their home be…

On Depth and Superficiality, part 1

In The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

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William Hazlitt

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, Wi…

Chapter 2 by Harry Leon Wilson (1867-1939)

In The Sturdy Oak

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Various

At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely gener…

04 - CHAPTER IV - TWO VIEWS OF A CHEAP THEATRE

In The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

02 - Chapter II

In The Golden Silence

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C.N & A.M. Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

Trying to get away from an engagement he had got himself into more or less against his will, Stephen Knight travels to Algiers to visit his …