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North America
Read by Celine Major
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
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James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
Under the Guns
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Annie Wittenmyer and Annie Wittenmyer
Preface:The stories and reminiscences in this book are true to life, every one of them. They are told just as they occurred, without any att…
Our Southern Highlanders
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Horace Kephart
"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…
Joseph and his Brethren
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W. K. Tweedie
"The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wi…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Calling men the "Bawling Brotherhood," Sarah Grand penned a lively essay on The New Aspect of the Woman Question in 1894. Stenogra…
Among the Head-hunters of Formosa
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Janet B. Montgomery Mcgovern
"Among the Head-hunters of Formosa contains the substance of observations made during a two-years' stay in Formosa — from September 191…
The Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
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Alfred Burdon Ellis
British Army officer and ethnographer AB Ellis was known for his writings on West Africa. His final publication takes an anthropological mag…
Discoveries
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John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…
Cupid's Darts
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William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Cupid's Darts by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 12, 2012.To celeb…
Entertaining Made Easy
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Emily Rose Burt
A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. - Summary by MaybeCordelia
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"Grandmother and Stockhausen are of the opinion that Wagner will one day totally disappear. His music, they argue, is too unhealthy.&qu…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"Instead of letting ourselves, at the thought of mealtime, fall into a state of chronic mental flutter that incapacitates us for any se…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Ricardo Fernández Montalvo
"It is a foolish thing to speak on every kind of work, for he that disputeth thy words shall put them unto proof." Proverbs of Fai…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
In May 1919, three U.S. Navy sea-planes made the first successful trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe. Lieutenant Walter Hinton was a pilot. H…
The Penobscot Man
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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Penobscot Man is a collection of true stories about the river drivers, guides, and woodsmen of Maine’s Penobscot River. Fannie Hardy Eck…
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse
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Various And Harriet Monroe
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the oldest and lead…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"There are few books which go with midnight, solitude, and a candle." H. M. Tomlinson's charming essay Bed-Books and Night-Lights …
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse
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Various And Harriet Monroe
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the oldest and lead…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
"There are few books which go with midnight, solitude, and a candle." H. M. Tomlinson's charming essay Bed-Books and Night-Lights …