History

Child-life in Art

Read by Laura Caldwell


Estelle M. Hurll



The poetry of childhood is full of attractiveness to the artist, and many and varied are the forms in which he interprets it. The Christ-chi…

Lancashire

Read by Phil Benson


Francis Archibald Bruton



The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…

Sleeping Sickness

Read by Pamela Nagami


Fleming Mant Sandwith



In the twenty-first century sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis in humans) is still a life-threatening disease of adults and children…

The Poisoned Loving-Cup

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Charles Grant Miller



"ANGLO-AMERICAN accord is splendid sentiment. America ever rises gladly to this toast. But we must drink from our own crystal chalice o…

Adventures In Research




The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…

Adventures In Research




The story of the first regularly scheduled radio broadcast in history, in 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA broadcast the presidential election c…

Canadian School Days

Read by Elwy Yost


Max Braithwaite



Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…

Canadian School Days

Read by Elwy Yost


Max Braithwaite



Join us for a delightful journey back in time with Canadian School Days, a unique presentation that takes listeners to the one-room schoolho…

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