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Lydia is gone this many a year

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Lizette Woodworth Reese



LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of 'Lydia is gone this many a year' by Lizette Woodworth Reese. This was the Fortnightly Poetry …

A Parting Guest

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James Whitcomb Riley



LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Parting Guest by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.…

A Ruined Reversolet

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C. J. Dennis



LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Ruined Reversolet by C. J. Dennis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2012.…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 090

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Various



In his autobiographical essay "The Intellectuals and the Boston Mob," Booker T. Washington wrote: "It is not argument, nor cr…

The Dread Apache: That Early-Day Scourge of the Southwest

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Merrill Pingree Freeman



Excerpt which contains the opinions and biographical accounts from the author: "A short time ago, idling through a collection of early-…

Cana

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James Freeman Clarke



LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Cana by James Freeman Clarke, from The World's Best Poetry, edited by Bliss Carman. This was …

The City of Din

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Dan McKenzie and Dan Mckenzie



A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us phy…

Notes on Life and Letters

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Joseph Conrad



Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity

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Ethan Allen



Ethan Allen's account of his military exploits and subsequent captivity, riven with drama, adventure and humor. - Summary by Steven Warner

Resist Not Evil

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Clarence Darrow



Clarence Darrow, perhaps best known as the defense attorney for John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, had a long career defending …

Paul Carpenter Paintings 2005-2012

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Paul Carpenter



Paul Carpenter is an artist worth looking at. He has shown at influential galleries on both coasts of America. The book contains fascinating…

At Broad Ripple

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James Whitcomb Riley



LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At Broad Ripple by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the fortnightly poetry project for September…

Historical Sketches of the Catholic Church in Oregon, During the Past Forty Years

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Francis Norbert Blanchet and François Norbert Blanchet



This book is a first-hand account of the experiences of Fr. Norbert Blanchet and his fellow missionaries to Oregon in the 1830’s and 1840’s.…

The KEA: a New Zealand problem

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George Reginald Marriner



The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot, and is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Although this large parrot …

Thrice Welcome

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Harrison S. Morris and Poor Robin



LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11,…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 093

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Various



"Flirting is more serious than talking nonsense and not so serious as making love" was journalist Eliza Lynn Linton's take on rela…

Some German Women and Their Salons

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Mary Hargrave



German women living at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century have paved the way to modernity for the female gender in Germany. Mary Hargr…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2024

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Various



As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments …

Epistle to Mrs. Tyler

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Christopher Smart



LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epistle to Mrs. Tyler by Christopher Smart. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 25, …

Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880

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Various



Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…

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