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An Essay on Man
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography
Read by James K. White
John Relly Beard
François-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1803) rose to fame in 1791 during the Haitian struggle for independence. In this revol…
The First Battle of Bull Run
Read by Mark F. Smith
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was one of the senior commanders of Southern forces during the Civil War. It was he who initiated …
Four Discourses Against The Arians
Read by Jonathan Lange
Athanasius of Alexandria
In spite of Nicea's condemnation of Arius in 325, Arianism was far from dead. For decades after Nicea, political intrigue and personality cl…
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II
Read by Cate Barratt
Lucy Aikin
Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy B…
Recollections of Life in Ohio, from 1813-1840
Read by Sue Anderson
William Cooper Howells
Recollections of Life in Ohio is the autobiography of William Cooper Howells (1807-1894), father of the American novelist William Dean Howel…
The Romance of Modern Chemistry
Read by J. M. Smallheer
James C. Philip
A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of che…
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
Read by Peter Yearsley
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American …
The Italian Cook Book
Read by Diana Majlinger
Maria Gentile
One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reas…
The Machine
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Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair is best known for his novel The Jungle, an expose of the meatpacking industry. He was also a playwright whose works for the s…
The Call of the Wild (Version 2)
Read by Tom Crawford
Jack London
This is the story of Buck, dog napped from sunny California to snowy Arctic during the Alaska gold rush. This deservedly famous book has bee…
Old Times on the Mississippi
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Old Times on the Mississippi is a non-fiction work by Mark Twain. It was published in 1876. Originally published in serial form in the Atlan…
My Path to Atheism
Read by Kevin Green
Annie Besant
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open f…
Miscellaneous Pieces
Read by David Barnes
John Bunyan
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), …
Home Life in Colonial Days
Read by Susan Morin
Alice Morse Earle
CHAPTER IHOMES OF THE COLONISTSWhen the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have se…
Woman on the American Frontier
Read by Bridget Gaige
William Worthington Fowler
Many books describe the role of men during American history. However, at the same time, women did much: comforted, fought, helped, raised ch…
The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Read by JoeD
Albert Schweitzer
In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of 'Historical Jesus' research, from Hermann Reimarus in the mid 18th century, to Wi…
Canyons of the Colorado
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John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…
1000 Things Worth Knowing
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Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.
Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…
By Pond and River
Read by Laura Caldwell
Arabella B. Buckley
In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…