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Phillips Brooks

Read by David Wales


Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe



Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was one of the finest and most famous clergyman in the nineteenth century; he was acknowledged as a masterful …

Pronto Estate

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Pronto Estate



Pronto Estate 2011 is a trilingual guide, freely downloadable in pdf format at www.prontoestate.it. Pronto Estate 2011 is actually a cultur…

The Dawn and the Day

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Henry Thayer Niles



The Dawn and the Day, or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part 1 is a text similar to the epic poetry of Homer or, more accurately, classic Hindu…

Trostschrift an Marcia

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca



Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 v. Chr.–65 n. Chr.) gibt stoische Grundsätze zum Tod und zur Trauer. Übersetzung durch Albert Forbiger (1…

Do You Fear the Wind?

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Hamlin Garland



LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Do You Fear the Wind? by Hamlin Garland. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2…

Pioneers of the Old South

Read by Jim Locke


Mary Johnston



In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…

Short Nonfiction Collection

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Various



Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Is the sound of a dripping faucet music? According to Aldous Huxley, "The music of…

Notes On Democracy

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H. L. Mencken



American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later.Mencken…

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Read by Gloria Loughry


Inazō Nitobe



Bushido: The Soul of Japan is a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among…

Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar'

Read by Roy Schreiber


William Jackson



Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…

Royal Romances of Today

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Kellogg Durland



"In the year 1907, the Woman’s Home Companion commissioned me to go to Russia to write the story of the early days, courtship and marri…

The Indians in Wisconsin's History

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John M. Douglass



Pre-European arrival history of Wisconsin's Native American tribes, with discussions of their way of life, crafts, clothing, shelter, huntin…

The Freedom of Life

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Annie Payson Call



'The Freedom of Life' is a mind-illuminating book, in which author Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) wrote about many of the troubles that we us…

Nobody's Property

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Emily Kathleen Cooke



November 4, 1971Jennifer Rose Cooke, a girl from California, just turned 18, goes missing in a frigid forest in West Germany. She has been h…

All That Can Be Shaken

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Essie Collins



All That Can Be Shaken by Essie Collins (a pseudonym) is a moving true story of a family's struggle with a tragedy that shakes their lives a…

The Christmas Tree

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Anonymousandalice Maude Kellogg, Anonymous And Alice Maude Kellogg and William James McGlothlin



LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010This…

Autobiography Memories and Experiences

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Moncure Daniel Conway



Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This second volume of his autobiography covers the year…

Soup of Alphabets

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Various



A second helping of Alphabet Books! This collection has a wide-ranging variety of short books, and not only for younger readers, but also fo…

At Home From Church

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Sarah Orne Jewett



LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of At Home From Church by Sarah Orne Jewett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 19…

The Flowers of Shakespeare

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Esther Singleton



A lovely collection of information about those flowers that appear in William Shakespeare's work. The brief chapters are categorized by the …

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