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Adventskalender 2022

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Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1. bis 24. Dezember eine Aufnahme über Weihnachten, den …

Tis the Last Rose of Summer

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Thomas Moore



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of ’Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Sir Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for…

Freshness of Poetic Perception

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Paul Hamilton Hayne



LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Freshness of Poetic Perception by Paul Hamilton Hayne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 068

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Various



Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of seve…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088

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Various



"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089

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Various



"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete …

Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

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Richard Alfred Davenport



This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…

Proeve over de opvoeding, aan de Nederlandsche moeders

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Betje Wolff



"De Proeve van de Opvoeding" van Betje Wolff (1738-1804) is een boekje uit het einde van de achttiende eeuw, gericht aan moeders. …

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082

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"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…

The British Isles and the Baltic States

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Frank G. Carpenter



Another in a long series by the author focusing on the British Isles and a few chapters on Germany, Poland and other countries of the Baltic…

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

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Samuel Butler



Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

The Web of Indian Life

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Sister Nivedita



The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 18

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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Lands of the Caribbean

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Frank G. Carpenter



The author ventures to the islands of the Caribbean for yet another volume in his travel series. This time we visit the countries of Panama,…

There Was a Cherry-Tree

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James Whitcomb Riley



LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 1…

Rousseau and Education According to Nature

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Thomas Davidson



In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I ha…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086

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"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Banking Under Difficulties

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George Ogilvy Preshaw



An account of life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand by a Bank Official.At the present time—1888—it may appear…

Down the Bayou

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Mary Ashley Townsend



LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Down the Bayou by Mary Ashley Townsend. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 27th…

The Angler

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Thomas Buchanan Read



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Angler by Thomas Buchanan Read. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 29th, …

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