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Read by Seth Wayne
Leigh Douglass Brackett and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
In Short Science Fiction Collection 090
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Preface
Read by Lynne T
Richard Wilson
In The Russian Storybook
Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …
Introductory Essay
Read by Phil Benson
James Wheeler
In Manchester Poetry
Manchester's first published anthology of locally-written poetry was compiled by editor James Wheeler to show that Manchester, 'the most mec…
April 15, 1887 - Depredations by Indians
Read by David Lawrence
The New York Times
In The Mounties in the News
The Mounties in the News offers a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous period of the Riel Rebellion and its aftermath in Western Canada. …
Guinevere by Tennyson
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Love Poems by Famous Authors
A collection of love poems, including the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet, Tristram & Iseult, and selections from many authors inc…
Midwinter
Read by Stefan Von Blon
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
In April, by Margaret Lee Ashley
Read by RomaSingh
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
Ascription by Charles G.D. Roberts
Read by Tomas Peter
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Existence
Read by Foon
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a singl…
Maria
Read by Newgatenovelist
Anonymous
In Selected Poems of Mexico
These poems were published from 1918 to 1928 and were translated by Muna Lee, Alice Stone Blackwell, Mary Elizabeth Blake, Thomas Walsh, Pet…
Influences
Read by Stefan Von Blon
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
The Proof
Read by docdlmartin
Frederick Cornell
In A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)
Pamphlet 1, Part 3
Read by Maria Kasper
Charles Cole Hine
In Great Chicago Fire
In the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Charles Cole Hine provides a detailed account of the disaster that reshaped a city and i…
The Journal of a Modern Lady
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
First Book: Summary
Read by Joe Brenneman
Francis T. Palgrave
In The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language
Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (186…
September, 1880
Read by Newgatenovelist
Constance Naden
In Sonnets
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
XIV. Coming Home
Read by Kurt
Elizabeth Bowen
In Encounters: Stories
Included in this first collection of stories by noted Irish-British author Elizabeth Bowen are tales of psychological unease, of pent-up emo…
1620-1920, by Le Baron Russel Briggs
Read by amcalister
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Massachusetts Poets
Poet and editor of many anthologies, William Stanley Braithwaite, gathers a collection of poems from well known and lesser known poets from …
Nancy Knapp
Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…