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The Private Memoirs Part 6

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James Hogg


In The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Version 2)

An early example of a psychological mystery and modern crime fiction, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner details the …

Prologue

Read by Patrick Randall


William Langland


In The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)

William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…

Preface

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)


Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


In Our Little Jewish Cousin

In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. Th…

Introduction

Read by Tim Rowe


James McCosh and James Mccosh


In The Emotions

I am not satisfied with the account which has been given of the feelings and emotions in our books of mental science, and thence transferred…

Chapter 5, Part 2

Read by Ted Lienhart


Rebecca Burlend


In A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America

Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…

Two Ways of Putting It

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Various


In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879

Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…

Chapt 4, All

Read by Ted Lienhart


John Hanning Speke


In What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

This volume by British explorer Captain John Hanning Speke contains accounts of his first two expeditions into East Africa in the 1850s. Vol…

2 - Section 2

Read by Sue Anderson


Sarah Elizabeth Harper Monmouth


In Living on Half a Dime a Day

How to live on 5 cents a day! How to survive financial ruin without losing your house! How to keep to a bare bones budget and still have mon…

Aide Memoire

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Keith Laumer


In Retief: Intergalactic Diplomat in Space, (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. V)

'Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain'Retief knew the importance of sealedorders—and the need to keep them that way!'The Desert and the Stars'The…

Part I, Segment I

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Ellen Craft


In Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

Ellen and William Craft were a married couple who escaped from slavery in 1848 when Ellen disguised herself as a white, literate man and Wil…

Preface

Read by Larry Wilson


Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.


In 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…

CLASSIFICATION Part 2

Read by Gillian Hendrie


Henry Mayhew


In London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV

Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 023

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Various



A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Epilogue to Volume 1

Read by Dave Wills


George W. M. Reynolds


In The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 2

The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46…

London

Read by Steve C


Various


In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…

Prologue

Read by Larry Wilson


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3

This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…

Part II - Chapter XXI

Read by Michelle Tan


Wilkie Collins


In My Lady's Money

Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…

June

Read by Nicole Lee


Samuel Pepys


In The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665

Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…

Remarkable Remarks

Read by MaryAnn


Various


In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2

Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

Chapter 11

Read by Mira Williams


Fritz Leiber


In The Green Millennium

From the classic science-fiction and fantasy author Fritz Leiber comes this intriguing tale of a green cat. From the author's introduction:…

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