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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025
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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 re…
Chapter 12
Christopher Morley
In Where the Blue Begins
In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020
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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 re…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032
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Various
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, politica…
LIFE - by Etta Wheeler Wilcox
Read by SK
Various
In It Can Be Done
This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubl…
Section IV
Read by Frédéric Surget
Various
In The Jade Flute
A collection of mindful ancient Chinese poetry by Li Po, Wan Ts’u, Mei Chang and other masters set in English prose by anonymous translators…
A Book About Myself
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Theodore Dreiser
A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton
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…
I Learn About Life
Read by Lee Smalley
Isaac Marcosson
In The Autobiography of a Clown
This "as told to" autobiography of Jules Turnour is based on a popular article that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909.…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022
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Various
A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen …
Preface
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…
For a Living
Read by Newgatenovelist
Tom Maguire
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…
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…
Holland
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Preface
Read by Newgatenovelist
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…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017
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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 re…
Preface and Introduction
Read by Christine Rottger
James O'Brien
In Present Day Gardening: Orchids
A meticulously written treatise on the structure, care and cultivation of orchids. This book benefits both the orchid obsessed and the amate…
Vida retirada
Read by Ivan Rojas
Luis de León
In Las Cien Mejores Poesías de la Lengua Castellana
Comprende este tomo cien poesías líricas escogidas entre lo mejor de la literatura española antigua y moderna, excluyen…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
In Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
Today by Arthur Brisbane
Read by Anthony Will
Various
In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1
Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…