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V. Doctors Differ

In The Yellow Claw

Read by Chad Jackson


Sax Rohmer


When a woman is murdered at mystery writer Henry Loureoux's apartment, Scotland Yard inspector Dunbar begins his investigation with a note t…

The Art of Living, Part 1

In Thrift

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Samuel Smiles


"This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for…

He Worked to Secure a Foot-Hold William Dean Howells

In How They Succeeded

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Orison Swett Marden


Success! Alluring, fascinating, informative. Why are some people successful while others languish on the scrap heap of life? Hard work? Luc…

Return Voyage-Edale Once More

In The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777

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Nicholas Cresswell


Against his family's wishes, the son of an English landowner emigrates to America in 1774 for reasons he won't reveal. His adventures take h…

Mr. Wagner Buys a Goat

In Billy Whiskers, The Autobiography of a Goat (Version 2)

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Frances Trego Montgomery


This is the original story in the beloved series of Billy Whisker books by Frances Trego Montgomery. Billy is a loveable goat whose adventur…

Deepfreeze

In Short Science Fiction Collection 066

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Robert Donald Locke


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…

Murchison and Babbage

In Science in Short Chapters

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W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

Inaugural Address by the 15th U.S. President

In LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection

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James Buchanan


This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

Nathaniel Greene, the Hero of the South, and Francis Marion, the ''Swamp Fox,''…

In American Leaders and Heroes

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Wilbur F. Gordy


Historian Wilbur F. Gordy presents short chapters on well-known American figures from the viewpoint of the early twentieth century, includin…

X. Words from the Names of Places

In Stories That Words Tell Us

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Elizabeth O'Neill


A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …

A Medieval Ghost Hunter

In Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

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Henry Addington Bruce


The author describes popular ghost occurrences from a skeptical point of view, providing explanations based on recent scientific research (e…

The American Robin

In Birds, Vol. I, No 2, February 1897

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Various


Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…

Don in the City

In Don, a Runaway Dog: His Many Adventures (Version 2)

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Richard Barnum


Don is a dog with a yearning for adventure. After he escapes from home, he makes new friends and has a run-in with the dog-catcher, but he p…

Preface

In The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

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William Graham Sumner


Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…

Chapter 24

In The Youth of Washington: Told in the Form of an Autobiography

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Silas Weir Mitchell


Departing from the usual third person narratives of biographies, this account is told in the first person as the reminiscences of a now reti…

James Lawrence

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2

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Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…