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Chapter 18

In War and Peace, Book 02: 1805

Read by Joan Freeman


Leo Tolstoy


War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

016 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 3.

In The Book of Household Management

Read by Joan Freeman


Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton


"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

THE INTREPID EXPLORER AND HIS LIEUTENANT

In New Treasure Seekers

Read by Joan Freeman


E. Nesbit


Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…

Preface

In Canyons of the Colorado

Read by Joan Freeman


John Wesley Powell


John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

British Game Preserves In Africa

In Our Vanishing Wild Life

Read by Joan Freeman


William T. Hornaday


We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of "civilized" man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are si…

01 - The Danish Invasion

In A Popular History of Ireland, Book 02

Read by Joan Freeman


Thomas D'Arcy McGee


Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassin…

A Sweeter Woman Ne'er Drew Breath

In Kilmeny of the Orchard

Read by Joan Freeman


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Eric Marshall is all that a well brought-up young man should be. Handsome, steadfast, and full of ambition, he is expected to expand the Mar…

Nover 8, '76 --- The Oaks and I

In Specimen Days

Read by Joan Freeman


Walt Whitman


Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

Frost

In Old Peter's Russian Tales

Read by Joan Freeman


Arthur Ransome


Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …

Chapter 7

In The Alaskan

Read by Joan Freeman


James Oliver Curwood


A wilderness story of adventure and intrigue in Alaska in the 1920’s. Summary by Maire Rhode.

Jesus, the Light of the World

In Christ and His Friends

Read by Joan Freeman


Louis Albert Banks


This is a series of sermons that were given in Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church in January 1895. They are here collected together by …

The Worship of the Heart

In A Year's Prayer-Meeting Talks

Read by Joan Freeman


Louis Albert Banks


This is a series of 52 talks, all of which were delivered by Rev. Banks in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cleveland, Ohio on a week…