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Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
Read by Katie Riley
Francis Key Howard
Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 23)
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 5 chapter 23 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death. To quote from the …
The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Read by Roger Melin
Charles C. Nott
Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention…
Sesame and Lilies
Read by Oxenhandler
John Ruskin
Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live.About earlier and late…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 050
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--the …
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
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Roy Chapman Andrews
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for …
Home Vegetable Gardening
Read by Christine Rottger
Fredrick Frye Rockwell
Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who …
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61
Read by FNH
Abner Doubleday
Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feeling of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting time to record the facts and incidents con…
Mrs. Shelley
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Lucy Madox Rossetti
"I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving an…
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2
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Alfred Russel Wallace
A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with …
Opportunity
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Walter Malone
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Opportunity by Walter Malone. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 27, 2013.Wa…
The Owl and the Pussycat
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Edward Lear
LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…
Current Superstitions
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Fanny Dickerson Bergen
No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one o…
Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 2
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Benvenuto Cellini
Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as h…
The Essentials of Spirituality
Read by Lee Smalley
Felix Adler
This recording contains four addresses of Felix Adler (1851-1933) concerning spirituality from the perspective of Ethical Culture, an educat…
Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of Providence
Read by Ruth P.
John Flavel
Shows God's providence in every aspect of our lives. - Summary by RuthP
Shandygaff
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life & Letters, interspersed with Short Stories & Skits, the whole most Diverting to th…
The Cow
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Robert Louis Stevenson
LibriVox volunteers bring you fourteen different readings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Cow, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Co…
The Market For Liberty
Read by Linda Tannehill
Linda Tannehill
Well over a quarter century old, Morris and Linda Tannehill’s iconoclastic "The Market for Liberty" is one of the most important b…
The Khaki Kook Book
Read by Clarica
Mary Kennedy Core
We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…