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Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks
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Jean de la Fontaine
Several of La Fontaine's fables, translated into English by W. T. Larned. (Summary by bge1234)
On Life
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Leo Tolstoy
What is the "good life" for us mortal beings? Two months spent recovering from a severe injury allowed Tolstoy to develop and orga…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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United Nations
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais…
Padre Ignacio
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Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
Writing Wrongly
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Thomas Corfield
When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…
My Mark Twain
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) became fast friends with Mark Twain from the moment in 1869 when Twain strode into the office of The Atlant…
I, Mary MacLane
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Mary Maclane
Described as "the first blogger", Mary MacLane lived a tortured life, ahead of her time. Her beloved father died when she was a yo…
An Alphabet of History
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Su…
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)
The History of England, from the Accession of James II
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is volume 4 chapter 18 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
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Margaret Burnham
Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dr…
Short Nonfiction Collection
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Fünfzig Jahre Museumsarbeit
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Wilhelm Von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode war ein bedeutender deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Museumsfachmann und gilt als der Mitbegründer des modernen Museumswe…
Epistolae, the letters of Dante
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Dante Alighieri
This volume contains the thirteen letters of the poet Dante Alighieri translated from their original Latin, including the famous and controv…
Indian Frontier Policy
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General Sir John Miller Adye
"The subject of our policy on the North-West frontier of India is one of great importance, as affecting the general welfare of our East…
The Prospective Mother
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J. Morris Slemons
A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …
United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection
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Various
This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings o…
The United Empire Loyalists
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W. Stewart Wallace
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the …
Australian Miscellany
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Various
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…
The Death of Lord Nelson
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William Beatty
"The Surgeon of the late illustrious Lord NELSON feels himself called upon, from the responsible situation which he held on the eventfu…