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Les caractères

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Jean de La Bruyère and Jean De La Bruyère


En 1688, La Bruyère traduit les caractères de Théophraste, un auteur de l’antiquité grecque, en y ajoutant ses p…

War Letters From A Young Queenslander

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)


Robert Marshall Allen


Letters from a Brisbane doctor posted to the Western Front from 1914 to December 1915. He tells anecdotes of World War I including stories o…

The Christmas Hirelings

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pa…

The Reverberator

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a …

Zanzibar Tales

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George W. Bateman


If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…

Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speak…

Die Volkssagen von Pommern und Rügen

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Jodocus Deodatus Hubertus Temme


Sagen aus Pommern und Rügen, zusammengetragen von Jodocus Deodatus Hubertus Temme. Dabei handelt es sich meist um kurze Abschnitte &uum…

A Christmas Carol (Version 09)

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Charles Dickens


"A Christmas Carol" has been credited with relaunching the celebration of Christmas as we know it. It relaunched Charles Dickens' …

A Son of the Middle Border

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Hamlin Garland


In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank …

The Crossing

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Winston Churchill


This is an historical fiction novel. Many real characters of history are included, as well as fictitious ones. The saga takes place in the p…

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

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John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…

Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes

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Katharine Berry Judson


It is a loss to American literature that so much of the legendary history of these Indian tribes has gone, beyond hope of recovery. Exquisit…

Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 2)

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King James Version


Job was a prosperous landowner who encountered a series of misfortunes, leading him to question himself and his relation to his God. A gran…

The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars

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Bampfylde Moore Carew


The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew recounts the wide-ranging exploits of a real-life rogue – a wily professional mendicant w…

Tea: Its Mystery and History

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Samuel Phillips Day


Samuel Phillips Day traces the history of tea from Asia to England, exploring some of the romance of this treasured drink and its place in B…

Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

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Harriet Beecher Stowe


This is Stowe's second book, another one depicting the horrors of southern slavery, published 4 years after Uncle Tom's Cabin and 5 years be…

By What Authority?

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Robert Hugh Benson


Two wealthy families are neighbors in Elizabethan England; one is staunchly Catholic and the other is devoutly Protestant. The attractive yo…

Old Rail Fence Corners

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Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris


Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers i…

Tales of Daring and Danger

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G. A. Henty


G A Henty takes us on a variety of adventures in this collection:A daring rescue on rough seas, a military action against Chinese pirates, h…

La Symphonie pastorale

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André Gide


Un pasteur recueille dans sa famille une jeune fille aveugle et non éduquée. Un attachement, un sentiment naît. Cé…

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