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The Piazza Tales

Read by John Greenman


Herman Melville



A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…

Toilers of the Sea (Version 2)

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Victor Hugo



The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island communit…

Researches into the Physical History of Man

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James Cowles Prichard



Prichard’s Researches into the Physical History of Man has been called the most important pre-Darwinian anthropological work in English of t…

The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

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George Cavendish



Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume One

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Andrew Dickson White



The 21st Century, so far, has seen a dramatic and widespread questioning of "Science", much of it from "Evangelicals". B…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two

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Andrew Dickson White



"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…

G.T.T., or The Wonderful Adventures of a Pullman

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Edward Everett Hale



More than a generation ago, a common joke when an insolvent debtor or any other loafer who had changed his home, wished to leave warning beh…

Mark Twain's Partner

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Michael J. Phillips



In 1861, a 26-year-old Sam Clemens "went west" with his older brother Orion. By that time he'd had some experience with publishing…

The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita

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Unknowntranslated Bywilliam Gemmell and Unknowntranslated By William Gemmell



The Diamond Sutra, also known as the ‘Diamond Cutter Sutra’ or ‘Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra,’ is a remarkable Buddhist text and is co…

Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life (Version 2)

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William Henry Hudson



A boy (between the ages of 4 and 12) discovers the natural world around him in his home in the Argentine Pampas and in Buenos Aires. Author …

Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

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Various



Long before he was President and having just started his law practice, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln delivered (January 27, 1838) a speech on …

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

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Henry William Fischer



This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow h…

Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI

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Various



Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditiona…

Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

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Multatuli



Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…

Orion Clemens

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Fred W. Lorch



Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…

Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer (Version 2)

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John Steinbeck



Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (1929) is John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of h…

Anne McLaren Memorial Lectures

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John Gurdon



University of Oxford Podcasts

The Coming Wrath

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John K. Reed



A world lost in time and history. The earth as it was before the world wide flood destroyed the face of the planet almost five thousand year…

Billy Topsail and Company: A Story for Boys

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Norman Duncan



Every boy who knows Billy Topsail will welcome this continuation of his adventuresome life in the North. Like its predecessor, the new volum…

The Prince of Hazel and Oak

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John Lenahan



Podiobooks no. 1 voted podcast returns for another action and laugh packed sequel. Finally listeners can find out what happened to Conor on …

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