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The Burial of the Guns
Read by Mark F. Smith
Thomas Nelson Page
This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his wr…
Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter
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Elliott O'Donnell
After having a difficult time establishing a career as a novelist, O’Donnell discovered to his happy surprise that the reading public was ve…
The Black Arrow
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Robert Louis Stevenson
In the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. …
The Three Musketeers, Version 2
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Alexandre Dumas
D’Artagnan, son of a poor Gascon aristocrat, travels to Paris to seek his fortune. His family connections enable him to obtain a position in…
The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…
Blake of the "Rattlesnake"
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Frederick Thomas Jane
Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…
When We Were Very Young
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A. A. Milne
A.A. Milne wrote many poems to entertain his young son, Christopher Robin Milne, who appears to have been about three when "When We Wer…
Americans All, Immigrants All
Read by Mark F. Smith
U. S. Department Of The Interior Office Of Education
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …
The Mark of Zorro
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Johnston Mcculley
In Spanish California, a troubling pattern had developed. The natives were reduced to peasants, the Franciscan friars that ministered to the…
From the Earth to the Moon, Version 2
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Jules Verne
Jules Verne takes aim at some amusing stereotypes of Americans in this story of a pre-rocketry attempt to shoot a cannonball to the Moon. Th…
Round the Moon (Version 2)
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Jules Verne
Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book.Then we j…
The Federalist Papers (version 2)
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Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison
“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that …
The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)
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Stephen Crane
A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 4)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dr. Watson sits down again to ruminate over his notes of all the mysteries he has joined Sherlock Holmes in investigating. In the “Memoirs o…
The Ex-Wife Files
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Mark Forman
The eX-Wife Files Mark Forman's first sci-fi detective short story is in the vein of Philip K. Dick's BladeRunner (Do Androids Dream of Ele…
The Cruise of the Corwin
Read by Mark Harrington
John Muir
"The Cruise of the Corwin is John Muir's account of a voyage he took in 1881 on the steamer Thomas Corwin, which set sail from San Fran…
Ovid And His Influence
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Edward Kennard Rand
In this early entry into the Our Debt To Greece and Rome series, Rand provides a lively summary and commentary on all of Ovid's poetical wor…
Characters and Events of Roman History
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Guglielmo Ferrero
Guglielmo Ferrero was an Italian historian and journalist, and this book contains his Lowell Lectures, presented in 1908 at the Lowell Insti…
Hannibal
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George Philip Baker
George P. Baker, popular British historian of the 1920s and 30s, covers the life and career of ancient Rome's most formidable opponent, Hann…
Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Exposé of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes
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Allan Pinkerton
Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in this book the methods that criminals use to exploit…