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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054
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Various
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute …
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…
The Purple Cow
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Frank Gelett Burgess
LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different versions of this famous nonsense rhyme, the weekly poem of April 2nd, 2006. The April Fool's Da…
The Book of This and That
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…
A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories
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Caroline Ticknor
This is a collection of twelve original and entertaining little romances. Literature is an important anchor that helps us understand society…
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Die Psychologie der Erbtante
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Erich Mühsam
Eine Thantologie aus 25 Einzeldarstellungenzur Lösung der Unsterblichkeits-Frage.Margarete Beutler zugeeignet(Zusammenfassung - Unterti…
The Measurement of Intelligence
Read by Leon Harvey
Lewis Terman
An explanation of and a completed guide for the use of the Stanford revision and the Simon Binford intelligence test - Summary by the solois…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4
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Edgar Allan Poe
This, the fourth of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 22 of his short stories. Warning: Section 7, "A Predicament," conta…
EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts
Read by Grant Hurlock
Ann Radcliffe
In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in or…
Gossip in a Library
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Edmund Gosse
A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and thei…
Plum Pudding (version 2)
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Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley: A modern humorist with the tang of an Elizabethan. Plum Pudding: Thus Mr. Morley entitles his new volume, in which he ha…
Sonnets of a Budding Bard
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Nixon Waterman
This is a volume of 25 sonnets by American poet Nixon Waterman. The sonnets are written from the perspective of a school boy, and are very h…
Charmides, and Other Poems
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Oscar Wilde
This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in…
The Magi and His Star
Dr. V.P. Wierwille
Sunday Night Teaching #1138 Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille: "I see my life beyond today and tomorrow. I see my life from generation to gener…
Antic Hay
Read by Jim Locke
Aldous Huxley
The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall wi…
Sonnets
Read by Bruce Kachuk
T. W. H. Crosland
This inspiring collection of sonnets from British author T.W.H. Crosland displays the creativity, keen powers of observation and the unsurpa…