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Bill Nye's Cordwood
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Bill Nye
From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Mark Twain
The town of Hadleyburg had the reputation of being the most honest town in a wide area, indeed an incorruptible community. The elders took t…
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
Read by William Tomcho
John D. Rockefeller
A good book by the oil revolutionist of the 20th century. As they say "Men should listen to experience" and this book is all about…
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…
Certain Personal Matters
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H. G. Wells
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Robert Henry Newell
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 1
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George William Curtis
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…
The Federalist Papers (version 2)
Read by Mark F. Smith
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 …
5 Science Fiction Stories by Mack Reynolds
Read by Phil Chenevert
Dallas Mccord Reynolds and Mack Reynolds
Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is ab…
Industrial Conspiracies
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Clarence Darrow
Publisher's Note.—This address was delivered shortly after Mr. Darrow's triumphant acquittal on a charge growing out of his defense of the M…
Public Opinion
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Walter Lippmann
Public Opinion (1922), by Walter Lippman, is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially the irrational, and often…
Remarks
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Bill Nye
"The range of subjects treated in this book is wonderful, even to me. It is a library of universal knowledge, and the facts contained i…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 3
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George William Curtis
The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …
Pipefuls
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Christopher Morley
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Four Great Americans
Read by Sibella Denton
James Baldwin
Written for children, James Baldwin's history of Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln brings these men to life in a way that will be i…
The Gilded Age, A Tale of Today (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Originally published in 1873, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the only novel Twain co-wrote (C.D. Warner was a good friend and neighbor o…
The Old Year and The New
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William Henry Rhodes
William Henry Rhodes will long be remembered by his contemporaries at the Bar of California as a man of rare genius, exemplary habits, high …
A Parody Outline of History
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Donald Ogden Stewart
" Mr. H. G. Wells, in his "Outline of History," was of necessity forced to omit the narration of many of the chief events in …
The Human Machine
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. A…
Eminent Victorians
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Giles Lytton Strachey
On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…