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A Hero of Our Time
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will…
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…
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
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Various
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Read by Peter Eastman
George Gissing
This novel consists of selections from the diary of an author, starting soon after his retirement and continuing until just before his death…
D H. Lawrence - The Middle Years
D.H. Lawrence: The Middle Years D.H. Lawrence was precisely embroiled in disputes with censors. Both in his lifetime and today, he has been …
The Circular Study
Read by Jacquerie
Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…
The Gentle Grafter
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…
Writing Awesome Book Blurbs - A Modern Indie Author's Guide
Read by Evo Terra
Evo Terra
This book is not for dummies, but it is a guide for the modern indie author.
Big Publishing spends big bucks on professional copywriters who…
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
The Bishop's Apron
Read by Lee Smalley
W. Somerset Maugham
"Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose." Maugham could have add…
Unaddressed Letters
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Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham and William James Mcglothlin
“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …
Out of Mulberry Street
Read by Lee Smalley
Jacob A. Riis
These riveting accounts by Jacob A. Riis are from the late 19th century, when lower Manhattan was teeming with struggling, near-starving imm…
Principia Ethica
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertr…
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice
Read by Sean Michael Hogan
Stephen Leacock
This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill U…
Literary Lapses
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
Le Jardin du Paradis
Hans Christian Andersen
Au Fil des Lectures Conte de Hans Christian Andersen, lu par Nicole Delage. 35 min
The Khaki Kook Book
Read by Clarica
Mary Kennedy Core
We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…
Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)