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Ada Merton
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Francis J. Finn, S.J.
The conversion of an indifferent father and mother, through the death of an only child, is well told in another story by Fr Finn, S.J. entit…
Opening a Chestnut Burr
Read by LikeManyWaters
Edward P. Roe
Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…
Prejudices, First Series
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H. L. Mencken
Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088
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Various
"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…
Richard Cory
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here…
Carleton Putnam Race and Reason Day Speech 10/26/61
The Citizen's Councils
Carleton Putnam, author of Race and Reason: A Yankee View giving a speech in Jackson Mississippi on 10/26/61 at a banquet held at the Olympi…
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin
Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Tale of Grandfather Mole
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books.Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newar…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Finley Peter Dunne
In Chicago lay a street called Archey Road, which stretched through a neighborhood which was mostly Irish immigrants, among whom was Martin …
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…
Fables
Read by Ben Tucker
Robert Louis Stevenson
Master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped) brings us an entrancing and at times quite…
Elsie Venner
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Bernard Langdon is close to earning his degree in medicine when his family finds itself in financial difficulties, forcing Langdon to interr…
Peggy Delaney by James W. Nichol
SANWAL CBC
PEGGY DELANEY by James W. Nichol A hard-drinking, hard-writing forty-ish Toronto newspaper columnist who can more than hold her own wi…
My Hunt After 'The Captain'
Read by David Wales
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally publ…
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
Read by James E. Carson
Henry Fielding
Sailing voyage from England to Portugal in the mid Eighteenth Century, by one of the premier humorists, satirists, novelists and playwrights…
The History of Robinson Crusoe
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
William James Mcglothlin
A 6-page digest of Defoe's famous work for young readers (Summary by Dennis Sayers)
A Chautauqua Idyl
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.