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A Burning Question

In Cheating the Junk-Pile — The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments

Read by Emily Maynard


Ethel Rose Peyser


This book of advice about the purchase and care of household appliances is intended to cheat the junk-pile by inspiring the buyer to get the…

Introduction by the translator

In The History of Rome, volume 1

Read by Emily Maynard


Titus Livius


The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…

The Magic Well

In Australian Fairy Tales

Read by Emily Schueller


James Hume-Cook


"The Stories in this little book have been set down almost in the same words in which they were told. How the telling of them came abou…

Chapter 17, part 02

In History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…

Read by Emily Anderson


David Hume


David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

A Modest Proposal

In Short Humor Collection 001

Read by Emily Fogel


Jonathan Swift


This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

A Solar Eclipse - Read by EH

In A Solar Eclipse

Read by Emily Hall


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


A commemoration of the recent solar eclipse is presented in this week's group reading. - Summary by David Lawrence

Veal and Pork

In A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House

Read by Emily Jackson


Jessie Conrad


This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie Conrad, wife of celebrated author Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, Heart of D…

Empress Josephine, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

Read by Emily Maynard


Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…

The Name of France

In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time

Read by Emily Behrmann


Henry van Dyke


These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…

Chapter 45 - The Pekinese and Japanese

In Dogs and All About Them

Read by Emily Livingston


Robert Leighton


This comprehensive guide on dog-rearing looks at dogs as more than just pets - as people's best friends. The author describes each breed of …

The Old Church Bell

In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 5, 1860 to 1865

Read by Emily Feuka


Hans Christian Andersen


A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. - Summary by Kristi…

01 - Inscriptions and Chapter 1

In The Shepherd of the Hills

Read by Emily Jarmard


Harold Bell Wright


The story depicts the lives of mountain people living in the Ozarks and the mystery surrounding an old man called 'The Shepherd of the Hills…

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