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FOR THE LIFE OF FAITH

In Evening Incense

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


John R. MacDuff and John R. Macduff


This is a small volume of Evening Prayers. Thoughts to think on in the quiet before bedtime; ideas that edify the soul, calm the mind and p…

Geographic Notes: Magnetic Observation in Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen in…

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 06

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Cyrus C. Babb and National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895.* Geographic Progress of Civilization - Annual Ad…

Investing in Safety, Investing in Response, Investing in the Gulf, Pt 2

In Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill…

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


National Comm. on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and National Commission On The Bp Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi


On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drill…

The State Flag; The Official Flower of the State, and the Method of its Selecti…

In The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, Part 1

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Charles E. Flandrau


"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and un…

Chapt 15 pt 3 - Pilotage

In Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25A

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Federal Aviation Administration


"The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots …

In the Prison House

In Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Florence Morse Kingsley


This is a unique sequel to the book Titus: A Comrade of the Cross written in a very different style, though none the less memorable, full of…

PREFACE

In Lore of Proserpine

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Maurice Henry Hewlett


If a thing is not sensibly true it may be morally so. If it is not phenomenally true it may be so substantially. And it is possible that one…

As a Humorist; A Grizzly's Sly Little Joke; The Grizzly as Fremont Found Him

In True Bear Stories

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


Joaquin Miller


Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most o…

The Battle of Shiloh Part 1

In War Stories for My Grandchildren

Read by Chris A. Hawkins


John Watson Foster


After years of telling these stories to his grandchildren, Foster was prevailed on to write them down for future generations. Rather than re…

The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe


Edgar Allan Poe


Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

Walking

Read by Chris Masterson


Henry David Thoreau


This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Chris Hughes


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)

Read by Chris Masterson


Nagarjuna


The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …

Youth, a Narrative

Read by Chris Hughes


Joseph Conrad


An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…