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The Relentless City

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E. F. Benson


A satiric novel of manners written in Benson's classic style of gently poking fun at class structures and the people who fill them. This tim…

Rambles in New Zealand

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John Carne Bidwill


John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decide…

The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays

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John Erskine


In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…

Our New Zealand Cousins

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James Inglis


A travelogue of a trip through New Zealand in 1885 with panegyric descriptions of the scenery, elucidations of the progress the country had …

The Man in the Panther's Skin

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Shota Rustaveli


Georgian mediæval epic poem written in the time of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Couched in the chivalric language of the 12th Centur…

The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon

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James Anthony Froude


"The story as told by the Imperial Ambassadors resident at the Court of Henry VIII" (subtitle). Froude weaves his tale from a wide…

Banking Under Difficulties

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George Ogilvy Preshaw


An account of life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand by a Bank Official.At the present time—1888—it may appear…

Stingaree

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E. W. Hornung


Ten tales of the adventures of an Australian Bushranger - (Summary by Beeswaxcandle)

Clergymen of the Church of England (Version 2)

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Anthony Trollope


Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit the different types of clergymen commonly found in 19th century Britain. - Summary by…

Tracts for the Times, Volume 1

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Irenaeus


Published between 1833 and 1841, the 90 Tracts were written by various members of "The Oxford Movement". They cover various aspect…

Letters from New Zealand 1857–1911

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Henry William Harper


"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…

The Fifth String

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John Philip Sousa


A novella telling of the love between a virtuoso violinist and a beautiful woman. He has a violin with five strings, but he never plays on t…

Hokitika, New Zealand: The Birth of a Borough

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Various


A pamphlet version of four papers on the beginnings of the town and borough of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand…

The Mariner - Read by BWC

In The Mariner

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E. Pauline Johnson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Mariner by E. Pauline Johnson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 7, 2024. …

Two Christmas Eves

In Christmas Short Works Collection 2023

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Patricia Wentworth


Enjoy the 2023 Christmas collection, with selections chosen by many volunteers. This year's readings include a combination of sacred and sec…

Chapter 78: Mesopotamia, Syria, and the Balkans, part 2

In A History of the Great War, Volume Three

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John Buchan


This is the third of a four-volume history of the First World War, coming in along the Ypres Salient in February 1916 and stopping mid-Novem…

Christ-kinkle and Christ-kindlein

In The Story of Santa Klaus

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William S. Walsh


Who was Santa Klaus? Did he exist? In this study of custom and folklore, the author looks at the real and the legendary man, according to va…