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Walter Besant - History of London

Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, were probably best known through the detailed 10-volume Survey of...

Ruth Golding 8 hours 35 minutes

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Basil Joseph Mathews - Paul the Dauntless

“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring explorer of the Unseen; there is some steep hill-climbing, some scrambling over...

David Leeson 8 hours 40 minutes

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Children's Fiction

459

M. B. Synge - Discovery of New Worlds

This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World , which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of Peru. Along the way, passing through the Dark Ages, going on the Crusades,...

Laura Caldwell 5 hours 22 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

427

Edward R. Shaw - Discoverers and Explorers

Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown «Sea of Darkness» where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense...

Laura Caldwell 2 hours 13 minutes

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History

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David Prescott Barrows - History of the Philippines

This book is one of the earliest studies of Philippine history by an American scholar. In preparation for this book, the author conducted ethnological studies of indiginous island tribes after the American war in the...

harsh365 and 9 more 9 hours 11 minutes

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Der Ling Yu - Two Years in the Forbidden City

THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese...

Jc Guan 9 hours 35 minutes

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General Fiction

546

Eva March Tappan - When Knights Were Bold

This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictures of the manner of life and habits of thought of the people who lived...

Laura Caldwell and 10 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1766 and...

Carol Stripling and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2

Historical Fiction

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Mark Twain - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2

Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full «Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.» De Conte is identified as Joan's page and secretary. For those who've always wanted to «get...

John Greenman 15 hours 19 minutes

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History

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Leonard Huxley - Journals of Robert Falcon Scott Vol 1

Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time. What started as a scientific expedition turned out to be an unwilling race...

fourgrays and 15 more 19 hours 12 minutes

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Joseph Lewis French - Great Pirate Stories

Piracy embodies the romance of the sea at its highest expression. It is a sad but inevitable commentary on our civilization, that, so far as the sea is concerned, it has developed from its infancy down to a...

James Christopher and 11 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Booker T. Washington - Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the...

Andy Yu and 12 more 7 hours 58 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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