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Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And A Sketch Of The History Of The Violin

Biography & Autobiography

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Francois-Joseph Fetis - Biographical Notice Of Nicolo Paganini With An Analysis Of His Compositions And A Sketch Of The History Of The Violin

Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (1782 – 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin...

David Wales 3 hours 39 minutes

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Performing Arts

P. T. Barnum - Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, written by Himself

The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the «Greatest Show on Earth,» P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It details his life and business struggles up to the year 1872. Not only a showman and a...

DrPGould and 13 more 27 hours 17 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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John M. Burke - Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace

William Frederick «Buffalo Bill» Cody is one of the legends of the American western frontier. As a teen he rode for the pony expressed and then drove for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. He later rejoined the...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 7 hours 13 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Albert Bigelow Paine - Life and Lillian Gish

An authorized biography of Lillian Gish, the renowned silent film star known in her heyday as the First Lady of American Cinema. Albert Bigelow Paine chronicles Gish's early life, her close relationship with her...

Tomas Peter and 11 more 10 hours 2 minutes

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Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

Biography & Autobiography

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Hamilton Fyfe - Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright - A Study

A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here at Librivox. (Refer to the etext for cast lists of plays — through 1901 —...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 4 hours 17 minutes

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General Fiction

Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

This is the twelfth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...

Son of the Exiles and 10 more 2 hours 25 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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J. Walker McSpadden - Stories From Wagner

Eleven stories of eleven operas by Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. Parsifal. Lohengrin. Tannhäuser. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Rienzi. Die Fliegende Holländer....

David Wales 6 hours 40 minutes

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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Performing Arts

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Professor Louis Hoffman - Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

This «how-to» book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, to how to do tricks with cards, coins, watches, rings, handkerchiefs, dominoes and dice,...

Bill Boerst and 17 more 19 hours 8 minutes

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Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

Crafts & Hobbies

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Frederic Maccabe - Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how sounds are formed in the human body and how the voice is used. It then...

tazzle and 4 more 2 hours 17 minutes

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There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows

Performing Arts

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Jack Gaver - There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows

There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the...

Maria Kasper and 9 more 5 hours 13 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Edward Weitzel - Intimate Talks with Movie Stars

A collection of interviews originally published in Moving Picture World that aims to give the movie-mad public «intimate pen pictures of the stars of the screen.» Weitzel interviews some of the most renowned film...

Greg Giordano and 6 more 2 hours 42 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

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Alexander Herrmann - Herrmann's Book of Magic

Black Art Fully Exposed. A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art. (Summary by Prof. Herrmann)

A * L * E * X and 9 more 4 hours 5 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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