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René Descartes - Meditations on First Philosophy

After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his contemporary, Galileo, was charged with heresy. That work, The World, was only...

D.E. Wittkower 3 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 4, 1919 by George H. Doran, New York, and in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, on October 17 1919. It had previously been...

Yazpistachio and 1 more 7 hours 31 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 049

LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 049: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Carolyn Frances and 6 more 34 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

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Edwin Arlington Robinson - House on the Hill

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 different recordings of The House on the Hill by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 30th, 2007.

Alan Clare and 14 more 19 minutes

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Philosophy

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Unknown - Bhagavad Gita

The content of the text is a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna taking place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra just prior to the start of a climactic war. Responding to Arjuna's confusion and moral dilemma,...

Chris Masterson and 8 more 2 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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A. Frank Pinkerton - Won by Crime

Originally included with the published edition of Dyke Darell, this is an unrelated novella. Portuguese Viceroy to Goa, Don Garcia brought his daughter and nephew to the wild island. Adventure and melodrama ensue!...

Sibella Denton 1 hour 21 minutes

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Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

Detective Fiction

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A. Frank Pinkerton - Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton).

Sibella Denton 4 hours 5 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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R. Talbot Kelly - Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt

A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary by Sibella Denton).

Sibella Denton 2 hours 19 minutes

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Poetry

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Edna St. Vincent Millay - Ballad of the Harp-Weaver

LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Alan Davis Drake and 6 more 32 minutes

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Reference

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 1

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 59 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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Poetry

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William Blake - Milton: a Poem

Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living...

Brian Russell Graham and 1 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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Poetry

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - In Memoriam A.H.H.

In Memoriam is Tennyson's elegiac tribute to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died in 1833 at the age of 22. Tennyson wrote this long poem over 17 years as a chronicle of his mourning process. The poem became a...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 29 minutes

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