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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Rudyard Kipling - Brushwood Boy

The experiences in public school, Sandhurst and military life in India of Major George Cotter together with his adventures in the dream world he discovers and frequents. (Summary by Liam Neely)

Liam Neely 1 hour 32 minutes

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Children's Fiction

956

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus Returns

Uncle Remus tells these 11 stories but to the son of the original «little boy» who is visiting his grandmother on the plantation. As always Uncle Remus can be relied upon to provide funny and pointed insight into...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 56 minutes

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General Fiction

813

Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the tenth volume, 62 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Snapdragon and 13 more 6 hours 9 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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General Fiction

910

Charles Dickens - Bleak House (version 3)

The Chancery Court had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including administration of estates, the guardianship of orphans, and disputed property disbursement. In Dickens’ time, some cases could take years to be...

Mil Nicholson 39 hours 25 minutes

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Literary Criticism

771

Walter Pater - Appreciations, with an Essay on Style

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well received by public and critic since its first edition, in 1889. The volume...

Kasper and 7 more 8 hours 3 minutes

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Religion

765

Edward M. Bounds - Essentials of Prayer

The Sunday School Times says of the author, «he was a specialist in prayer and his books are for the quiet hour, for careful meditation and for all who wish to seek and find the treasures of God.» This book is a ready...

Elsa Gallo 3 hours 54 minutes

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Camp-Fire Girls in the Country or The Secret Aunt Hannah Forgot

Children's Fiction

730

Stella M. Francis - Camp-Fire Girls in the Country or The Secret Aunt Hannah Forgot

Teen-ager Hazel Edwards and the other twelve members of the Flamingo Camp-Fire Girls experience some real adventure when they are invited to spend part of their summer as guests of Hazel’s elderly aunt on her large...

Lee Ann Howlett 3 hours 28 minutes

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*Non-fiction

935

Ida M. Tarbell - History of Standard Oil: Volume 1

The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller the richest figure in...

Tom Weiss 9 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

835

Joseph Hocking - Weapons of Mystery

Justin Blake receives an invitation from his old school-fellow Tom Temple to join him and his family for the Christmas holidays in Yorkshire. Having no other plans, he decides to go. Though he is normally much the...

MaryAnn and 4 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

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Francis Godwin - Man in the Moone

A self-serving Spaniard discovers a means of traveling to the moon, describing his sensations in transit in terms remarkably consistent with modern astronauts' experiences. He finds on the moon a utopia, which he...

Thomas A. Copeland 1 hour 45 minutes

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Bibles

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) NT 05: Acts

Acts tells the story of the Apostolic Age of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus. The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus'...

Michael Packard and 3 more 2 hours 46 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Essays & Short Works

851

Sabine Baring-Gould - Curiosities of Olden Times

This book is a collection of 17 gems of random knowledge, such as what women are made of and the philosopher's stone, written in Baring-Gould's own style. (Summary by Carolin)

K.G.Cross and 11 more 8 hours 35 minutes

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