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Christianity - Commentary

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Basil of Caesarea - Hexaemeron

The Hexaemeron is the title of nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis. When and where they were delivered is quite uncertain. They are Lenten sermons, delivered at...

Jonathan Lange 4 hours 46 minutes

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Poetry

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George MacDonald - Diary of an Old Soul

George MacDonald, a Scottish pastor, wrote these short poems, one for each day of the year, to help him with the severer misfortune he was experiencing. The poems are filled with hope and promises of Christ, yet, he...

Alisson Veldhuis and 7 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess - Mrs. Peter Rabbit

A wonderful book in which we meet the lucky little bunny who becomes Mrs. Peter Rabbit! This is one of many delightful animal books written by Thornton W. Burgess. I grew up reading and enjoying these tales of talking...

C. L. W. Rollins 2 hours 4 minutes

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General Fiction

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A. E. W. Mason - Four Feathers

The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. The novel tells the story of British officer, Harry Feversham, who resigns his commission in...

Becky Cook and 10 more 11 hours 26 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

K.G.Cross and 23 more 6 hours 19 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)

Poetry

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand,...

Algy Pug 2 hours 21 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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H. G. Wells - History of Mr. Polly

A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything. H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent...

Adrian Praetzellis 9 hours 8 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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William Morris - House of the Wolfings

William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time such as Dante Rossetti. His fascination with ancient Germanic and Norse people...

Elizabeth Klett and 10 more 8 hours 17 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Summer (version 2)

Wharton's 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 41 minutes

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Bibles

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 23: Isaiah

The Book of Isaiah is one of the Major Prophets in the Old Testament. Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon. Christians believe that Isaiah prophesied the virgin birth of...

Michael Packard and 6 more 4 hours 28 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Children's Fiction

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Story of a Bad Boy

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a child when his father moved to New Orleans from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly...

Don Halpert and 7 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Cornelia Meigs - Windy Hill

When two children come to stay with their cousin, they immediately realize something is wrong, but no one will tell them what. Their cousin is strangely altered: nervous, preoccupied, hardly aware of their existence....

Peter Eastman 5 hours 33 minutes

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