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Travel & Geography

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Isabella L. Bird - Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky...

Laura Caldwell 7 hours 56 minutes

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War & Military

835

Louisa May Alcott - Hospital Sketches

Alcott in 1862 served as a nurse in Georgetown, D.C during the Civil War. She wrote home what she observed there. Those harrowing and sometimes humorous letters compiled make up Hospital Sketches. (Summary by Aaron...

Aaron Elliott 3 hours 8 minutes

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Detective Fiction

777

Short Mystery Story Collection 002

LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Ralph Snelson and 6 more 4 hours 14 minutes Short Mystery Collections

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Self-Help

751

William Walker Atkinson - Power of Concentration

A series of twenty lessons designed to help develop and improve the power of concentration. (Summary by Andrea Fiore) Written under the pseudonym of Theron Q. Dumont.

Andrea Fiore 4 hours 13 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Fanny Burney - Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives...

Nikki Sullivan and 24 more 35 hours 50 minutes

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Political Science

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Marcus Tullius Cicero - Philippics

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered an attack on Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BCE. Cicero...

ontheroad 9 hours 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - White Company

Set during the Hundred Years' War with France, The White Company tells the story of a young Saxon man who is learning what it is to be a knight. Raised by Cistercian Monks and rejected by a violent elder brother,...

Clive Catterall 14 hours 44 minutes

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Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

*Non-fiction

806

Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe - Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel...

rachelellen 6 hours 8 minutes

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Children's Fiction

784

Eleanor Gates - Poor Little Rich Girl

The Poor Little Rich Girl is a children’s fantasy about a little girl named Gwendolyn who is lonely and longs for a friend. But she is isolated by rich parents who ignore her and left to the care of servants who are...

Susan Umpleby 7 hours 14 minutes

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Epics

850

Virgil - Aeneid

The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem’s...

Justin Brett and 9 more 13 hours 39 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

809

Edgar Wallace - Angel of Terror (version 2)

Beautiful Jean Briggerland is the epitome of evilness in this twisting and turning thriller. She plots many different ways to steal her new victim's riches including lies and murder. Only Jack Glover the lawyer of...

Allyson Hester 6 hours 58 minutes

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General Fiction

874

E. M. Forster - Longest Journey

Frederick Elliot is a student at early 20th century Cambridge, a university that seems like paradise to him, amongst bright if cynical companions, when he receives a visit from two friends, an engaged young woman,...

Julie Pandya and 1 more 10 hours 27 minutes

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