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Science Fiction

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Harry Harrison - Planet of the Damned

Once in a generation, a man is born with a heightened sense of empathy. Brion Brandd used this gift to win the Twenties, an annual physical and mental competition among the best and smartest people on Anvhar. But...

John Rose and 3 more 6 hours

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Exploration

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Henry Morton Stanley - How I Found Livingstone

Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying «Dr Livingstone, i Presume?». Born in Wales, he migrated over to the United States at the age of 18, he eventually became an overseas correspondent for the New...

Sibella Denton and 11 more 16 hours 58 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles Darwin - Voyage of the Beagle

The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen...

Roger Turnau and 20 more 21 hours 50 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Return of Sherlock Holmes

Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that he is alive after all! In this collection, first published in 1905, the...

Sibella Denton and 9 more 11 hours 7 minutes

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Letters

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar) 09 — To Herr Kauka...

Robert Scott and 9 more 3 hours 31 minutes

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General Fiction

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Favourite Chapters Collection 002

A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because...

Tim Makarios and 8 more 3 hours 24 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Edgar Wallace - Angel of Terror

When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended to be “ugly as sin.” Jean Briggerland defies these expectations by being...

Lee Elliott 6 hours 44 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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R. M. Ballantyne - Madman and The Pirate

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 5 more 5 hours 14 minutes

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Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

Travel & Geography

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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical travelogue in in 1873. The book describes her travels through a relatively un-visited area in the South Tyrol district of Italy. The Dolomites are a part of that most famous of...

Sibella Denton 8 hours 31 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Garrett P. Serviss - Moon Metal

Garrett Putnam Serviss (1851-1929) was an astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss showed a talent for explaining scientific details in a way that made them clear to the...

Betsie Bush 2 hours 38 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Return of Tarzan

The novel picks up where Tarzan of the Apes left off. The ape man, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves America for Europe to visit his friend Paul...

Ralph Snelson 9 hours 11 minutes Tarzan Series

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Action & Adventure

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L. Frank Baum - Rinkitink in Oz

Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1916. It was originally written in 1905 as a stand alone fantasy work and subequently rewritten as an Oz book. Therefore,...

Judy Bieber 5 hours 2 minutes Oz books

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