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Detective Fiction

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Dashiell Hammett - Five Continental Op Stories

Before Sam Spade chased the black bird in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles stirred their first martinis in The Thin Man, the Continental Op walked early twentieth century San Francisco’s mean streets...

Winston Tharp 2 hours 40 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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Edmund Selous - Beautiful Birds

In this volume, Edmund Selous explains the beauty of birds to children. We meet some of the most beautiful birds in the world, and learn about their lives. We also learn what to do when our mothers decide to wear hats...

Scotty Smith and 5 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Jane Grey Swisshelm - True Stories about Pets

Everyone who has pets can tell great stories about them. This volume collects 15 stories for children about pets: not only cats and dogs, but lambs, crows, even lions! — Summary by Carolin

Ruth P. and 11 more 2 hours 58 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Walter Rowlands - Among the Great Masters of the Drama

In «Among the great masters of the drama; scenes in the lives of famous actors; thirty-two reproductions of famous pictures with text», Walter Rowlands introduces us to the most famous playwrights and actors that...

Nemo and 12 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1

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Frederick Whymper - Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1

Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. — Summary by Kikisaulite

Pete McElveen and 12 more 17 hours 17 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Mildred Duff - Catherine Booth

Catherine Booth (1829 – 1890) was the wife of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army in England. She was a full-partner with her husband in the ministry and work of the movement which from the beginning...

Larry Wilson and 8 more 3 hours 16 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Brothers Karamazov (version 3)

Originally published in serial form in 1879-80, “The Brothers Karamazov” is recognized as one of the very greatest masterpieces of world literature. It is the last and finest novel of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who died...

Bruce Pirie 39 hours 37 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 079

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, dark stories from Algernon Blackwood and the quirky from Bill Nye,...

Peter Thomlinson and 7 more 6 hours 34 minutes Short Story Collections

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3

Political Science

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3

In «Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius», posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the...

Josh Kibbey and 8 more 5 hours 47 minutes

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Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Anonymous - Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer

This is the prequel of the Nibelungenlied. It tells the tale of Siegfried as a young man when he sets forth to earn a name for himself so he will be able to stand proudly with his ancestors. — Summary by Fritz

Phil Schempf 3 hours 2 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Sacred Herb

A rich playboy comes home from travels abroad and is bully-ragged by his eccentric aunt into finding meaning for his life. This he does by helping a school chum save his fiancée from the gallows and the playboy falls...

Sharon Kilmer 10 hours

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Detective Fiction

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J. S. Fletcher - Middle Temple Murder (version 2)

A classic English murder mystery story, set in the legal center of London draws the reluctant attention of a journalist as he makes his way home after a long night on the job. But his newshound instincts kick in. Who...

Lynne T 8 hours 8 minutes

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