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History and Records of the Elephant Club

Humorous Fiction

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Q. K. Philander Doesticks - History and Records of the Elephant Club

Mortimer Q. Thomson (September 2, 1832 – June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks. He was born in Riga, New York and grew up in Ann Arbor,...

Don W. Jenkins 6 hours 15 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, political speeches, travel, philosophy, Japan, the United Nations, Congressional...

Craig Campbell and 10 more 4 hours 51 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Christianity - Other

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Leo Tolstoy - Gospel In Brief

In this book, Tolstoy seeks to condense the four Gospels of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, into one, by looking along the lines of the teachings of Jesus Christ found in each book. In doing so, he...

KHand 4 hours 38 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 058

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 058: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Carina Pereira and 10 more 10 hours 18 minutes Short Story Collections

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Memoirs

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Edward Carpenter - My Days and Dreams

Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early...

Sue Anderson 12 hours 1 minute

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Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

War & Military

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Jefferson Davis - Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward...

Bruce Kachuk and 13 more 30 hours 15 minutes

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Knights of Art - Stories of the Italian Painters

Children's Non-fiction

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Amy Steedman - Knights of Art - Stories of the Italian Painters

A children's version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course we won't be able to show the paintings but the descriptions and the anecdotes are interesting and may lead a child to further...

Susan Morin 6 hours 29 minutes

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War & Military

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May Sinclair - Journal of Impressions in Belgium

In 1914, at the age of 51, the novelist and poet May Sinclair volunteered to leave the comforts of England to go to the Western Front, joining the Munro Ambulance Corps ministering to wounded Belgian soldiers in...

Expatriate 6 hours 29 minutes

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Family

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Ruthe S. Wheeler - Helen in the Editor's Chair

After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the southwest, his plucky teenage daughter, Helen, takes over along with brother...

Bellona Times 4 hours 58 minutes

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Romance

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Samuel Hopkins Adams - Wanted: A Husband

This serious, yet witty and hilarious, romantic comedy by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a must read/listen! From the very beginning it intrigues you with the troubles and feminine woes of young Miss Darcy Cole. Being a...

Deborah Knight 5 hours 15 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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E. W. Hornung - Shadow of a Man

Set in rural Australia, this mystery novel follows a pair of newlyweds who are determined to make their improbable marriage work, no matter the odds. But little do they know exactly how high the odds are stacked...

Brendan Nelson-Weiss and 11 more 3 hours 50 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Israel Zangwill - Grotesques and Fantasies

A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, these stories have a wider stage, poking fun at social conventions and...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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