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General

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Laura Lee Hope - Story of a Nodding Donkey

One of the twelve Make Believe Stories by Laura Lee Hope, The Nodding Donkey is one of the toys made with care in Santa's workshop. He then comes to earth, where he belongs to some fortunate boy or girl, and the...

Nan Dodge 1 hour 47 minutes

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Commentary on the Gospel of John. Book 10

Christianity - Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria - Commentary on the Gospel of John. Book 10

Book 10 of Commentary on St John's Gospel covers John 14:21 — 16:13 — Summary by The Reader

A LibriVox Volunteer 5 hours 24 minutes Commentary on the Gospel of John by Cyril of Alexandria

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Historical Fiction

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Rafael Sabatini - Lion's Skin

Justin Caryll was an unwilling hero: an unwilling plotter of revenge, an unwilling spy and an unwilling pursuer of the woman he loves. Justin must thread a perilous path through various sticky wickets, between the...

Carol Pelster 10 hours 43 minutes

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Religion

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Martha Finley - Mildred at Roselands

In order to recover her health, Mildred Keith goes to visit her mother's extended family, the Dinsmores, in the South. Mildred makes new friends while at Roselands, learns important lessons and grows in her faith in...

Amy 5 hours 38 minutes

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New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

Historical Fiction

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William Hurrell Mallock - New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their «New Republic»). The novel is a satire mocking most of the important figures at Oxford...

Foon 9 hours 13 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt - Frederick Douglass A Biography

Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of America's great icons. He escaped slavery to become one of our great abolitionists, statesman, writer, orator, all around social reformer and intellectual of our...

KirksVoice 2 hours 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Laura Lee Hope - Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's

This book is the first part of the Six Little Bunkers series, written using the pseudonym of Laura Lee Hope. It follows the lives of the Bunker family, with six children. — Summary by bhavya

Bhavya and 6 more 4 hours 25 minutes

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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

History

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Niccolò Machiavelli - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1

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 his present. As the title mentions, the...

Pamela Nagami and 10 more 5 hours 57 minutes

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Comedy

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W. S. Gilbert - Gondoliers

In typical Gilbert and Sullivan «Topsy Turvy» style, the King of Barataria has gone missing! He was stolen as a baby and raised in secrecy as one of two gondoliers (nobody knows which) and his wife would like very...

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Single Author Collections

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Eden Phillpotts - Human Boy And The War

Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fictitious village Merivale. This book, of course, has World War I as a...

David Wales 5 hours 59 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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Grace Livingston Hill - Pansies for Thoughts

The young Grace Livingston compiled this book using quotes from her aunt's works; Isabella Macdonald Alden (who wrote under the pen name «Pansy»). It is a quote for each day of the year from one of the «Pansy Books»...

LikeManyWaters and 3 more 2 hours 53 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Hezekiah Butterworth - Christmas Book

For many kids, Christmas time is the most exciting time of the year. Reading stories such as these can help making this season extra special and exciting. Or they can bring a little Christmas spirit into a different...

Greg Giordano and 3 more 1 hour 53 minutes

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