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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Zane Grey - Spirit of the Border

This is an early novel by the phenomenally successful author of frontier, western and sports stories. It deals with historical characters and incidents in the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century, especially with the...

Leonard Wilson 10 hours 7 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Oakdale Affair

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jack London / H.H. Knibbs-inspired, selfless, poetry-spouting, hobo character, Bridge, makes another appearance in the novellete, The Oakdale Affair (original title, Bridge and the Oskalooska...

Ralph Snelson 4 hours 4 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost is an early comedy by William Shakespeare. The King of Navarre and his three friends take a vow of study and seclusion for three years, during which they are forbidden to see or speak to women....

2 hours 31 minutes

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General Fiction

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Mary Johnston - To Have And To Hold

When I first started reading this book, I thought it to be a historical romance novel. As I read further, I pondered whether it might be a sea-faring story. Reading still further, I determined it to be an adventure...

Tom Weiss 11 hours 40 minutes

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Comedy

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August Strindberg - Creditors

Creditors is a tragicomedy by August Strindberg that plumbs the depths of the twisted triangular relationship between Tekla, her husband Adolph, and her ex-husband Gustav. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast:...

1 hour 30 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 007

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 007: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Ana and 10 more 2 hours 15 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 037

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The...

NickNumber and 5 more 7 hours 33 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe (version 2)

Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before...

Mark F. Smith 11 hours 24 minutes

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Bible (Fenton) NT 04, 23, 01, 02: Holy Bible in Modern English, The: John, 1 John, Matthew, Mark

Bibles

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Ferrar Fenton Bible - Bible (Fenton) NT 04, 23, 01, 02: Holy Bible in Modern English, The: John, 1 John, Matthew, Mark

The ordering novelty in the New Testament is that it places the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John at the beginning before the Gospel of Matthew, thus placing the Acts of the Apostles immediately after the...

Mark Penfold 6 hours 15 minutes Bible (Fenton)

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Children's Fiction

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Mary Grant Bruce - Little Bush Maid

An Australian childrens' classic about life on a ranch around the same time of A Little Florida Lady, with a similarly plucky tomboy heroine. Also, like the latter story, expect some racial stereotyping of Asian and...

Bellona Times 6 hours 39 minutes

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Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

Essays & Short Works

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Edith Wharton - Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. Fighting France...

Elizabeth Klett 3 hours 20 minutes

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Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

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Ella Middleton Tybout - Wife of the Secretary of State

In this political thriller set at the turn of the 20th century, several lives, both of Washington insiders and those on the periphery, intersect over the issue of some stolen diplomatic papers. And what hidden secrets...

DrBeccaAnne and 11 more 9 hours 54 minutes

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