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Earth Sciences

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Volcanoes and Vulcanology (1885-1917)

This is a collection of short scientific articles on the study of volcanoes and related seismic activity published in Knowledge, A Monthly Record of Science between 1884-1917 — Summary by J. M. Smallheer

J. M. Smallheer 2 hours 36 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Arthur Scott Bailey - Tale of Rusty Wren

Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Rusty Wren is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In...

Foon and 4 more 1 hour 31 minutes

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

Children's Fiction

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Kate Douglas Wiggin - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall arrives at her aunts' brick house in Riverboro, she is not exactly welcomed with the open arms one would hope for. Her cheerful spirit touches the lives of many, but will Rebecca be...

7 hours 45 minutes

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Single author

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Madison Cawein - Garden of Dreams

Madison Cawein from Kentucky, displays a wider range of his poetic dreams, from the bright to the dark. — Summary by Larry Wilson

Larry Wilson and 8 more 3 hours 5 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 189

This is a collection of 41 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2019.

Larry Wilson and 17 more 1 hour 43 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Essays

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Edgar Allan Poe - Eureka: A Prose Poem

Eureka is Poe's attempt at explaining the universe, using his general proposition «Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are». In it, Poe discusses man's relationship to God and the universe or, as he offers at...

Scotty Smith 4 hours 32 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Arthur Scott Bailey - Tale of Grumpy Weasel

From his Tuck-Me-In series, Arthur Scott Bailey wrote many «Tales» books about animals and birds to be read to children for bed-time stories. This story is about Grumpy Weasel and his friends (such as Jimmy Rabbit and...

Lynda Marie Neilson and 4 more 1 hour 45 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Fletcher Pratt - Blue Star

The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in contrast, the physical sciences have languished, resulting in a modern...

Mark Nelson and 1 more 9 hours 44 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Lester del Rey - Badge of Infamy (version 2)

Set in the early 22nd century: Dr. Daniel Feldman, stripped of rank and status and named pariah for violating Medical Lobby rules, stows away on a spaceship and flees to Mars Colony. There, while essentially...

Thomas Rose 3 hours 24 minutes

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Satire

908

William Dean Howells - Traveller from Altruria

Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. Twelvemough, an author who has been selected to function as host to a visitor...

Foon and 4 more 7 hours 36 minutes

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Man From Snowy River and Other Verses (version 2)

Single author

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Andrew Barton Paterson - Man From Snowy River and Other Verses (version 2)

The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1895, and features the poet's widely...

Arrowhead Aussie 2 hours 33 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Ideal Husband (version 2)

The «Ideal Husband» of the title is Sir Robert Chiltern, with his equally upright wife Lady Chiltern. He has never committed a crime, never had a «past» and never bowed to corruption or influence, or so she thinks…...

3 hours 12 minutes

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