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Children's Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrapbag

A collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's heads with wonder and delight. (Summary by Jennifer Stearns)

Diana Majlinger and 10 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 042

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 042: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

pachayes and 12 more 6 hours 30 minutes Short Story Collections

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Essays

853

Hilaire Belloc - On Anything

Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days through which all men have passed, during which one believes what one is...

Ray Clare 7 hours 18 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

817

Byron A. Dunn - Raiding with Morgan

It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)

M. Craun and 1 more 8 hours

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*Non-fiction

928

James C. Philip - Romance of Modern Chemistry

A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Imperial College of Science and Technology, Kensington,...

J. M. Smallheer 8 hours 42 minutes

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General Fiction

876

Edith Wharton - House of Mirth (Version 2)

Wharton's classic story of an aging (by Victorian-era standards) spinster socialite who would rather marry for money than for true love.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times 14 hours 8 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

755

Ralph Connor - Man from Glengarry

With international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. The Man from Glengarry was his most popular and accomplished work....

Bruce Pirie 12 hours 47 minutes

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War & Military

779

John Graham Gillam - Gallipoli Diary

Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanelles in March, 1915, he had visions of “trekking up the Gallipoli...

Sue Anderson 12 hours 26 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

898

Herman Melville - Benito Cereno

On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvious distress. Capt. Delano boards the San Dominick, providing needed...

Nullifidian and 5 more 3 hours 53 minutes

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General Fiction

796

Barton Wood Currie - Officer 666

Bored with his life as a wealthy businessman's only son, Travers Gladwin learns of a plot by a renowned art burglar to rob his house, so rather than thwart the planned burglary, he borrows a police uniform from a...

Roger Melin 7 hours 51 minutes

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Detective Fiction

722

Paul Thorne - Sheridan Road Mystery

A shot rings out in the middle of the night in a quiet Chicago neighborhood. Patrolman Murphy is directed to an apartment where a man says the shot came from. The apartment is locked and apparently empty. Was there a...

J. M. Smallheer 4 hours 40 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Rose Wilder Lane - Henry Ford's Own Story

Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the «Little House» series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry...

Lee Ann Howlett 4 hours 27 minutes

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