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Aristophanes - Chorus of Women

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012. Aristophanes was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. This poem is from...

Cynthia Moyer and 15 more 19 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace Vol. 1 (Dole Translation)

”War and Peace” is a panoramic novel: It is its own justification, and perhaps needs no introduction. It always reminds the translator of a broad and mighty river flowing onward with all the majesty of Fate. On its...

MaryAnn 15 hours 2 minutes

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Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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William Dean Howells - Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children

Five short delightful stories for children, told in the voice of «the papa» to «the girl» and «the boy» William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed...

David Wales 2 hours 5 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Murray Leinster - Ambulance Made Two Trips

Big Jake Connors is taking over his town through violence, inimidation and bribery but Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald can only grind his teeth in frustration. The gangsters seem to have everything going their way until...

Phil Chenevert 56 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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Svend Fleuron - Grim: The Story of a Pike

«To devour others and to avoid being devoured oneself,that is life’s end and aim.» This is the fascinating and exciting story of a girl pike named Grimm from her early life as an innocent fish to the wily and wise...

Alfian and 6 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting

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D. B. Casteel - Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting

The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning the actions of the bee when gathering and manipulating the pollen. The...

Roger Melin 1 hour 25 minutes

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General

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L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society

Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps...

Lynne T 4 hours 42 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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On the Nature of Things (Leonard translation)

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Titus Lucretius Carus - On the Nature of Things (Leonard translation)

On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philosophy and science to have survived from antiquity. Far from being a dry...

Daniel Vimont 10 hours 32 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Joseph Conrad - Almayer's Folly (version 2)

Almayer’s Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. Kaspar Almayer is a white European. He agrees to marry a native Malayan captured by Captain Tom Lingard,...

Tom Weiss 6 hours 16 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Florence Holbrook - Book of Nature Myths

This is a book of myths told by the Indians of North America to their children. They could be compared to present day Fairy Tales. (Summary by Kenneth Coon)

Raybrite 3 hours 37 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Poul William Anderson - Chapter Ends

Far, far in the future the Earth is still spinning around the Sun, on the edge of the galaxy, dozing in obscurity, forgotten by it's trillions of progeny and completely irrelevant. But this doesn't matter to the few...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 1 minute

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Mary H. Northend - Remodeled Farmhouses

«There is a certain fascination connected with the remodeling of a farmhouse. Its low, raftered interior, its weather-beaten exterior, never fail to appeal. Types vary with the period in which they were built, but all...

Cynthia Moyer 7 hours 22 minutes

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