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Self-Help

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James Allen - As a Man Thinketh (version 4)

This book is about our thoughts and how they determine our actions and very being. A few quotes will give a good taste of the riches in this book: «A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour

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Biography & Autobiography

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Mrs. Robert Hoskins - Clara A. Swain, M.D.

This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the «first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient.» She graduated from the Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia and was sent out to India...

Larry Wilson 39 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Euripides - Hecuba

Like Euripides' Trojan Women, this play takes place after the sack of Troy. Hecuba, widow of King Priam, suffers the loss of her daughter Polyxena and her son Polydore, and is hungry for revenge on those who have...

1 hour 21 minutes

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Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 08: Ruth (version 2 Dramatic Reading)

The Book of Ruth in the Bible takes a new interpretation as it comes to life in this dramatic reading. Ruth, a young Moabitess whose husband dies, must make the decision to stay in her homeland or go with her...

15 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Madison Cawein - Time and Death and Love

Madison Cawein was a poet from Louisville, Kentucky. His output was thirty-six books and 1,500 poems. His writing earned the nickname the «Keats of Kentucky». This Weekly poem was published in his book «Shapes and...

Algy Pug and 19 more 24 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen - Rock Me to Sleep

Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen was an American author, journalist and poet. — Summary by Wikipedia

Adele de Pignerolles and 16 more 56 minutes

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Ballads

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Robert Burns - Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?

A LibriVox' Weekly Poetry tribute to Robbie Burns on the upcoming Robbie Burns Day. (January 25) Robert Burns (also known as Robbie Burns, Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway...

Adele de Pignerolles and 12 more 16 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 162

This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2016.

Peter Thomlinson and 11 more 47 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Epics

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Matthew Arnold - Sohrab and Rustum: An Episode

A young soldier born among Tartars but sired by the mighty Persian lord Rustum, serves in the Tartar army, seeking his great father. To this end, he persuades his general to call a truce and arrange for him to...

52 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Frances Ridley Havergal - Most Blessed For Ever

LibriVox readers bring you 9 readings of Most Blessed For Ever, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for January 11 to 18, 2015. (Summary by EstherbenSimonides)

Adele de Pignerolles and 8 more 9 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Oscar Wilde - Canterville Ghost (version 2)

A modern American family move into a traditionally drafty and very haunted English mansion. So far so good but anyone knowing Wilde can expect twists and turns to make it interesting. In this cast the crusty old ghost...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 20 minutes

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Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

War & Military

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Ambrose Bierce - Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his life without question. The second is about a soldier who falls asleep on guard...

William A Crenshaw and 1 more 37 minutes

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