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Short Poetry Collection 098

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2011.

Amy Koenig and 15 more 54 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Plays

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Anton Chekhov - Swan Song

In 'The Swan Song' an aging actor reminisces about his life and the parts he's played. The piece takes a tragic look at ambition and the sacrifices that must be made in order to succeed. Chekhov’s ability to capture...

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Poetry

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Omar Khayyám - Quatrain from the Rubaiyat

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Quatrain from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated by Henry George Keene. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 26, 2011. The popularity of the celebrated...

Amy Gramour and 11 more 10 minutes

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Early Modern

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C. C. James - History of Farming in Ontario

This is a paper on the history of farming in Ontario. It take the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888-1912. We see how farming and farm industries developed and how the...

Esther 1 hour 23 minutes

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Sarah Orne Jewett - At Home From Church

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of At Home From Church by Sarah Orne Jewett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 19, 2011. Jewett possessed a keen descriptive gift that William Dean...

Amy Gramour and 13 more 21 minutes

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Lloyd Mifflin - Flight

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Flight by Lloyd Mifflin. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 19, 2011. Lloyd Mifflin first received art instruction from his father and then at the...

Antoinette Griffin and 15 more 19 minutes

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Young's Literal Translation

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Young's Literal Translation - Bible (YLT) 16: Nehemiah

Nehemiah is the story of a man determined to restore the Temple, as well as the strength and integrity of the Nation of Israel. A lowly butler to a mighty king, Nehemiah rises to a postition of prominence among his...

Mark Penfold 1 hour 4 minutes Bible (Youngs Literal Translation)

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Poetry

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Imogen Clark - Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion

In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. Many of the poems in this 1912 publication were originally published in...

Betsie Bush 52 minutes

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עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club

Action & Adventure Fiction

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יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner - עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club

This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story «Injustice» by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conquest of Palestine by the British troops during WWI. The story takes place on the...

Omri Lernau 1 hour 18 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 097

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2011.

Winston Tharp and 18 more 1 hour 5 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Cowper - To The Immortal Memory of the Halibut

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of To The Immortal Memory of the Halibut, On Which I Dined This Day, Monday, April 26, 1784 by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 29, 2011....

Amy Gramour and 9 more 19 minutes

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Emily Dickinson - Railway Train

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 28, 2011. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her...

Bob Gonzalez and 15 more 15 minutes

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