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Historical Fiction

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Amice MacDonell - Magna Carta

A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line «now is justice bought and sold» in the Prologue. — Summary by Beth Thomas Narrator: Denny Sayers King...

53 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon - Hunter and His Dying Steed

Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins, was a Canadian writer and poet. She was «one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in...

DomBombadil and 7 more 25 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Sign of the Broken Sword

In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. «Sacred to the Memory of General Sir Arthur St. Clare, Hero and Martyr, who Always...

Phil Chenevert 48 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Nathaniel Parker Willis - Declaration

Nathaniel Parker Willis is also known as N. P. Willis. He was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became...

Bruce Kachuk and 8 more 15 minutes

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Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald

Sagas

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Anonymous - Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald

A tale from Iceland, 800 years ago. In a dream of quarrels and death The birth of fair Helga is told Cross the north seas ventured for fame At the call of kings, hearth bereft Wounded pride, spawn'd of a...

Phil Schempf 1 hour 23 minutes

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Single author

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William Butler Yeats - Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)

A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady Gregory. The poems display Yeats' use of symbols (cat, hare, moon, etc), his...

Peter Tucker 1 hour 11 minutes

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Poetry

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Frances Ridley Havergal - Coming to the King

A collection of poems by Frances Ridley Havergal and others, all describing different aspects of our walk with God, from 'Coming to the King' to 'Under the Shadow.' Summary by Esther ben Simonides.

Esther ben Simonides 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

839

Emma Lazarus - Off Rough Point

Emma Lazarus was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for «The New Colossus», a sonnet written in 1883; its lines appear on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty placed in 1903....

elliot and 18 more 27 minutes

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What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding Hood

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Bret Harte - What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding Hood

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four...

Claudia Salto and 12 more 20 minutes

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Self-Help

783

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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