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Harriet Beecher Stowe - Eliza Crossing the River

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Eliza Crossing the River by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 27th, 2014. Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American...

Amanda Vickery and 8 more 20 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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John B. Tabb - Beecher Beached

Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Father Tabb (as he was commonly known) was widely published in popular and prestigious magazines of the day,...

Claudia Salto and 9 more 6 minutes

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Modern

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H. G. Wells - Discovery Of The Future

The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Wells begins by...

David Wales 1 hour 2 minutes

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Family

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Lebbeus Mitchell - Bobby in Search of a Birthday

The sweet story of a five year old boy named Bobby, who is an orphan. When Bobby learns that other children have birthdays, he goes hunting to find his. Go with him and meet the Man with the Pocketful of Quarters and...

Teresa Bauman 53 minutes

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Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States

Biography & Autobiography

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Henry Cabot Lodge - Theodore Roosevelt; An Address Delivered Before The Congress Of The United States

A biographical encomium delivered on the occasion of Roosevelt's death. Theodore «T.R.» Roosevelt, Jr. (1858 – 1919) was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th...

David Wales 1 hour 22 minutes

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Tragedy

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Thomas Middleton - Yorkshire Tragedy

A Yorkshire Tragedy: Not So New as Lamentable and True (1619) tells the gruesome tale of Walter Calverly who stabbed his wife and killed his two young sons in April 1605. This recording is based on the text of the...

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Business & Economics

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Plato (Πλάτων) - Eryxias

Eryxias (ΕΡΥΞΙΑΣ) may not have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue discusses whether wealth has value and what the aim of philosophy should be. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Thomas Hood - Workhouse Clock

There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health; and one circumstance of moment—a commercial failure, and consequent...

David Lawrence and 3 more 18 minutes

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Single author

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Irving Sydney Dix - Calendar and Other Verses

Written by poet Irving Sydney Dix in 1913 for «evidence of my love for and interest in the greatest of all the arts,» this little collection of poems includes «The Calendar,» «Fairies of the Frost,» and «The Sinking...

MaryAnn and 5 more 59 minutes

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Sports Fiction

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William F. Kirk - Right Off The Bat

A Book of Baseball Ballads covering all aspects of our wonderful past-time. The ballads may seem out of date given some reference to drinking, smoking, and gambling. But anyone who knows history knows that these...

ACBowgus 35 minutes

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Family Life

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Cyrus Townsend Brady - Christmas When The West Was Young

Babies, new life, a bitter winter blizzard, death circling. How will it all end? (David Wales )

David Wales 43 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 148

This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2015.

Shakira Searle and 11 more 52 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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