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Meister Eckhart's Sermons: First Time Translated into English

Medieval

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Meister Eckhart - Meister Eckhart's Sermons: First Time Translated into English

«If a piece of wood became as aware of the nearness of God as an archangel is, the piece of wood would be as happy as an archangel.» This is a collection of seven sermons of Meister Eckhart, the German medieval...

Eric Metzler 1 hour 31 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 136

This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2014.

J Korth and 10 more 42 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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General Fiction

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Wilkie Collins - Man and Wife

This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were legally entitled to marry and who asserted that they were married before...

corin2of7 and 19 more 24 hours 18 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Elizabeth von Arnim - Benefactress

Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of marriage, scornful at the thought of leaning on a man for help and comfort,...

Helen Taylor 11 hours 28 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wreck of the Hesperus

LibriVox volunteers bring you ten recordings of «The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,the Fortnightly Poem for August 31, 2014. May we each be spared from the wreck of pride on the reef of Norman's...

Beth Thomas and 9 more 46 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Mountain Song

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine recordings of «Mountain Song” by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The Weekly Poem for August 31, 2014 takes us up to the mountain heights of Norway. (Summary by MaryAnn)

James Koss and 8 more 16 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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James Berry - My Experiences as an Executioner

From 1884 until 1891, James Berry was an executioner. In this time he carried out 131 hangings. In this memoir he writes about the methods he used, and the final moments of some of those he executed. — Summary by...

ashleighjane 4 hours 5 minutes

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Thornton W. Burgess - Old Granny Fox

Old Granny Fox and grandson Reddy Fox must use all their cunning to hunt up enough food to survive the long winter. Food in the Green Meadow is scarce but Farmer Brown's hens are locked up tight and protected by...

Rosslyn Carlyle and 3 more 2 hours 45 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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F. Anstey - Bayard from Bengal

The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manners, which immediately mark him as a foreigner, and embarks on an enviable...

Don W. Jenkins 2 hours 17 minutes

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Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin - Origin Of Species by Means of Natural Selection (version 2)

This is the 6th and last edition of «On The Origin of Species» with all additions and corrections, often considered the Definitive Edition.

Michael Armenta 23 hours 44 minutes

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Family Life

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Olive Wadsley - Almond-Blossom

At the beginning of the story, Tony and Fay had lost a child. One day, Tony saves a little girl, Doro, from drowning. He and Fay end up adopting Doro. Soon after this, Fay discovers that she is with-child. She gives...

mlcui 8 hours 53 minutes

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Ancient

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Marcus Tullius Cicero - On the Ends of Good and Evil

On the Ends of Good and Evil (Latin: DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM) discusses Skeptic, Epicurean, Stoic, Peripatetic and Academic views on the good life. Written by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Harris Rackham....

Geoffrey Edwards 8 hours 6 minutes

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