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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Initials Only

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally...

Lucy Burgoyne and 14 more 9 hours 36 minutes

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General Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Anna of the Five Towns

The plot centers on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church....

Bellona Times and 6 more 8 hours 18 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Booker T. Washington - Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Up From Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the...

Andy Yu and 12 more 7 hours 58 minutes

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George L. Apperson - Social History of Smoking

This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has...

Maire Rhode and 10 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

Exploration

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Rustichello da Pisa - Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

«Books of the Marvels of the World» or «Description of the World» (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed «Il Milione» («The Million») or «Oriente Poliano», but commonly called «The Travels of Marco Polo», is a...

Leni and 9 more 6 hours 55 minutes

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General Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - When Knights Were Bold

This book is in no degree an attempt to relate the involved and intricate history of the Middle Ages. Its plan is, rather, to present pictures of the manner of life and habits of thought of the people who lived...

Laura Caldwell and 10 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Jacob Abbott - Cleopatra

A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults.

Alana Jordan and 8 more 6 hours 28 minutes

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*Non-fiction

532

Martin Luther - Large Catechism

Luther's Large Catechism consisted of works written by Martin Luther and compiled Christian canonical texts, published in April of 1529. This book was addressed particularly to clergymen to aid them in teaching their...

John Lieder and 5 more 5 hours 47 minutes Christian Book of Concord (Concordia)

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Performing Arts

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Harry Houdini - Miracle Mongers, an Exposé

«A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc.», [by Harry Houdini, from the subtitle].

Peter Eastman and 7 more 4 hours 27 minutes

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Epics

594

John Milton - Paradise Regained

Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological...

Sibella Denton and 3 more 1 hour 41 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Clement Clarke Moore - Visit From Saint Nicholas

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December...

Anne Cheng and 23 more 1 hour 27 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Edgar Allan Poe - Bells

LibriVox readers bring you 18 recordings of «The Bells.» This was the Fortnightly Poetry selection for January 30 to February 13, 2011. «The Bells» is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not...

Amy Gramour and 17 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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