Bev J Stevens

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Vincent O'Sullivan - Book of Bargains

This is a volume of short horror stories by American-born short story writer, poet and critic Vincent O'Sullivan. Sometimes considered the last of the decadents, O'Sullivan was a notable literary figure of his time, a...

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General Fiction

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Charles G. Blanden - Omar Resung

Most of the translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam have been in verse. However, there have been three notable exceptions to this convention; the French translation by J. B. Nicolas (1867), the English version by...

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Short works

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Laura E. Howe Richards - Three Minute Stories

This is a delightful collection of little stories for little people, just right to be listened to at bed time by a sleepy boy or girl. Some have a moral, some are just fun and some are poems; but all of them are...

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General Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Missing: Page Thirteen

Violet Strange, a clever petite detective, is called upon to solve the mystery of a page gone missing from an important document. The futures of several people, including an eccentric misanthrope, a chemical...

Bev J Stevens 1 hour 33 minutes

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Technology & Engineering

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Eugene Edward Hall - Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting

This instruction manual contains complete directions for making and fitting new staffs for watches from raw material. The author refers to several illustrations throughout the text. These can be seen at the Online...

Bev J Stevens 1 hour 8 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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William Kingdon Clifford - Ethics of Belief

This is an essay on decision biases and a critique on prejudices, neatly written and thought provoking. (Summary by sidhu177)

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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H. P. Nichols - Cupid's Darts

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Cupid's Darts by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 12, 2012. To celebrate the somewhat silly holiday of Valentine's Day, I've selected this...

Bev J Stevens and 22 more 39 minutes

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Anna Katharine Green - At the Piano

Anna Katharine Green 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 accurate stories. Green has been...

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Andrew Barton Paterson - ''In Re a Gentleman, One''

Paterson lived and worked in Sydney for most of his adult life, but his poems mostly presented a highly romantic view of the bush and the iconic figure of the bushman. Influenced by the work of another Australian poet...

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney - Oh, For a Home of Rest!

Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney was a Quaker minister who, when her husband Joseph John Gurney died in 1847, continued the labours of a traveling minister. She corresponded with Abraham Lincoln, who was found to have a...

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Nature & Animal Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - My Doves

Librivox volunteers bring you eleven readings of My Doves, by Louisa May Alcott. This was the fortnightly poem for December 21, 2014 — January 4, 2015 — Summary by Rachel

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Eugene Field - Grandma's Prayer

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Grandma's Prayer by Eugene Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 4, 2011. Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's...

Bev J Stevens and 13 more 12 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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