Bill Boerst

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General Fiction

420

Richard William Church - Bacon

This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor...

Bill Boerst 6 hours 58 minutes

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General Fiction

427

Booth Tarkington - Guest of Quesnay

This is the story of two young American painters residing in Paris in a moderate way. Others are more flamboyant than them, for example Larrabee Harman, whose life is one continuous scandal, one of which involved the...

VfkaBT and 2 more 6 hours 47 minutes

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War & Military

537

Heywood Broun - Our Army at the Front

During the US deployment in Europe in the final years of the Great War (WWI), the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was accompanied by notable New York Tribune war correspondent, Heywood Broun. Although Broun better...

Delmar H Dolbier and 9 more 6 hours 38 minutes

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Short Stories

663

Short Story Collection Vol. 042

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 042: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

pachayes and 12 more 6 hours 30 minutes Short Story Collections

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General Fiction

432

Leo Tolstoy - Youth

Youth is the third in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Boyhood, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)

Bill Boerst 6 hours 21 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

467

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 008

A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Roger Clifton and 8 more 6 hours 18 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Published 1900 onward

524

Ernest Vincent Wright - Gadsby

Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's young people to form an «Organization of Youth» to build civic spirit and improve living standards. Gadsby...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

532

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Gambler

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than...

Jason Ingolfsland and 1 more 6 hours 1 minute

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Children's Fiction

411

Covington Clarke - Aces Up

A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as...

Bill Boerst 5 hours 57 minutes

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*Non-fiction

525

Andrew Carnegie - James Watt

This biography of the inventor James Watt covers his early years, successes and failures, and legacy. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Bill Boerst 5 hours 51 minutes

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*Non-fiction

494

John Stuart Mill - Auguste Comte and Positivism

Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines the tenets of Comte's movement and alerts us to defects. Part 2 concerns all...

Bill Boerst 5 hours 47 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charles John Tibbits - Folk-lore and legends: English

The old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in England, perhaps, than in any other part of the...

Paul Mazumdar and 12 more 5 hours 19 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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