Christine Blachford

57 books

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Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

Modern (20th C)

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William Hanford Edwards - Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America.(summary by Ian Hatley)

Ian Hatley and 17 more 10 hours 26 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Thomas Nelson Page - Santa Claus's Partner

Livingstone has reached a pinnacle in his life. He is finally worth 7 figures, yet his bottom line requires that he cut back on charities this year at Christmas time. Business is business, after all. But success makes...

Eddie Winter and 5 more 2 hours 52 minutes

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Children's Fiction

525

Anonymous - Vice in its Proper Shape

Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemble In Disposition, Cautionary tales of the transmigration of the souls of...

David Barnes and 5 more 1 hour 27 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Stanley Waterloo - Story of Ab

This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well. (Summary from the introduction)

Kristine Bekere and 8 more 6 hours 31 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Lewis Carroll - You are Old, Father William

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 different recordings of You are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 20th, 2008.

Christine Blachford and 16 more 35 minutes

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Poetry

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Miller's Daughter

LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 different recordings of The Miller's Daughter by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 13th, 2008.

Christine Blachford and 18 more 22 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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James Baldwin - Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources,...

Clarica and 17 more 3 hours 28 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charles King - Daughter of the Sioux

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He was the son of Civil War general Rufus King and great grandson of Rufus King, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He...

Maire Rhode and 6 more 7 hours 52 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Summer Sun

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 different recordings of Summer Sun, by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of June 22nd, 2008.

Anne Cheng and 15 more 19 minutes

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Children's Fiction

549

Jane Andrews - Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

«You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous „old woman who lived in the shoe,“ has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how...

Mrs. Darcy and 9 more 2 hours 24 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Frank Froest - Grell Mystery

Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery. (Summary by Christine Blachford — to be expanded)

Christine Blachford 7 hours 48 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories

Since this series of books is intended for all young people from one to one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. Nothing better was ever invented to tell to little folks who are...

Cori Samuel and 39 more 19 hours 58 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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