Colleen McMahon

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State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)

Literary Collections

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Ulysses S. Grant - State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1869 - 1876)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition...

Colleen McMahon and 5 more 7 hours 44 minutes State of the Union Addresses

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Barry Pain - Here and Hereafter

This is a collection of stories by Barry Pain. While not all of these fall squarely into the genre of ghost and horror story, for which the author is so well-known until today, many of them will send chills down the...

Bev J Stevens and 9 more 7 hours 15 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Richard Gordon Smith - Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan

Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own...

Stefan Von Blon and 11 more 11 hours 32 minutes

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History

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History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 5, January 1910

«The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest...

George Allen and 6 more 2 hours 49 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 062

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 62 features several introspective essays: by T. S. Eliot (Tradition and Individual Talent), Stephen Leacock (The Decline...

Dale Grothmann and 9 more 3 hours 42 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 195

This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2019.

Larry Wilson and 17 more 1 hour 37 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Anthologies

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Short Story Collection Vol. 077

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle are joined by humor from Charles Dickens and Nathaniel Hawthorne as well...

Peter Thomlinson and 8 more 6 hours 52 minutes Short Story Collections

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Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1

History

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Charles F. Horne - Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 1 of...

realisticspeakers and 9 more 17 hours 53 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

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Tudor Jenks - Book of Famous Sieges

History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in such an accessible and at times entertaining way as Tudor Jenks manages in this...

Daniel Sagner and 10 more 6 hours 34 minutes

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Short Stories

572

Coffee Break Collection 18 - Pirates

This is the eighteenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration — perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee...

Chris Pyle and 7 more 1 hour 34 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 24 more 18 hours 54 minutes World's Story

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My Queen: A Weekly Journal for Young Women. Issue 1, Sept 1900

General

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Lurana Sheldon - My Queen: A Weekly Journal for Young Women. Issue 1, Sept 1900

This is the first issue of a wonderful weekly magazine aimed at young women. They each contain a novella following the adventures of Marion Marlowe, «Only a Farmer's Daughter» who went from «Farm to Fortune» and all...

CrystalMercy and 4 more 2 hours 32 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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