Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

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Children's Fiction

E. Nesbit - Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

<p/>Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in a language that children...

Laura Caldwell and 9 more 5 hours 2 minutes

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General Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the ninth volume, 37 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Marty Kris and 8 more 4 hours 45 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Fantastic Fiction

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Rudolf Erich Raspe - Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The stories about Münchhausen were first collected and published by an anonymous author in 1781. An English version was published in London in 1785, by Rudolf Erich Raspe, as Baron Munchhausen's Narrative of his...

Glen Hallstrom and 12 more 4 hours 45 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ghost Story Collection 003

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles...

Betsie Bush and 7 more 4 hours 44 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Clarence Edgar Edwords - Bohemian San Francisco

While describing his dining experiences throughout «Bohemian San Francisco,» Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of California cuisine with all its cosmopolitan influences. Best of all, he offers tantalizing...

Denny Sayers and 8 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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Fanny Dickerson Bergen - Current Superstitions

No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one of the original researchers of North American oral traditions relating to...

Denny Sayers and 8 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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James Baldwin - Old Greek Stories

A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Theseus. (Introduction by Iris McLeod)

Iris McLeod and 8 more 4 hours 34 minutes

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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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Olive Green - Spinster Book

A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin...

Kristin Hughes and 8 more 4 hours 6 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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Voltaire - Candide

Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (“Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never openly admitted to having written the controversial Candide; the work is signed...

Fox in the Stars and 6 more 3 hours 58 minutes

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William Dean Howells - My Mark Twain

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) became fast friends with Mark Twain from the moment in 1869 when Twain strode into the office of The Atlantic Monthly in Boston to thank Howell, then its assistant editor, for his...

Denny Sayers 3 hours 42 minutes

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Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

Children's Fiction

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James Baldwin - Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the island, providing shelter, food, and clothing for himself from the few...

Denny Sayers 3 hours 41 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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