Donald Cummings

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 59 contains an eclectic mix of readings, ranging from a description of a Coney Island elephant colossus to meditations...

Gerwin Kramer and 9 more 5 hours 5 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short works

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 026

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 026: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

VfkaBT and 8 more 2 hours 23 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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*Non-fiction

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Carl Werner - Bringing up the Boy

''Bringing up the Boy'' is, according to its subtitle, ''A Message to Fathers and Mothers from a Boy of Yesterday concerning the Men of To-morrow'' and proffers advice for parents on raising boys from infancy until...

Donald Cummings 1 hour 42 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Homer Greene - Riverpark Rebellion

A tale of the Riverpark Academy for cadets, in which there is growing discontent leading to a revolt against the academy's leaders. The rebellion takes the form of an unauthorized «holiday» in which a number of cadets...

Donald Cummings 2 hours 39 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Howard R. Garis - Baseball Joe at Yale

«Baseball Joe» Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this volume, Joe follows the wishes of his parents...

Donald Cummings 5 hours 9 minutes

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Action & Adventure

922

Homer Greene - Tale of the Tow-Path

All work and no play makes 14-year-old Joe Gaston run away. He's also falsely branded as a horse-thief by his own father. This heart-warming story tells of Joe's wanderings and life on the tow-path, of finding Old...

Donald Cummings 1 hour 42 minutes

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Modern (19th C)

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H. A. Guerber - Story of the Thirteen Colonies

These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run from the pre-Columbian era through the end of the American War of Independence....

Larry Wilson and 16 more 8 hours 58 minutes

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Family

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Margaret Sidney - Adventures of Joel Pepper

The Peppers are a family of three boys, two girls, and Mamsie. They are poor, living in their «Little Brown House», but they always manage to be happy. This book comprises the adventures of Joel, the middle Pepper...

Carol Eades King and 8 more 8 hours 29 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Walt Whitman - O Captain! My Captain!

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of «O Captain! My Captain!» This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014. «O Captain! My Captain!» is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt...

Ben Adams and 17 more 36 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Howard R. Garis - Baseball Joe on the School Nine

«Baseball Joe» Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team, in this second volume of the Baseball Joe series. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who enjoys playing baseball. We...

Donald Cummings 4 hours 44 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Homer Greene - Blind Brother

This is the first book written by Homer Greene, whose primary occupation was lawyer. It tells of 14-year-old Tom Taylor, and his 12-year-old blind brother Bennie, who work in the Pennsylvania coal mines in the late...

Donald Cummings 2 hours 33 minutes

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Short Stories

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H. A. Guerber - Story of the Greeks

This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! — Summary by Ann Boulais

Donald Cummings and 44 more 7 hours 35 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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