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Humorous Fiction

479

Leopold Wagner - Humorous Readings and Recitations

Before radio, television, and electronic mass media, lectures, recitations, public readings, and other public performances were important ways of sharing new works with the public or attracting public attention to...

DrPGould and 9 more 7 hours 42 minutes

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War & Military

470

Bruce Bairnsfather - Bullets & Billets

A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, whose Alf, Bert, and Old Bill were forerunners to Bill...

DrPGould 4 hours 26 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

488

Edmund Dulac - Edmund Dulac's Fairy Tale Book

Unusual Fairy Tales from around the world, this story collection contains; a mother with two daughters both named Caroline, a carriage drawn by winged frogs, a prince turned into a bird and a princess in the form of a...

Annyiee Hill and 5 more 6 hours 14 minutes

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Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

Action & Adventure Fiction

466

William Morris - Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home

In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a...

David Lawrence and 11 more 5 hours 27 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

548

Ellen G. White - Christ's Object Lessons

An approachable explanation of the main parables used by Jesus Christ to teach His disciples how to live. Notably, this discussion highlights how the spiritual truths of Jesus' teaching were illustrated by everyday...

Jael Baldwin and 11 more 10 hours 16 minutes

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Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

488

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it was written for no one but himself. The style of writing that permeates the...

realisticspeakers and 8 more 4 hours 47 minutes

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Cakes & Ale, A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious

Cooking

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Edward Spencer - Cakes & Ale, A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious

A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him:— “Give, oh! give me the subject of a book for which the world has a need, and I will write it for you.” “Are...

DrPGould and 6 more 7 hours 1 minute

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Poetry

408

Short Poetry Collection 173

This is a collection of 41 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2017.

Craig Campbell and 16 more 1 hour 43 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Family & Relationships

634

Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox - Christmas Under Three Flags

This work details personal memories of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (acutally grand niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, and assumed to be the first baby born in...

DrPGould 1 hour 17 minutes

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Cooking

410

Alexis Soyer - Pantropheon

Soyer was a 'celebrity chef', devising innovations such as water-cooled refrigerators and adjustable temperature ovens. He developed many popular recipes and catered for 2000 guests at Queen Victoria's coronation...

Lynne T and 11 more 17 hours 36 minutes

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Romance

510

L. Frank Baum - Last Egyptian

Published anonymously during Baum's lifetime as he did not want his adult adventure stories to detract from his children's fantasy stories, the story takes the limited points of view of three protagonists in the field...

Delmar H Dolbier and 11 more 6 hours 37 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

481

Short Science Fiction Collection 060

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative...

Dale Grothmann and 3 more 9 hours 4 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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New

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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