Garth Burton

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat,...

David Wales and 11 more 7 hours 1 minute Short Nonfiction Collections

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 1, June 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Subhash Chander and 10 more 2 hours 24 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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Joseph Ashby-Sterry - Christmas Duet

Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. This poem is taken from the 1888 edition of The Lazy Minstrel. — Summary by Wikipedia

Bruce Kachuk and 7 more 24 minutes

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James Whitcomb Riley - God Bless Us Everyone

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the «Hoosier Poet» and «Children's Poet» for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively....

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 13 minutes

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Thomas Moore - I Saw the Moon Rise Clear

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of «The Minstrel Boy» and «The Last Rose of Summer». Moore is often considered Ireland's National Bard and is...

Algy Pug and 15 more 16 minutes

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Poetry

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Christmas in Poetry - Carols and Poems

This is a volume of Christmas poems and carols, by various authors and from various times. — Summary by Carolin

Greg Giordano and 6 more 1 hour 4 minutes

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Poetry

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Thomas Moore - Love Thee ?

This is the Weekly Poem for the week of November 29th, 2015. Another romantic love poem by the irish poet Thomas Moore. — Summary by Stav Nisser.

Bruce Kachuk and 8 more 14 minutes

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Helen Hunt Jackson - November

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government. She described the adverse effects of...

ABabington and 11 more 15 minutes

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Hamlin Garland - In the Autumn Grass

LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is the fortnightly poem for November 8, 2015.

Algy Pug and 14 more 19 minutes

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Sara Teasdale - Lights

Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper in St. Louis, in 1907. Her first collection of poems, Sonnets to Duse and Other Poems, was published...

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Poetry

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Autumn Fires

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 readings of Autumn Fires , from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses . This was the weekly poetry project for October 18-24, 2015.

ALMcClain and 20 more 14 minutes

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General Fiction

Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

This is the twelfth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...

Son of the Exiles and 10 more 2 hours 25 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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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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