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Cornelia Mee - Exercises in Knitting

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At...

Sarah Jennings and 16 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth

Medieval

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René Descartes - Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth

The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation “cogito ergo sum”, “I think, therefore I am.” …. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could...

Stefan Schmelz and 5 more 2 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Daisy Miller: A Study in Two Parts

Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by...

Gesine and 4 more 2 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

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Jane Austen - Watsons

This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him....

Gesine 1 hour 48 minutes

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Self-Help

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Henry Stanton - Sex

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help...

Maire Rhode and 9 more 1 hour 44 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Guy Wetmore Carryl - Fables for the Frivolous

One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writings. The fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of...

chriss the girl and 10 more 52 minutes

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Poetry

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Charles Edward Carryl - Nautical Ballad

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 different recordings of A Nautical Ballad by Charles Edward Carryl.

Alan Clare and 20 more 49 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Edward Lear - Owl and the Pussycat

Librivox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable feature is the introduction of the...

Amy Boatman and 18 more 37 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)

Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Kristin LeMoine and 10 more 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

562

Francis P. Church - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

«Is There A Santa Claus?» was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun . The editorial, which included the response of «Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa...

Alex Rudinski and 7 more 32 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 03 (Fables 51-75)

Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 03 (Fables 51-75)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Kristin LeMoine and 12 more 28 minutes

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Poetry

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Wedding Poems

In honor of Kristin and Corey’s wedding (April 2006) we’ve recorded a selection of wedding-themed poems. Congratulations, you two!

Paula Berinstein and 10 more 23 minutes

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