Hugh McGuire

49 books

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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LibriVox volunteers - Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month . The twist is that there are up to 30 people writing together, instead of one toiling alone....

Juho Fröjd and 18 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Thomas Bulfinch - Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is...

Justin S Barrett and 26 more 14 hours 54 minutes

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Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin - Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 14 more 24 hours 22 minutes

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*Non-fiction

661

Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philosophical text of the modern age. Kant saw the Critique of Pure Reason...

ML Cohen and 14 more 27 hours 6 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Jack London - White Fang

White Fang (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful Call of the Wild (1903). It is the tale of a wild dog born in the wild and eventually brought to civilization. The story is viewed...

Gord Mackenzie and 8 more 8 hours 28 minutes

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Poetry

483

William Butler Yeats - Where My Books Go

Librivox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

AliceG and 12 more 9 minutes

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Poetry

513

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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*Non-fiction

483

William James - Essays in Radical Empiricism

William James (1842 – 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and...

Carl Manchester and 7 more 6 hours 45 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Myrtle Reed - How to Cook Fish

Olive Green is the pseudonym for the prolific late 19th Century/early 20th Century author, Myrtle Reed. She wrote over thirty-three books and hundreds of magazine articles and pamphlets during her short lifetime. Ms....

Denny Sayers and 18 more 10 hours 2 minutes

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*Non-fiction

589

Joseph Devlin - How to Speak and Write Correctly

This is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not «properly») create sentences, use figures of speech, write letters, and more, all while choosing the right words and doing it with...

Andrew Lebrun and 10 more 5 hours 42 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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James Joyce - Ulysses

NOTE: Because of the nature of this project, there was a bending of usual LibriVox procedures: pub-like background noise was encouraged, as well as group readings; and no editing was required, so in places...

Hugh McGuire and 12 more 32 hours 39 minutes

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Poetry

599

William Blake - Voice of the Ancient Bard

Librivox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard , by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Hugh McGuire and 5 more 6 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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