James Christopher

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Poetry

529

Sara Teasdale - There Will Come Soft Rains

LibriVox volunteers offer you 28 different recordings of There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 2nd, 2010.

Hannah Dors and 27 more 29 minutes

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Poetry

566

Short Poetry Collection 085

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010.

Diana Majlinger and 18 more 58 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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General

611

M. B. Synge - On the Shores of the Great Sea

Book I of the «Story of the World» series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians,...

Jonathan R. Jackson and 17 more 4 hours 52 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

490

Oliver Lodge - Pioneers of Science

This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. The first part of this book is devoted to the biographies and discoveries of...

Availle and 12 more 11 hours 14 minutes

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Animals

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John Henry Patterson - Man-Eaters of Tsavo

In 1898, during the construction of river-crossing bridge for the Uganda Railway at the Tsavo River, as many as 135 railway workers were attacked at night, dragged into the wilderness, and devoured by two male lions....

James Christopher and 8 more 6 hours 22 minutes

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General Fiction

531

H. G. Wells - Story of the Stone Age

This story is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history... (Summary from the text)

James Christopher 2 hours 10 minutes

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War & Military

493

United States Office of Strategic Services - Simple Sabotage Field Manual

Formed during World War II, the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was organized for special operations and intelligence gathering and analysis. Included in its mission was the implementation of, and...

James Christopher 58 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Charles A. Coulomb - School History of the Great War

A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading up to the war, reasons and events leading to America's eventual entering...

James Christopher and 6 more 4 hours 42 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

506

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 014

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics,...

Utek and 8 more 4 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Memoirs

516

Howard R. Driggs - Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail

This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)

Bellona Times and 13 more 5 hours 34 minutes

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Performing Arts

492

P. T. Barnum - Humbugs of the World

P. T. Barnum exposes some of the chief humbugs of the world with his usual entertaining style. He looks at medicine and quacks, ghosts, witchcraft, religious humbugs, money manias, adventurers, personal...

Barry Eads and 20 more 12 hours 48 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

514

William John Locke - Red Planet

Set during WWI in England, The Red Planet is a rich tale about the life in a little English town from the point of view of Major Duncan Meredyth, a disabled veteran of the Boer Wars. As he struggles to keep his life...

Ruth Golding and 9 more 10 hours 13 minutes

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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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