Kara Shallenberg

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Science

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Charles Kingsley - Madam How and Lady Why

Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives...

alwpoe and 10 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Charles Perrault - Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

This book is an early collection of ten well-known fairy tales. It is thought to have begun the genre of fairy tales.(Summary by A.L. Gramour)

Algy Pug and 5 more 2 hours 51 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Gustav Kobbé - How to Appreciate Music

Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral, and vocal music. Good for anyone who wishes for a greater appreciation of...

Patrick Wells and 10 more 7 hours 20 minutes

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Action & Adventure

507

Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass (version 4)

In this sequel to «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland», Alice is playing with her kittens — a black kitten and a white kitten, the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in the first book — when she ponders what the world is...

Kara Shallenberg 3 hours 7 minutes

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 2)

Action & Adventure

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Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 2)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic in ways that...

Kara Shallenberg 2 hours 47 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Short Story Collection Vol. 043

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 043: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Tom Crawford and 12 more 7 hours 56 minutes Short Story Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, literature, sports,...

Gregg Margarite and 10 more 5 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Clement Clarke Moore - Visit From Saint Nicholas

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December...

Anne Cheng and 23 more 1 hour 27 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Orange Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's «Coloured» Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the...

Paul Vinson Brown and 21 more 9 hours 41 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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Poetry

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Elinor Wylie - Velvet Shoes

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of Velvet Shoes by Elinor Wylie. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 6th, 2009.

Elegantchicken and 23 more 25 minutes

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Reference

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall - This Country of Ours, Part 5

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall's book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow...

Kara Shallenberg 1 hour 21 minutes This Country of Ours - All Seven Volumes

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General

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Alice Hale Burnett - Christmas Holidays at Merryvale

“Toad” Brown, his brother, and their friends have a jolly time at the Christmas holidays. They daydream at a toyshop window, chop down a Christmas tree, have a grand snowball fight, and plan a surprise for a friend in...

Kara Shallenberg 34 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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