Kara Shallenberg

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Travel & Geography

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Romance

893

Amanda McKittrick Ros - Irene Iddesleigh

Amanda McKittrick Ros, a Northern Irish writer, did for the novel what William McGonagall did for poetry and Florence Foster Jenkins for the coloratura voice. She published a number of novels (all at her own...

Andy Minter and 7 more 3 hours 55 minutes

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War & Military

630

Ward Muir - Observations of an Orderly

Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eyes of the orderly we get to see the processes that kept the wards running,...

skoval and 6 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Gene Sharp - From Dictatorship to Democracy

From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one. The book was written in 1993...

Kara Shallenberg and 1 more 3 hours 49 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

752

Samuel G Goodrich - Life of Benjamin Franklin

This little book was intended for the education of school children and includes tales, sketches and anecdotes of his life written for the children of the mid 1800's and written in the English languge of that period....

maryagneskatherine and 10 more 3 hours 44 minutes

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Earth Sciences

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J. G. M'Pherson - Meteorology; or Weather Explained

Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this book published in...

Pamela Krantz and 9 more 3 hours 36 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Children's Short Works, Vol. 020

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 020: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Frances Brown and 11 more 3 hours 33 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Animals & Nature

Beatrix Potter - Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Peter Rabbit and moving through the rest of these delightful tales, the Great...

Kara Shallenberg and 15 more 3 hours 31 minutes

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Letters

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar) 09 — To Herr Kauka...

Robert Scott and 9 more 3 hours 31 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was written in 1872 and it finds Alice in a land when she walks through a mirror into the Looking-Glass House. The land is...

Brad Bush and 9 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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Poetry

704

Local Color Collection Vol. 001

In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

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Humorous Fiction

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Ellis Parker Butler - Adventures of a Suburbanite

Why is the neighbor so obsessed with his car? Where can we find a good gardener? Should we have a Santa Claus at our Christmas party? Yes, this is suburbia… much the same today as it was in 1911. — Summary by Sarah...

shawnoconnor1477 and 7 more 3 hours 18 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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