Lee Elliott

13 books

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Essays & Short Works

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Emma Goldman - Anarchism and Other Essays

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first...

Lee Elliott and 1 more 6 hours 57 minutes

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Science Fiction

508

Randall Garrett - Highest Treason

Set in a future in which humanity’s dream of total equality is fully realized and poverty in terms of material wealth has been eliminated, humanity has straight-jacketed itself into the only social system which could...

Lee Elliott 2 hours 30 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

447

Ward Moore - Greener Than You Think

Do remember reading a panic-mongering news story a while back about genetically engineered “Frankengrass” “escaping” from the golf course where it had been planted? That news story was foreshadowed decades previously...

Lee Elliott 14 hours 9 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Anne Austin - Murder at Bridge

Inhabitants of the small town of Hamilton joke that they are afraid of being the dummy when playing Bridge, for fear of being murdered. Meanwhile, Special Investigator Bonnie Dundee demands a re-enactment of the...

Gesine and 7 more 8 hours 54 minutes

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Detective Fiction

502

Edgar Wallace - Angel of Terror

When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended to be “ugly as sin.” Jean Briggerland defies these expectations by being...

Lee Elliott 6 hours 44 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Nat Love - Life and Adventures of Nat Love

Nat Love was born a slave, emancipated into abject poverty, grew up riding the range as a cowboy and spent his maturity riding the rails as a Pullman Porter. For me, the most amazing thing about him is that despite...

Lee Elliott 4 hours 23 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

504

R. M. Ballantyne - Golden Dream

Thoroughly engaging, at times even harrowing, adventure tale set in the San Francisco gold rush. Detailed depiction of its time and place, complete with everything from mining techniques to societal attitudes. You'll...

Lee Elliott 9 hours 47 minutes

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Children's Fiction

476

Gertrude Knevels - Wonderful Bed

Little kids sent to stay the night with their Aunt Jane find themselves sharing an enormous bed. So enormous is it, that when they make a tent of the bedsheets and crawl in, they never make it to the foot of the bed,...

Lee Elliott 3 hours 18 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

474

R. M. Ballantyne - Fighting the Whales

A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a rousing adventure...

Lee Elliott 2 hours 9 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Katharine Pyle - Counterpane Fairy

A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated with each of the squares in the counterpane (quilt) on his sickbed. She has...

Lee Elliott 2 hours 44 minutes

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Poetry

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Edgar Allan Poe - Dream within a Dream

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of A Dream within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 15th, 2007.

Clarica and 13 more 18 minutes

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Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Self-Help

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Emily Post - Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

From advice on planning the perfect wedding to eating an artichoke correctly, Emily Post offers instruction on how to live a well-mannered life circa 1922. With a sometimes gentle, sometimes sharp wit, she maintains...

Michael Ezzell and 18 more 21 hours 41 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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