Leon Mire

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Charles Austin Beard - History of the United States, Vol. I

Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated...

ML Cohen and 8 more 2 hours 44 minutes History of the United States

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Ancient

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Epictetus - Golden Sayings of Epictetus

Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.

Hugh McGuire and 5 more 2 hours 40 minutes

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Law

Fabian Franklin - What Prohibition Has Done to America

In What Prohibition Has Done to America , Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Beginning in 1920, this Amendment prohibited the sale and...

Joshua B. Christensen and 5 more 2 hours 21 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005

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

Alan Davis Drake and 7 more 2 hours 21 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Poetry

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Long Poems Collection 006

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 006: a collection of 17 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.

Bridget Rafferty and 13 more 2 hours 16 minutes Long Poems Collections

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Ancient

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St. George William Joseph Stock - Stoicism

This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the general public. In this volume, George Stock provides a concise primer on...

Leon Mire 2 hours 15 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 003

A collection of ten 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...

Clarica and 4 more 2 hours 9 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Jeremy Bentham - Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early...

Carl Manchester and 4 more 1 hour 48 minutes

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William Sangster - Umbrellas and Their History

A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)

Clarica and 5 more 1 hour 46 minutes

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Middle Ages/Middle History

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Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Popular History of Ireland, Book 03

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; book 3 begins with the fortune of the family of Brian Boru...

Sibella Denton and 2 more 1 hour 45 minutes Popular History of Ireland - books 1-12

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Self-Help

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Henry Stanton - Sex

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help...

Maire Rhode and 9 more 1 hour 44 minutes

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Poetry

Charles William Eliot - Hymns of the Christian Church

A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon Mire)

Colin McRoberts and 20 more 1 hour 26 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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