Linda Velwest

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Nature

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Jean-Henri Fabre - Story Book of Science

The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nature in general. The translator explains in her foreword, «The young in heart...

Frances Brown and 12 more 10 hours 51 minutes

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Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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United States House of Representatives - Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Committee was charged with conducting «a full and...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 20 hours 59 minutes United States Government Reports

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Poetry

450

Amy Lowell - Stupidity

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Stupidity by Amy Lowell. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 31st, 2010.

Andrea Boltz and 14 more 17 minutes

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Poetry

545

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Love in a Cottage

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love in a Cottage by Nathaniel Parker Willis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 24th, 2010.

A. J. Carroll and 17 more 31 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Percy Bysshe Shelley - Lines: We Meet Not As We Parted

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Lines: «We Meet Not As We Parted,» by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 3rd, 2010.

Amy Gramour and 14 more 20 minutes

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449

Thomas Moore - Love's Young Dream

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Love's Young Dream by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 26th, 2010.

Christine Rodriguez and 7 more 13 minutes

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Poetry

509

Bliss Carman - Song of the Kicking Horse

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Song of the Kicking Horse by Bliss Carman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 26th, 2010.

Aidan Brack and 12 more 19 minutes

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Political Science

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Jane Addams - Twenty Years at Hull House

Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker and founder of Hull-House in Chicago, public philosopher (the first...

Elizabeth Klett and 7 more 10 hours 30 minutes

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Romance

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Myrtle Reed - Spinner in the Sun

Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and entertaining book. Her characters are delightful and she always displays a quaint...

sylly and 3 more 8 hours 2 minutes

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New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

*Non-fiction

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Lucy Larcom - New England Girlhood: Outlined From Memory

Lucy Larcom was an American poet, teacher, and mil-worker. According to Wikipedia: «Larcom served as a model for the change in women's roles in society.» This is her colorful autobiography. Here, she tells about her...

Linda Velwest and 5 more 6 hours 20 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary by Elli)

Michael Packard and 17 more 10 hours 55 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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James Thomas Fields - Owl Critic

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of The Owl Critic by James T. Fields. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 3, 2011. James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 – April 24, 1881) was an...

Brian Morgan and 22 more 1 hour 27 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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