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Travel & Geography

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John Muir - Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important...

MaryAnn 4 hours 6 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Robert Stawell Ball - Great Astronomers

Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astronomy. From the earliest ages the study of the stars has exercised the same...

MaryAnn 9 hours 15 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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Sabine Baring-Gould - Only a Ghost! by Irenæus the Deacon

Baring-Gould's humorous observations on the various Christian sects to be found in «the most learned church in the most religious country in the world» (i.e., London in 1870) contains a challenge to Christians of...

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Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!

Humor

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Irvin S. Cobb - Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man!

This warm, affectionate duet of essays by two of the early twentieth century's most popular writers is a bit dated but still entertaining. Summary by David Wales.

David Wales and 1 more 1 hour 18 minutes

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Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Luke Vol. 2

Christianity - Commentary

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J. C. Ryle - Expository Thoughts on the Gospels - St. Luke Vol. 2

“Expository Thoughts” divides the Gospels into sections of about twelve verses each, from which J. C. Ryle selects two or three prominent points to dwell on and bring to the reader’s attention. In Ryle’s day, there...

MaryAnn 20 hours 49 minutes Expository Thoughts on the Gospel

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Action & Adventure

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Victor Appleton - Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat

Otherwise known as 'Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure', is Volume 4 in the original Tom Swift novel series. Tom persuades his father to use his own submarine to hunt for treasure on a sunken ship. The book follows...

Ralph Crown and 12 more 4 hours 30 minutes Tom Swift Adventure Series

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Edgar Allan Poe - Spirits of the Dead

Librivox volunteers bring you seven readings of Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allen Poe. This was the weekly poetry project for October 19, 2014.

Bruce Kachuk and 6 more 12 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Bell Scott - End of Harvest

Librivox volunteers bring you eight readings of End of Harvest, by William Bell Scott. This is the fortnightly poetry project for November 9, 2014.

Chris Pyle and 7 more 20 minutes

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Exploration

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2

This volume, entitled «The Great Navigators of the 18th century», forms the second of three volumes under the general title of «Celebrated Travels and Travellers». The first volume of the series, «Exploration of the...

Availle and 7 more 17 hours 56 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

Otto Jahn - Life of Mozart Volume 1

An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an interesting look at both his family life and his musical career. Summary by...

NoelBadrian and 12 more 17 hours 35 minutes

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Romance

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Molly Elliot Seawell - Throckmorton

This is a novel about the lives of the members of the Temple family and their connections in Tidewater, Virginia, in the Reconstruction era. The widow Judith Temple and her sister in law Jacqueline live quietly on the...

MaryAnn and 5 more 7 hours 16 minutes

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Christian Fiction

Alexander Whyte - Bunyan Characters Volume I

This is the first volume of four which goes into the details of Characters from John Bunyan's books. This one is about characters of Pilgrims Progress. — Summary by fiddlesticks

Gary Ericson and 1 more 8 hours 12 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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