Michele Fry

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Poetry

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Custer, and Other Poems

This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The final poem of this volume is an epic narrative poem glorifying the life and deeds of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), who served in the American Civil War and...

Kathleen Flanary and 5 more 2 hours 24 minutes

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Animals

420

Hunting In Many Lands

The first volume published by the Boone and Crockett Club, entitled «American Big Game Hunting,» confined itself to sport on the American continent. This second volume presents a number of interesting sketches written...

Michele Fry and 8 more 10 hours 8 minutes

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Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Compiled from her Letters and Journals

Biography & Autobiography

502

Charles Edward Stowe - Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Compiled from her Letters and Journals

Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896), of Cincinnati, was the most famous female American author of her age, and is said to have touched off the American Civil War with her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin...

Michele Fry 15 hours 18 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 063

This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Authors include Saki, Lord Dunsany, Rudyard Kipling, Rex Beach, Banjo Paterson, Chekhov and Montesquieu.

Peter Yearsley and 10 more 6 hours 24 minutes Short Story Collections

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Poetry

434

Short Poetry Collection 154

This is a collection of 35 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2016.

Shakira Searle and 17 more 1 hour 36 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

437

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Kingdom of Love

This is a volume of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, named after the poem 'the Kingdom of Love'. — Summary by Carolin

Michele Fry and 11 more 2 hours 38 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

468

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain,...

Son of the Exiles and 9 more 5 hours 18 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Biography & Autobiography

422

Paul Leicester Ford - Many-Sided Franklin

A fast-paced, somewhat racey look into the life, accomplishments and idiosyncrasies of Benjamin Franklin. Acclaimed biographer Paul L. Ford uses Franklin’s letters, papers and journals to step us through Franklin's...

Michele Fry 12 hours 17 minutes

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Philosophy

443

Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanack

A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs — short, pithy, instructive sayings — that were scattered throughout the pages of...

Michele Fry 1 hour 30 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

482

Edward Tyas Cook - Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1

A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of «The...

Michele Fry and 12 more 20 hours 13 minutes

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Political Science

450

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule

First written in Gandhi's native language Gujarati, this booklet advocates for Indian non-violent self-rule during the struggle for Indian independence against the British Empire. It is written as a dialogue between...

Michele Fry and 5 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Animals

449

George S. Anderson - American Big-Game Hunting

The first book published by The Boone and Crockett Club founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Grinnell, who declared in their Editors Note: «Hunting big game in the wilderness is, above all things, a sport for a...

Michele Fry and 6 more 6 hours 44 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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