Pentti Hirvonen

10 books

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Émile Gaboriau - Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry

Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story : Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the old Barrière d'Italie, frightful cries, coming from Mother Chupin's...

Margaret Espaillat and 8 more 11 hours 22 minutes

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Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

Travel & Geography

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John William Norie - Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant vessels. The description of landmarks and ports, as well as the rules and...

Pentti Hirvonen and 3 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Poetry

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Eliza Cook - Be Kind When You Can

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Be Kind When You Can by Eliza Cook. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 30, 2011. Eliza Cook was an English author, Chartist poet and writer born in...

Amy Gramour and 15 more 30 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Edgar Allan Poe - Bells

LibriVox readers bring you 18 recordings of «The Bells.» This was the Fortnightly Poetry selection for January 30 to February 13, 2011. «The Bells» is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not...

Amy Gramour and 17 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 048

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 048: a collection of 19 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Kamna and 10 more 6 hours 17 minutes Short Story Collections

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Nature's Miracles Volume 3: Electricity and Magnetism

*Non-fiction

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Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 3: Electricity and Magnetism

Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876...

Laura Victoria and 9 more 5 hours 56 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 021

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education,...

Winston Tharp and 12 more 6 hours 21 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Science

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Charles Kingsley - Madam How and Lady Why

Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives...

alwpoe and 10 more 7 hours 38 minutes

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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah

*Non-fiction

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Richard Francis Burton - Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-madinah and Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations...

hefyd and 14 more 31 hours 49 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charles Kingsley - Hypatia

Charles Kingsley (June 12 1819 — January 23 1875) was an English divine, university professor, historian, and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and north-east Hampshire. As a novelist, his chief...

dexter and 17 more 18 hours 22 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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