Phil Chenevert

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Andress Small Floyd - My Monks of Vagabondia

Before welfare or rehab, what happened to those unfortunates who lost their way, fell through the cracks, were cast off by society? Men such as Andress Floyd and his wife Lillian stepped up. In 1908, the...

Lynne T and 4 more 1 hour 42 minutes

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Science Fiction

488

Randall Garrett - Spaceship Named McGuire

Can a spaceship go crazy? Well, yes it can if it has a brain. And the new MG (magnetogravitic drive) experimental robot space ship does indeed have a 'brain'. Completely bewildered as to why the first six models of...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 42 minutes

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Science Fiction

526

Randall Garrett - Nor Iron Bars A Cage ...

Iron bars do not confine a Man—only his body. There are more subtle, and more confining bindings, however....Police methods of the future will naturally use complex new technology but police will still need to deal...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 42 minutes

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Science Fiction

521

Lester del Rey - 3 Science Fiction Stories by Lester del Ray

The quirky mind of famous SF writer Lester del Ray gives us three wonderful tales ranging from zombies (Dead Ringer), time travel (how do you convince your earlier self it is safe to get into the time machine,...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 42 minutes

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Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians (Spartans)

Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Xenophon - Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians (Spartans)

The Polity of the Lacedaemonians talks about the laws and institutions created by Lycurgus, which train and develop Spartan citizens from birth to old age. It only because of Xenophon that we have most of our...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 41 minutes

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*Non-fiction

558

Russell Conwell - Acres of Diamonds (Version 2)

One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. «I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich… The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 40 minutes

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Detective Fiction

549

Edgar Allan Poe - Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2)

«The Murders in the Rue Morgue» is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his «tales of ratiocination»....

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 40 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

620

Aristophanes - Lysistrata (version 3)

The women of Athens are sick of the Peloponnesian war that has dragged on for year after year after year, causing great hardship to everyone. They decide to deny the men sex until they agree to make peace, using the...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 39 minutes

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Science Fiction

459

Fritz Leiber - Three Science Fiction Stories by Fritz Leiber

The Moon is Green, Bread Overhead and What's He Doing In There?! Three of the best known and loved Science Fiction short stories by the wonderful Fritz Lieber. Always tongue in cheek, and always with a funny twist,...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 39 minutes

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Poetry

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Ameen Rihani - Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the American public of the early 1920's to the environment in which he grew up,...

Malachy Orozco and 6 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Children's Fiction

488

Marguerite Bernard - Deer Godchild

A young New-Yorker of twelve heard an appeal for the Fatherless Children of France and his heart was touched. He had no money, but he resolved to give his spare time and his utmost energy to support a «kid in France.»...

MaryAnn and 2 more 1 hour 38 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

540

Children's Short Works, Vol. 015

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 015: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

MaryA and 10 more 1 hour 38 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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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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