Phil Schempf

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Essays & Short Works

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John Galsworthy - Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style...

Pamela Nagami and 15 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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Anthologies

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John Lomax - Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up the core body of work for the Library of Congress Archive. «Cowboy Songs and...

Larry Wilson and 21 more 6 hours 36 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 070

Mysteries, fantasy, family and hardship all make appearances in this, the 70th volume of short stories in the English language, selected and read by Librivox readers.

Peter Thomlinson and 8 more 6 hours 32 minutes Short Story Collections

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World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I

Political Science

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William Jennings Bryan - World’s Famous Orations, Vol. III: Great Britain - I

In 1906, William Jennings Bryan, himself a famous American orator, and Francis Whiting Halsey published a series of the most famous orations of all time. They are ordered by both geographic area and time period,...

Phil Schempf and 7 more 6 hours 28 minutes World's Famous Orations

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Ballads

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Andrew Lang - Collection of Ballads

This is a collection of ballads, edited, with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. The ballads range widely in style, from the historic to the romantic, from the short to the epic, from Scotland to France. Some...

Lynda Marie Neilson and 7 more 6 hours 25 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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Essays & Short Works

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Jack London - Revolution, and other Essays

A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, «Revolution», outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active...

Michele Fry and 9 more 6 hours 7 minutes

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th century chronicle of the Bury St. Edmund monastery, Lorenzo de Medici's...

Melvin Lee and 9 more 6 hours 4 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 054

Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute to Egyptologist Amelia Edwards, and discourses on gravitation and relativity...

Phil Schempf and 8 more 5 hours 19 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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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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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 072

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Guy de Maupassant, Saki and others to bring...

Peter Thomlinson and 8 more 5 hours 10 minutes Short Story Collections

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Poetry

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Algernon Charles Swinburne - Songs Before Sunrise

This is a collection of some particularly beautiful poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne. This collection is connected by the Italian theme, as Swinburne was inspired to write most of them after learning of the Italian...

Elizabeth P. and 13 more 5 hours 8 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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