Phil Schempf

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's «Preparation for a Christian Life» and Jung's...

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Essays & Short Works

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Mabel E. Wotton - Word Portraits of Famous Writers

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships, She presents for us here, not literary criticism nor biographical sketches,...

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Poetry

Short Poetry Collection 178

This is a collection of 44 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2018

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Single author

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Francis Thompson - Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem «Hound of Heaven,» included in this selection of his poems. After submitting some poems to the magazine «Merrie England,» the editors, Wilfrid...

Larry Wilson and 18 more 3 hours 52 minutes

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T. W. H. Crosland - To The Next Christmas

Thomas William Hodgson Crosland was a British author, poet, journalist and friend of royalty. Thomas was a humanitarian who frequently wrote in his poems about the impoverished and sick and unemployed, especially...

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Edith M. Thomas - What The Pine Trees Said

Edith Matilda Thomas was an American poet who «was one of the first poets to capture successfully the excitement of the modern city. (Wikipedia)

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - You Never Can Tell

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was «Solitude», which contains the lines «Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep...

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Nature

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Robert Hooke - Micrographia

Published in 1665, this is the first publication of the Royal Society and considered to be the first scientific best-seller. As opposed to the Latin of other publications of the time like Newton's 'Principia...

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Hattie Howard - Tobogganing

«This author's verse shows a hearty, wholesome, human spirit, sometimes overflowing into downright fun, and a straightforward directness always. It is a pleasant book, sure to be welcomed by all.» (EXTRACTS FROM PRESS...

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John Campbell - Niagara

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the...

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Gerard Manley Hopkins - Hurrahing in Harvest

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet, Catholic and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody (particularly his invention of sprung...

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Essays & Short Works

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Atlantic Classics

The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submissions ended up being pushed aside. The Atlantic Classic was an experimental...

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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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