Phil Schempf

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Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport

War & Military Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport

Arthur Conan Doyle was deeply affected by the many wars fought during his lifetime. As many other writers, he used the material for short stories, a collection of which is presented here. — Summary by Carolin

Peter John Keeble and 7 more 7 hours 52 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

475

Charles Hamilton Sorley - Army of Death

Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: «My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the...

Carol Box and 21 more 31 minutes

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Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management

Animals

485

Philip M. Rule - Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management

«The origin of the domestic cat (Felis domestica) is a subject about which there has been much conjecture and scientific discussion, but without any positive issue. Very long before the cat was kept in this country as...

Linda Dougherty and 6 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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Poetry

438

Short Poetry Collection 138

This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2014.

Shakira Searle and 13 more 1 hour 5 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Travel & Geography

427

Robert Louis Stevenson - Inland Voyage

As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He...

Greg Giordano and 9 more 3 hours 56 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

522

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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Memoirs

450

Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris - Old Rail Fence Corners

Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct...

Jill Engle and 15 more 11 hours 48 minutes

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Anthologies

527

E. E. Cummings - Eight Harvard Poets

«I will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burn- ing flowers I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness in the sleeping curves of my...

Woolly Bee and 5 more 1 hour 22 minutes

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Early Modern

651

Francis Parkman, Jr. - Half Century of Conflict

Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. Parkman has been hailed as one of...

Richard Carpenter and 5 more 17 hours 3 minutes Parkman - France and England in North America

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Short Stories

667

Short Story Collection Vol. 057

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 057: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. A few notes: Section 12 The Cossack was translated by Constance...

Bellona Times and 11 more 9 hours 29 minutes Short Story Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

462

Richard Hovey - At the Club

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of At the Club by Richard Hovey. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 3, 2013. Richard Hovey was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885,...

Algy Pug and 13 more 13 minutes

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 2

Music

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 2

This collection was a joint effort by the chaplains of the US Army and the Navy to meet the needs of divine services conducted in the Army and Navy, and for, in the compilers' words, «the upbuilding of patriotic...

Maria Kasper and 9 more 1 hour 3 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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